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They began by protesting alongside Greta Thunberg at Fridays for Future demonstrations; now they are candidates for the imminent European Parliament elections. A generation of young Europeans that became activists while still at school is now of age to take up positions in political office. They have launched campaigns across Europe in order to protect and further climate protection policies amid backlash from right-leaning parties. If successful, they will become some of the 720 European lawmakers who, alongside EU governments, pass new laws. The elections from 6-9 June come at a key moment a...
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"The elections are coming" an activist cheerily reminds an older woman passing by as she hands her a leaflet. It's a balmy spring day in Brussels and the city's Extinction Rebellion branch is staging a protest at Place Jean Rey, a stone's throw away from the European Parliament. In less than two months over 400 million people will have the opportunity to go to the polls and decide who will fill that parliament. The 100 or so demonstrators block a road under the watchful eye of multiple police officers. “Our demand is to stop fossil [fuel] subsidies immediately, as the least that Europe can do ...
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A woman who claims her elbow was broken by police during a climate protest at The Hague has described the painful physical and mental impact of the incident. The Dutch resident, who wishes to remain anonymous, was one of more than 400 people including Greta Thunberg arrested for taking part in the peaceful protest on Saturday. In a video posted to X by organisers Extinction Rebellion Nederland, she is seen lying in the back of a bus while being detained by The Hague police. A male police officer twists her arm forward at an unnatural angle, and she yells out in pain. “This violence is no excep...
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This week, we are joined by Montenegrin Ambassador Petar Marković, Professor Kalypso Nicolaïdis from the European University Institute in Florence and Teona Lavrelashvili, a member of Belgian centre-right political party Les Engagés. Panelists reflected on the recent EU summit that decided to start membership talks with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and on the other hopefuls looking to join the bloc – including four other countries in the western Balkans, Georgia, Moldova, war-torn Ukraine and Turkey. "European citizens don't really care about enlargement right now,"said Kalypso Nicolaïdis, adding t...
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