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Dozens of people gathered in Valencia, summoned by the 6F platform, an independent movement that emerged following farmer's protests across Europe. Organisations from at least 10 European countries have gathered devise a joint strategy for the European elections, as well as to organise a demonstration on 4 June, just a few days before polls open. These are ideas that resonate with the messages of the European far-right, which hopes to make the protests one of its main electoral assets in the upcoming European elections. In Spain, Vox hopes to channel some of this discontent, although it is not...
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz ’s centre-left Social Democrats, or SPD, launched their official campaign for the 9 June EU election with a rally in Hamburg, under the mantra "we need hope." Scholz tried to alleviate German voters' fears their country could be drawn into Ukraine's war with Russia if it's too proactive in its military support for the eastern European country. The chancellor reiterated Germany would continue to stand by Ukraine’s side under his leadership as the second-largest arms supplier after the US, but would avoid a direct confrontation between NATO and Russia. “To those who...
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Poland's long-standing ruling party PiS (Law and Justice) kicked off the European election campaign at its party congress in Warsaw on Saturday. Members of the party warned against what they describe as European elites – saying Europe must be defended. Party leader Jarosław Kaczyński declared his rejection of the European Green Deal. He argued that the Green Deal harms Polish agriculture and practically leads to its liquidation. It means not only higher energy prices, but higher prices overall – especially for transport. Freedom has many aspects, one of which is the freedom to travel, which de...
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The countdown to this year's EU parliament elections is well underway, but in many countries, the battle for votes seems to be being fought along national, not continental, lines. The dynamic is especially strong in France, where the EU elections are being framed by some parties as a forerunner to the 2027 presidential race – or "first and foremost mid-term elections", in the words of Jordan Bardella, head of list for the far-right Rassemblement National party, who is calling to "sanction Macron's Europe". "If I'm in the lead, I'll obviously ask for the National Assembly to be dissolved that v...
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Our guests this week include Robert Biedron, Polish MEP from the Socialist group, Deirdre Clune, outgoing Irish MEP from the European People's Party and Jaume Duch, the spokesperson for the European Parliament. The panel picked apart the highs and lows of the last 5 years at the European Parliament. From sealing deals on a migration pact after a decade of debate and the world's first ever AI regulations, MEPs sounded satisfied that a lot of compromises had been clinched but still concerned about the major inequalities across Europe. Jaume Duch hopes people will vote this June. “Now it's about ...
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Over the past five years, the European Parliament shaped much of the legislation that have had a direct impact on the lives of 450 million Europeans. The last plenary session before June's European elections saw a marathon of votes, with no less than 89 legislative texts and seven resolutions, in four days. At the opening of the session, President Roberta Metsola summarized her assessment of the mandate: "We have listened, we have learnt, we have broken the bubbles of Brussels and Strasbourg to engage and reach people in all member states. We have worked hard to ensure that this house is more ...
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But those reforms have been caught up in political infighting, resulting in measures many feel are too lax to tackle wrongdoing among elected officials. Investigative platform Follow the Money recently highlighted the extent of that wrongdoing, estimating that a quarter of current Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have been embroiled in some sort of scandal, ranging from sexual harassment to nepotism and bribe-taking. Lawmakers voted Wednesday on a new anti-harassment training for elected members, a response to a growing body of evidence that bullies and sexual perpetrators have long g...
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The leader of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party Jordan Bardella unveiled his European election agenda on Thursday, shortly after Emmanuel Macron delivered a Europe-focused speech earlier that morning. The 28-year-old who is leading the polls primarily seized the opportunity to criticise the French leader, targeting Macron’s involvement in the election campaign. “The President has decided to intervene directly and personally in an electoral campaign. Intervening in this way constitutes a personal, symbolic and political commitment," he said at his party’s headquarters in Paris. "I...
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Manfred Weber - European People's Party (EPP)Asked to recall the mandate's biggest success, the chairman of the centre-right EPP group harked back to the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The biggest achievement for sure was to restart the European economic engine after the corona crisis. The Recovery Resilience Fund was for sure the most important decision in this mandate," he explained, recalling the EU's record-smashing €723.8 billion temporary recovery instrument. Weber also named measures taken to curb climate change among his biggest highlights, despite his EPP party coming under fire...
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The European model is at risk of being killed off by the US-China rivalry and the coming decade will be decisive for its survival, French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Thursday, calling on the European Union to become ever-more united and sovereign. In a 108-minute speech delivered at the Sorbonne, where seven years ago the then-newly elected leader delivered a first address on his vision for Europe, Macron repeated numerous times that "the rules of the game have changed" on several fronts including geopolitics, the economy and trade, and culture. "We must be lucid about the fact that ou...
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