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Eight European Union foreign ministers called on the EU to ban Russian diplomats from moving freely around the bloc and restrict them to countries where they are accredited, Reuters reported on June 13, citing a letter it had obtained. The call comes amid news of an uptick in sabotage operations in Europe that seems to be a part of Russia's effort to undermine assistance for Ukraine. "Free movement of holders of Russian diplomatic and service passports, accredited in one host state, across the whole Schengen area is easing malign activities," Reuterssaid, citing a letter to EU foreign policy c...
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Far-right populist parties performed exceptionally well in the European Parliament elections, finishing first in France, Italy, and three other countries. They won nearly a quarter of the seats in the Parliament, just behind the center right. With Europe already reeling from Russia's war in Ukraine, the threat of a second Donald Trump presidency in the United States, stagnant living standards, strained welfare systems, and extreme weather events, nationalists pose a severe threat. These parties are often sympathetic to Russian President Vladimir Putin and downright hostile to green policies, m...
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Key developments on June 11: New assistance announced for Ukraine at Ukraine Recovery ConferenceUkraine controls Ivanivske near Chasiv Yar, battles ongoing in Staromaiorske, military saysUkraine shot down Russian Su-25 aircraft, military saysMedia: G7 to create Ukraine aid fund using income from frozen Russian assetsIt's time for allies to give Ukraine all arms needed to defeat Russia, Zelensky saysThe Ukraine Recovery Conference, hosted in Berlin from June 11-12, has already yielded efforts from states and international organizations toward addressing Ukraine's reconstruction needs. European ...
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Ireland will invest 12 million euros ($12.9 million) to help replenish depleted EU arms stocks, the Irish Times reported on June 11, citing the country's defense department. The investment will be spread across two years, the defense department said. Ireland is not a member of NATO, and has one of the lowest rates of defense spending across the EU, at around 0.2% of its GDP. Ireland has taken in a significant number of Ukrainian refugees since the beginning of the full-scale war, estimated to be just shy of 100,000, around 73,000 of whom were living in state-provided housing at the end of 2023...
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Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction are impossible to separate from the country’s EU integration and accession aspirations. If the country wants to enter the EU, it will have to get its rules and regulations in line with the bloc, across every field. Many of these reforms will involve sectors central to the rebuilding of the country, namely construction and energy. Which is why the annual Ukraine recovery conference taking place in Berlin June 11-12 this year includes, among other things, an EU accession and reform track to push forward the reform process in Ukraine, and to move it toward it...
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Preliminary results for the European Parliament elections show that centrist parties have retained the majority despite a surge in support for far-right groups, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said as polls closed across Europe on June 9. Between June 6 and 9, European Union member states held elections for the bloc's 720-member European Parliament. Members of the European Parliament (MEP) shape and approve legislation, and also approve candidates for the European Commission. Exit polls project that the center-right European People's Party (EPP), which von der Leyen represen...
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Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo announced plans to resign after the defeat of his party, the liberal Open VLD, in the federal elections held June 9. Belgium held a national vote on the 150 legislative seats in the Chamber of Represenatatives on June 9, the same day as its European parliamentary elections. "Tomorrow I will resign as prime minister," de Croo said, with 90% of the votes counted. The conservative party N-VA led the vote, with a projected win of 24 seats in the Chamber of Representatives. The far-right Vlaams Belang party is projected to win 20. In third place, the liberal...
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Czech Minister for European Affairs Martin Dvorak has urged the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union to advance accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, according to the Czech Press Agency (CTK). In a letter co-signed by eleven other EU member states, Dvorak commended the Belgian Presidency’s efforts and highlighted the importance of gradually integrating the two countries into EU policies and programs. Sweden, Finland, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, and Slovakia were among the countries that signed Dvorak's letter. "I belie...
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Starting on June 6, citizens of the European Union will head to the voting bouts to elect the block's 720 member European Parliament. The election, held between June 6 and June 9 and often downplayed as irrelevant by voters, will have a major impact on EU domestic and foreign policy, among them the union's dealings with Ukraine. Ukraine awaits the start of membership talks, and the allocation of EU funds that are a crucial lifeline for the country amid Russia's war. Surging right-wing populist parties, Russian interference scandals, and the creeping Ukraine fatigue are a source of modest anxie...
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An 18-year-old Chechen man was arrested earlier in May on charges that he was plotting a terrorist attack at a football match scheduled to take place during the upcoming Paris Olympics, the French Interior Ministry said on May 31. The ministry did not provide any more details but said it was the first terrorist plot targeting the Olympics that had been foiled. The BFM media outlet later wrote, citing police sources, that the suspect was allegedly planning to target the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-Etienne, which is scheduled to host several football matches as part of the Olympics. The s...
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