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Chances of EU-Russia relations improving are "bad" after the union's top job appointments the night before, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary said on Friday Dmitry Peskov specifically name-checked Ursula von der Leyen, who was nominated for another term as president of the European Commission, and Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, chosen as the next EU foreign policy chief. “Mrs von der Leyen is not a supporter of normalising relations between the EU and Russia," he said. “This is how we know her, this is how we remember her.” It is unclear whether Peskov's comments were re...
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Hungarian and Italian Prime Ministers Viktor Orbán and Giorgia Meloni accused the EU of being undemocratic after the pair were excluded from preliminary negotiations and failed to secure a high-level seat in the next political cycle for their political groups. After several hours of negotiations, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who hails from the centrist European People’s Party (EPP) was nominated president of the Commission, former Socialist Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa as president of the European Council, and Liberal Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas as the...
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Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni joined her Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán last night in opposing the top jobs package agreed by the EU Council, but Meloni's opposition demonstrates how she must negotiate a delicate balancing act as she seeks to carve out a greater role for Italy in the next European Commission. "I decided not to support it out of respect for the citizens and the indications that came from those citizens during the elections," the Italian premier said, adding: "We continue to work to finally give Italy the weight it deserves in Europe." Meloni voted against António Costa as ...
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In a shorter-than-expected European Council meeting, the leaders of the EU's 27 member states approved the candidates for the bloc's top jobs: Ursula von der Leyen as president of the European Commission, António Costa as president of the European Council, and Kaja Kallas as the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. The approval was the first step of a mechanism that will start working to tie all loose knots in the composition of the next European Union’s leadership. António Costa's election by the Council is final and he will take over from current president Charles Mic...
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Before the EU elections, it was expected that EU leaders might resist Ursula von der Leyen's reappointment more than the European Parliament, which was expected to fall in line following a summit of leaders signing off on it. The tables have turned, however, and while the European Council slowly reaches its top jobs decision, the parliamentary arithmetic continues to pose open questions. The strong performance of the European People’s Party (EPP) and the socialists, the leading forces in the European Council with 17 out of 27 leaders, provided significant leverage for their negotiators ahead o...
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Nature restoration, water protection and boosting renewables are likely to remain among the political priorities of the EU's next institutional cycle, according to a leaked Strategic Agenda, seen by Euronews, a high-level EU guiding policy document set to be agreed during a summit of EU leaders starting today (27 June) in Brussels. Previous leaks of the EU leaders’ guiding policy document suggested references to climate action had been all but erased, pointing to a U-turn to the European Green Deal’s main goals, but the latest draft document seen by Euronews pledges to “continue protecting nat...
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European citizens went to the polls on 6-9 June to decide on the composition of the European Parliament. Now, it's the turn of their leaders to decide who will head the major Brussels institutions for the next five years and what policies they'll follow. This week's EU summit agenda includes military support for Ukraine, the vision for the next five-year mandate, the Middle East, migration, defence and security, and the EU's own top jobs. After taking the post-election temperature at an informal gathering last week, Europe's 27 leaders are now expected to agree on a pre-cooked package of names...
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An agreement brokered over the EU top jobs in the wake of last week’s informal summit without Italy’s involvement has triggered the ire of premier Georgia Meloni, who was considered to have earned the role of ‘kingmaker’ in the process after the positive performance of her Brothers of Italy party at the EU elections. The announcement of a preliminary deal brokered yesterday by representatives of the European People's Party (EPP), the socialists, and the liberals came as a bolt out of the blue for the Italian government which did not receive the news well. Meloni has openly contested the select...
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French Valérie Hayer looks set to survive a challenge to her leadership of the European Parliament's liberal Renew group, after an attempt by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) - which forms the centrist group with Macron's Renaissance and the European Democratic Party (EDP) - to unseat her, according to two sources familiar with the issue. After an ALDE council meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania last weekend, its bureau members proposed Portuguese MEP João Cotrim de Figueiredo, one of two first-time winners of seats for the Iniciativa Liberal party in the EU elections for the...
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German MEP Terry Reintke and Dutch lawmaker Bas Eickhout have been appointed new Greens/EFA co-presidents in the group’s constitutive meeting today. Speaking to reporters shortly after their election, they sent a message to the largest group, the centre-right wing European People’s Party (EPP), offering their services to form a stable coalition for the coming legislative term. However, they’re asking for some clarity on their position regarding the future of the Green Deal, a key priority for the Greens. “The EPP is completely divided on where to go with the Green Deal. There are very divergin...
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