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A fight broke out in Italy’s Parliament during a vote on the government’s controversial bill which could give Italy’s regions greater autonomy. The brawl erupted on Wednesday after Leonardo Donno, a member of the opposition Five Star Movement, handed an Italian flag to the minister of Regional Affairs, Roberto Calderoli. As two clerks attempted to separate Donno from Calderoli, lawmakers from the League and Brothers of Italy parties, part of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s ruling coalition, joined the scuffle. Leonardo Donno was subsequently transported out of the chamber in a wheelchair by pa...
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A UK lawmaker was given a rare standing ovation in the House of Commons after returning to work for the first time since losing his arms and feet after a sepsis infection. Conservative MP Craig Mackinlay walked into the chamber for the weekly Prime Minister's Questions for the first time after going into sepsis shock in September 2023. Sepsis is a life-threatening infection that occurs when the body's immune system causes damage to its organs in response to infection. His wife was told at the time to prepare for him to die, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported. Doctors were forced to amputat...
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Thousands of people have attended a pro-government rally in the Georgian capital Tbilisi in support of a controversial foreign influence law. The divisive draft law requires media and non-commercial organisations to register as being under foreign influence if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad. Critics say it could undermine democracy and derail the country’s chances of joining the European Union. Similar legislation in Russia was used to suppress voices and groups critical of the Kremlin. Supporters of the bill - proposed by the ruling Georgian Dream party - say ensuring...
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A far-right Greek MP has been arrested after a punch-up in the country's parliament. Konstantinos Floros, a former member of the extreme Spartans Party, allegedly assaulted Vasilis Grammenos, from the nationalist Greek Solution Party. Parliament Speaker Constantinos Tasoulas ordered that Floros be handed over to the police and face criminal charges of assaulting a member of Parliament. Floros, who is now an independent MP, was then arrested by the police. Inside MPs had been debating whether to lift the immunity of the MP Kyriakos Velopoulos, who is the president of the Greek Solution Party. H...
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Polish legislators voted on four separate bills on Friday to consider changes to the country's near-total ban on abortion, a highly controversial issue in the mainly Roman Catholic nation. Poland has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. Two of the proposals, including one from Prime Minister Donald Tusk's Civic Platform party, aim to legalise abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy. ''Today is truly a symbolic day, a breakthrough day, and a day that our daughters and granddaughters will probably remember,'' Third Way party member Ewa Schaedler said. ''Something has happened ...
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Four legislative proposals on abortion are set to be considered by lawmakers in Poland on Thursday, four months after the country's right-wing government was ousted. Women's rights activists are concerned that the three bills set to legalise or decriminalise abortion will be shot down by a minority right-wing government alliance. One of the proposals is from the coalition of Prime Minister Donald Tusk and would legalise abortion until the 12th week of pregnancy. Polish lawmakers OK morning-after pill for ages 15 and over in a first step to ease reproductive lawA fourth bill from a conservative...
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For Věra Jourová, all the tools are needed to strengthen public confidence in Europe's political institutions, which have been hit in recent months by foreign corruption scandals such as Qatargate and Russiagate. "These scandals, which you mentioned, have really created a high level of mistrust. There is something rotten in Brussels. I've heard it said in many places that people don't know the difference between the European Parliament and individuals. I think we need to act proactively against this feeling of people who think that it makes no sense to go and vote because the system is dirty. ...
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The new center-right minority government in Portugal took office on Tuesday, soon after its parliamentary test underscored the challenges and possibilities it faces following the rise of a radical right populist party in the recent general election. Only one of the 17 ministers sworn in at a ceremony in Lisbon’sAjuda National Palace has previous top-level government experience.Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, who promised a Cabinet made up of specialists from outside the usual political circles, has not previously served in any government role. Some key members of the Cabinet have spent time in...
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