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Tram collision in Strasbourg leaves dozens injured

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Rescue services treat 100 more people for shock or stress after collision in tunnel leading to central train stationTwo trams collided in Strasbourg in eastern France on Saturday, causing dozens of injuries, though none critical, authorities said. The …

The Transnistria crisis explained

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In todayโ€™s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Strasbourg court rules against Bulgaria over unfair trial of MEP Elena Yoncheva, the soaring support for Spain’s far-right parties, and so much more.ย 
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Greece guilty of โ€˜systematicโ€™ pushback of asylum seekers, court rules

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In โ€˜potentially trailblazingโ€™ decision, European court of human rights finds country engaging in illicit deportationsThe European court of human rights has found Greece guilty of conducting โ€œsystematicโ€ pushbacks of would-be asylum seekers, ordering it…

Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of the French far right, is dead at 96

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Ultranationalist and anti-immigrant views made him a pariah in 1980s France.

Britain wants to reset its Brexit reset

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To get talks back on track in the coming year, Keir Starmer and his team are filling their diary with trips to Brussels.

Is the British government scared of Nigel Farage?

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The specter of Farage’s Reform party looms large as Britain seeks a reset in relations with the EU.

Le coup de force permanent dโ€™Ursula von der Leyen exaspรจre les gouvernements europรฉens

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Certains dirigeants ont demandรฉ au nouveau prรฉsident du Conseil europรฉen, Antรณnio Costa, de les aider ร  la contenir.

Von der Leyenโ€™s constant power play exasperates EU capitalsย ย 

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Some leaders have called on new European Council President Antรณnio Costa to help rein her in.

EU to Germany: Your lack of investment isnโ€™t our fault

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European economy chief says Berlin’s debt rules constrain spending more than the EU’s own restrictions.

Press release – Georgia: President Zourabichvili calls on EU to step up and defend its values

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On Wednesday morning, the President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili delivered a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg.Committee on Foreign Affairs Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP

Tech Pro Brief โ€“ fears over TikTok from Strasbourg to Zagreb, and a DSA enforcement matrix

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Euractiv’s Pro newsletter covering all things Tech, brought to you by Chris Powers, Thรฉophane Hartmann, and Jacob Wulff Wold.
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Press release – Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili to address the European Parliament

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On Wednesday at 8.30 CET, the President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili will give a speech to MEPs at the hemicycle in Strasbourg.Committee on Foreign Affairs Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP

Portugalโ€™s Teresa Anjinho elected EU ethics watchdog

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She takes over from Emily O’Reilly, who has was in the role for more than a decade.

Press release – Parliament honours Edmundo Gonzรกlez Urrutia and Marรญa Corina Machado

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President Metsola presented the Sakharov Prize 2024 to Venezuelaโ€™s Edmundo Gonzรกlez Urrutia and Marรญa Corina Machado at a ceremony on Tuesday in Strasbourg.Committee on Foreign AffairsCommittee on DevelopmentSubcommittee on Human Rights Source : ยฉ Eur…

Press release – President Metsola welcomes the accession of Bulgaria and Romania into Schengen

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President Metsola opened the 16-19 December plenary session in Strasbourg by praising Georgiaโ€™s protestors, and marking the cyclone in Mayotte with a minuteโ€™s silence for victims. Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP

EU visitor centers under scrutiny over spiraling costs and sparse attendance

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European Parliamentโ€™s top bureaucrat called for a review of the project โ€œto assess the causes of the poorer performance.”

Terror attack on Bavarian Christmas market foiled by police

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The 37-year-old suspect from Iraq had allegedly photographed the market in Augsburg and discussed driving a car through it.

European countries give farmers more freedom to shoot wolves

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The decision by Bern Convention members is a major win for the EU and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

MEPs reject smoking ban plan

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The vote is symbolic but lawmakers still couldn’t come to an agreement.

Elon Musk blasts โ€˜undemocraticโ€™ EU in ongoing feud

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The billionaire tech entrepreneur said the European Parliament is giving up its authority to the Commission.

Mercosur : lโ€™Assemblรฉe rejette largement lโ€™accord de libre-รฉchangeย 

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Ce vote intervient alors que le deal suscite de plus en plus dโ€™opposition en Europe.

Press release – President Metsola calls for an end to violence against women

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President Metsola opened the 25-28 November plenary session in Strasbourg by marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP

As Franceโ€™s Marine Le Pen stumbles, her far-right protรฉgรฉ seizes the limelight

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Jordan Bardella’s glitzy book tour encourages speculation about a palace coup at the top of the National Rally party.

Hereโ€™s the timeline for the new European Commission

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An agreement on the next EU executive will take blood, sweat, tears and a lot of backroom maneuvering.ย 

Les vrais gagnants des รฉlections amรฉricaines : les populistes de droite europรฉens

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Les alliรฉs de Donald Trump en Europe espรจrent qu’il mettra rapidement fin ร  la guerre en Ukraine et renforcera leur position sur la scรจne europรฉenne.

The real winners of the US election: Europeโ€™s populist right-wing wreckersย 

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Trumpโ€™s allies in Europe hope the president-elect will quickly end the war in Ukraine โ€” and boost their standing on the EU stage.

French government split on halting football matches over homophobic chants

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“We can no longer tolerate seeing intolerable behaviors every weekend in sports,โ€ Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said.

European Parliament sets out time limits, evaluation process ahead of commissioner hearings

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The center-right European People’s Party will receive the most speaking time.

Venezuelaโ€™s opposition wins top EU human rights award

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Sakharov Prize goes to politicians who took on authoritarian ruler Nicolรกs Maduro.

Azerbaijan, EU human rights feud escalates as COP29 looms

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The host of next month’s U.N. climate talks is warning Western politicians and NGOs not to criticize its internal affairs.

Why legal experts are worried about an EU debate on โ€˜return hubsโ€™

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Join host Giada Santana and politics reporter Nicoletta Ionta as they take a closer look at why the current debate on return hubs is worrying law experts.

Orbรกnโ€™s nemesis does not fully trust the EU, either

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โ€œI donโ€™t think I have any friends in the European Parliament,” Pรฉter Magyar said.

Mrs. von der Leyen, headteacher of a school in special measures

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Wait, I thought. Am I back at school?

Press release – Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2024: invitation to award ceremony

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The award ceremony will take place at 18.00, on Wednesday 23 October 2024, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg (Daphne Caruana Galizia Press Room). Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP

Marine Le Pen attacks the EUโ€™s โ€˜Blobโ€™ during her embezzlement trial

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The far-right leader tried to turn her legal ordeal into political opportunity.

Elon Musk fails to get nod for EU human rights award

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Far right sought to award Musk for his positions against “radical Islamism and wokism.”

Highlights from Strasbourg โ€“ Euractiv MEP Welcome Party โ€˜Meet the Pressโ€™ [Advocacy Lab Content]

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On 17 September in Strasbourg, Euractiv had the opportunity to bring together MEPs, APAs, and our newsroom to connect and share ideas on the priorities for the new European Parliament cycle.

Bella Ciao: a brief history of the resistance anthem sung to Viktor Orbรกn

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A look at the origins and appeal off the song MEPs used to serenade the Hungarian PM in Strasbourgโ€œThis is not Eurovision,โ€ said the speaker of the European parliament, Roberta Metsola, as she tried to silence leftwing MEPs greeting the visiting Hungar…

โ€˜Explosionโ€™ sparks evacuation on train carrying MEPs

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Official asks European Parliament staff to “stay calm.”

Leaked: Tense correspondence between EU commissioner hopefuls and Parliament

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Still, the 23 nominees were cleared by the institution’s legal committee for hearings in early November.

Hereโ€™s the final schedule for commissioner hearings in November

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MEPs will grill all executive vice presidents on Nov. 12 after a weeklong hearing marathon in the Parliament.

Orbรกnโ€™s relations with Brussels at boiling point

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Viktor Orbรกn and Ursula von der Leyen clash at the Strasbourg plenary, after he presented Hungary’s EU Council Presidency initiatives.

‘This is not Eurovision’: European parliament members sing Bella Ciao to Hungary’s Orbรกn โ€“ video

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Speaker Roberta Metsola had to intervene during a European parliament session in Strasbourg after some members broke into the anti-fascist song Bella Ciao after an address by the Hungarian prime minister. Earlier, Viktor Orbรกn had set out the prioritie…

Ursula von der Leyen attacks Viktor Orbรกn over pro-Russia stance

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Speech by EC president in Strasbourg was most pointed criticism of Hungarian leaderโ€™s economic and political policies yetUrsula von der Leyen has accused Viktor Orbรกn of a historic failure to support Ukraine, economic mismanagement and making his count…

Von der Leyen attacks Orbรกnโ€™s support for Russia in fiery speech to European Parliament

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Strong pushback from European Commission president comes one month before grilling of future commissioners

Brexit โ€˜changed everythingโ€™ in the EU, says Orbรกn

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Orbรกn laments that the EU’s “natural balance” between pro- and anti-federalist countries was knocked out of kilter when the U.K. left the bloc.

Trump wonโ€™t wait until inauguration to bring โ€˜peaceโ€™ to Ukraine, Orbรกn says

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Hungary’s leader would celebrate a November victory by the former U.S. president’ with “several bottles of champagne.”

Viktor Orbรกn: Migration debate in Europeย is a โ€˜bloodbathโ€™

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Hungarian prime minister faces off with the press before his debate with EU leaders and national opposition in European Parliament.

Two proposed timetables put forward for commissioner hearings

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See who’s up for a grilling in the European Parliament on which days.

Romanian MEP slams โ€˜JEWS AND AMERICANSโ€™ after ban from presidential race

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The pro-Russia EU lawmaker was polling in fourth place on more than 13 percent ahead of this winter’s vote in Romania.

Thousands worldwide protest Mideast war ahead of 1-year mark

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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators were marching in cities across the globe to demand an end to the conflict.

Assange tells Strasbourg assembly he โ€˜pleaded guilty to journalismโ€™ to gain freedom

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said Tuesday he was released after years of incarceration only because he pleaded guilty to doing “journalism”, warning that freedom of expression was now at a “dark crossroads”.

European Parliament to decide between starting commissioner hearings in October or November

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MEPs are likely to opt for a Nov. 4 start date.

Romanian PM rejects need to legally protect same-sex couples

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Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has questioned the need to introduce civil partnerships, saying that LGBTI citizens already enjoy equal rights despite the Strasbourg-based human rights court condemning Romania for failing to protect same-sex cou…

CJEU upholds European Parliamentโ€™s decision to deny Catalan separatists leadersโ€™ MEP seats

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Thursday (26 September) ruled in favour of the European Parliament to deny former Catalan separatist leaders Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comรญn their MEP seats in Strasbourg in 2019.

The EU far right wants to give Elon Musk a free speech award

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If shortlisted, Musk will be invited to the European Parliament to defend his views on free speech.

Trade policy: 20 people to meet at Tory conference

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POLITICO curates a lineup of the top players influencing the Conservativesโ€™ Brexit and trade policies.

Julian Assange to make first public appearance post-release in Strasbourg

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WikiLeaks founder will deliver a speech next week in Strasbourg.

Von der Leyen tightens grip on EU but trouble looms | Jennifer Rankin

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Despite cementing control, the EU commissionโ€™s president faces a daunting second term amid the rise of the far rightUrsula von der Leyen was leaving nothing to chance. At a private meeting with members of the European parliament in Strasbourg last Tues…

The Brief โ€“ The curious case of Denmarkโ€™s migration opt-out

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The Netherlands and Hungary are unlikely to get an opt-out from the EUโ€™s migration policy, rarely has it ever happened, when Denmark got theirs, they got lucky โ€“ and France got the Strasbourg seat.

Leading Russian lawmaker threatens to nuke Strasbourg after European Parliament vote

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A close ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Western governments on Thursday (19 September) that a nuclear war would ensue if they gave the green light for Ukraine to use long-range Western weapons to strike targets deep inside Russia.

De reine ร  impรฉratrice : dans les coulisses de la prise de pouvoir dโ€™Ursula von der Leyen

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Aprรจs avoir dรฉvoilรฉ sa nouvelle รฉquipe, la prรฉsidente de la Commission europรฉenne est plus influente que jamais.

From queen to empress: Ursula von der Leyenโ€™s power grab

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After unveiling her new team, the European Commission president holds more power than ever.

Far-left, far-right MEPs slam Draghi report, while centre offers support

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Mario Draghiโ€™s report on European competitiveness was sharply criticised by far left and far right MEPs in a European Parliamentary debate in Strasbourg on Tuesday (17 September) but received strong backing from Commission President Ursula von der Leye…

How Teresa Ribera became the second-most powerful person in Brussels

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Spainโ€™s climate expert is poised to become the EUโ€™s competition chief, net-zero architect and economic transformer โ€” all in one.

Luxembourgโ€™s Hansen chosen as EU farming chief, Hungaryโ€™s Vรกrhelyi to retain food safety

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Christophe Hansen, Luxembourgโ€™s nominee for European commissioner, is set to oversee the agriculture and food security portfolio โ€“ pending confirmation by the European Parliament โ€“ during the 2024-2029 term, Ursula von der Leyen announced to journalist…

Von der Leyen accused of โ€˜total piss-takeโ€™ after refusing to reveal Commission plans to MEPs

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Von der Leyen gave more information to journalists than she did in a one-hour closed-door meeting with MEPs.

Ursula von der Leyen tightens grip before unveiling her team

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Thierry Breton is out of the way, ridding the European Commission chief of her fiercest internal critic.

Von der Leyen โ€˜hopesโ€™ to announce top team on Tuesday

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Commission refuses to comment on Thierry Bretonโ€™s accusation of “questionable governance.”

Orbรกn cancels European Parliament speech due to flooding in Hungary

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Hungarian leader’s address was set to be a dramatic moment in Strasbourg. Now it’s off.

Von der Leyen pushes for Nov. 1 European Commission start date

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Von der Leyen asks Parliament to schedule its hearings of commissioner candidates in October โ€”ย despite ongoing Slovenian political disruption.

Why did von der Leyen delay the announcement of her team? | Radio Schuman

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will announce the list of commissioner nominees during the upcoming plenary session in Strasbourg next week.

The Brief โ€“ Viktor Orbรกnโ€™s Strasbourg showdown

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn will face the ire of his opponents in the European Parliament โ€“ and the adulation of his friends โ€“ if, as expected, he takes up a forthcoming invitation to address the EU legislature in Strasbourg next week.

Von der Leyen delays unveiling of new European Commission until next week

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Commission president was supposed to reveal the portfolios for nominees on Wednesday but that is now not happening.

Thousands protest across France after Macron rejects leftโ€™s demands

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Demonstrations took place in Paris as well as other cities including Nantes, Nice, Marseille and Strasbourg.

European Parliamentโ€™s scheduling fiasco risks delaying commissioner hearings

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It’s highly unlikely Ursula von der Leyen’s team will be able to start in November.

Where the EUโ€™s political tribes should go on holiday

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Where to go this summer, depending on your political persuasion.

Les 11 dรฉputรฉs europรฉens qui comptent

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Voici les parlementaires de lโ€™UE ร  suivre pour cette nouvelle lรฉgislature.

Five more years for Ursula von der Leyen: Can EU Commission chief stay the course?

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Ursula von der Leyen has been as confirmed the head of the European Commission for a second five-year term. She won a comfortable majority on July 18th, with 401 MEPs voting for her at the plenary session in Strasbourg โ€“ forty votes more than she need…

What does von der Leyen’s re-election mean for the EU? | Radio Schuman

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Ursula von der Leyen was re-appointed as European Commission president on Thursday, 18 July, provoking different reactions in the Strasbourg hemicycle.

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