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Former Catalan president to leave politics if he doesn’t win regional elections
Former Catalan president and leader of the right-wing separatist Together for Catalonia (JxCat), Carles Puigdemont, will quit politics if he does not win the snap regional elections on 12 May, he announced on Tuesday (9 April).
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Dissatisfied with the EU? New list aims to renegotiate Sweden’s EU membership
Swedish European People's Party MEP Sara Skyttedal and former Social Democrat lawmaker Jan Emanuel presented on Tuesday (9 April) a list for June's European elections that seeks to unite all those dissatisfied with the EU with the aim of re-negotiating Sweden's EU membership.
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EU parties and Commission sign campaign rulebook against foreign interference, disinformation
All European political parties will sign on Tuesday (9 March) to a set of code of conduct rules, brokered by the European Commission, as part of broader efforts to shield June’s EU elections campaign from foreign interference and disinformation.
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Gagging the European Parliament?
The parliamentary questions system operated by the European Parliament is a pale imitation of the traditional PQ system, is extraordinarily bureaucratic, operates at a snail’s pace, and produces responses that would not be tolerated in other parliaments, writes Dick Roche.
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Europe needs more funds for defence as wider war ‘no longer a fantasy’, Borrell warns
A full-scale conflict in Europe is “no longer a fantasy” and Europeans must find new ways to financially prepare for a potentially wider war on the continent, the EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell warned on Tuesday (9 April). “War is...
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European states sign pledge to protect North Sea infrastructure
Britain and other major European countries with maritime borders on the North Sea on Tuesday (9 April) signed an agreement to work together to protect underwater infrastructure, including from possible Russian attacks.
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EU Parliament shows tough love to Europe’s ‘problem child’
Euractiv's Transport Brief brings you the latest roundup of news affecting the transport sector in Europe.
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March marks yet another record in global heat
The world just experienced its warmest March on record, capping a 10-month streak in which every month set a new temperature record, the European Union's climate change monitoring service said on Tuesday (9 April).
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Top Europe court to issue landmark climate verdicts
Europe's top rights court is Tuesday (9 April) to decide in three separate cases if states are doing enough in the face of global warming in rulings that could force them to do more.
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EU telecoms standards institute set for new leadership
Amid a cooled relationship with the EU Commission, the bloc's telecoms standardisation body is set to elect a new leader on April 16.
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EU migration pact centre-stage for Macron’s camp in bid to counter far-right
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Macron's commitment to supporting a European migration and asylum pact, Italian farmers' ire over fraudulent food, Spain's most recent poll results, and so much more.
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EU eyes offshoring asylum-seekers, but avoids UK-style Rwanda plan
The European Union is open to the idea of sending asylum-seekers to outside countries, even if it is not willing to go quite as far as following Britain and its plans to fly irregular migrants to Rwanda.
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Dominant Kosovo Serb party again boycotts local elections, census in north
A Kosovo Serb political party, which until recently counted Milan Radoicic, who led the EU-dubbed ‘terrorist attack’ in the country on 24 September, has announced it will not take part in the process towards new elections in four Serb-majority regions or the population census, provoking disappointment from the EU.
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Bulgaria will stick to conditions for North Macedonia’s EU membership talks
Bulgaria has no intention of changing the negotiation framework and conditions for North Macedonia's membership in the EU, Olivér Várhelyi, the European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement, said during his visit to Sofia on Monday.
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Azores ‘critically important’ to NATO, US ambassador says
The American ambassador to Portugal, Randi Charno Levine, said the Azores are of “critical importance” to NATO on Monday.
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Italian farmers rally against fake ‘Made in Italy’ products at Brenner Pass
Ten thousand farmers converged at the Brenner Pass on Monday, voicing their opposition to and collecting signatures for a petition against imported foods masquerading as authentic Italian products.
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Spanish People’s Party would win snap elections against Socialists, poll predicts
The Spanish People's Party (PP/EPP) would outperform ruling Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Party (PSOE/S&D) if general elections were held in Spain today, according to a poll by private research agency 40dB.
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German far-right demands proof of alleged Russian bribes
German far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) came out in support of Petr Bystron on Monday, one of their top candidates for the European elections, who allegedly received cash from a pro-Russian news site for his election campaign.
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EU migration pact centre-stage for Macron’s camp in bid to counter far-right
French President Emmanuel Macron’s Besoin d’Europe coalition has upped support for a new pact on migration and asylum, emphasising a desire to tackle illegal immigration and fend off the far-right narrative ahead of June’s EU elections.
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Farmers’ protests contributed to Poland’s election result, data suggest
Ongoing farmers protests have influenced the results of the local elections in Poland, and may contribute to the outcome of June's European elections, according to politicians and election data.
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