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European Defence Agency new core tasks to include focus on military joint procurement
EU defence ministers meeting in Brussels on Tuesday (28 May) are adding joint procurement to the European Defence Agency's (EDA) tasks, despite criticism and reluctance to use the body for that purpose.
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Moldova enters a critical phase for fighting disinformation
Moldovan citizens will go to the polls for presidential elections and a referendum on the country’s future EU integration in October, but for Chisinau's pro-EU government, the bigger challenge until then is the fight against Russian disinformation.
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Spanish government split over ‘opaque’ billion-heavy military aid to Ukraine
Spain’s decision to send €1.1 billion in military aid to Ukraine has opened a deep rift in the country’s progressive coalition government, with far-left Sumar spokesman Ernest Urtasun criticising Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s majority PSOE party for making the decision in a non-transparent manner.
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EU imposes sanctions on Voice of Europe, businessmen over Russian ‘disinformation’
The EU has imposed sanctions on the news website Voice of Europe and two businessmen connected to it, officials said on Monday, extending penalties imposed by the Czech Republic which says the outlet spreads Russian propaganda.
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Meloni predicts ‘different ruling majority’ in EU Parliament
With the far right expected to do well in the upcoming European elections, Italian Prime Minister and Fratelli d’Italia leader Giorgia Meloni said she expected the long-standing coalition between the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) and the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) to be challenged.
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Le Pen, Meloni must ‘shepherd’ EU’s far-right out of divisions, AUR says
Though Marine Le Pen has invited Giorgia Meloni to form a grand EU far-right group, differences between right-wing nationalist parties make it unlikely, vice-president of Romania’s far-right AUR party Adrian Axinia told Euractiv, who also calls for a “strong shepherd” to unify Europe’s sovereigntist forces.
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