Elections to the european parliament articles
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European Parliament releases emotional clip to boost EP election voting
The European Parliament released a 4 minute film today, urging people to vote in the EP elections on June 6-9. The clip is created around the idea that grandparents from several European countries, including Romania, sent a message to their grandchildren explaining how they escaped alive from the hands of the Nazis or Communists, and […]
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European elections: campaign kicks off with debate in Maastricht
The lead candidates from eight of the nine political groupings in the European parliament kicked off the campaign for the June elections in Maastricht on Monday evening, in a live debate on some of the biggest issues facing the EU. The debate, co-hosted by Politico Europe and Studio Europa, covered the Green Deal, the Israel-Hamas war, migration and social media among other issues, and provided several clashes, particularly over the rise of the far right. Almost all the candidates took turns to...
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European parliament: virtue signaling on Iran, with a sting
As most EU governments and the bloc’s high representative for foreign policy Josep Borrell try to emphasize the need to de-escalate tensions between Iran and Israel, the European Parliament has moved sharply in the opposite direction. During its plenary session on April 25 the body adopted a resolution on “Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response” which included a series of ostensibly tough measures to set that response into motion.Already the title...