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EU leaders discuss top jobs after far-right gains in June elections

EU leaders are gathering in Brussels to discuss – over an informal dinner – how to distribute the European Union's top jobs, with Ursula von der Leyen seemingly on track for a second term heading the European Commission.

Radio France Internationale

Tim Merlier beats Jasper Philipsen in Baloise Belgium Tour final stage sprint showdown

Top Belgian sprinters battle in Brussels as Wærenskjold seals overall race victory

Cycling News

Sulaiman Addonia: ‘I’m taking writing back to the rock’n’roll era!’

The Eritrean-Ethiopian-British novelist on childhood trauma and its effect on his work, the importance of sex in stories and paying homage to your imagination

The Guardian - UK

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European elections leave markets jittery: What do far-right gains mean for EU?

A cloud of uncertainty is hovering over Europe this June in the wake of the European elections. In France, the National Rally party of Marine Le Pen dominated the polls to such an extent that President Emmanuel Macron immediately dissolved parliament and called for new elections. The possibility of seeing…

France 24

Europe’s far-right wants to win over unhappy farmers

A few days before the recent European parliamentary elections, an event took place that hardly made it into the news anywhere: a dozen tractors, escorted by police, rolled into Brussels, honked their horns outside the EU parliament, and drove away.

The Conversation

The Guardian view on Europe’s imperilled green deal: time to outflank the radical right

Editorial: The burden of transition on economically insecure voters must be eased via a more ambitious fiscal approach by governments

The Guardian - UK

Hungary's Peter Magyar, Orban-disciple-turned-fierce-rival

In Hungary, Peter Magyar, a former diplomat and ex-member of the ruling Fidesz party, won nearly 30% of the vote in the European elections after a campaign that lasted just a few weeks. An electoral score that now makes him Prime Minister Viktor Orban's main rival.

France 24

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The European Union threatens to hike tariffs on Chinese electric car imports, escalating trade spat

The European Union has threatened to hike tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, escalating a trade dispute over Beijing’s subsidies for the exports that Brussels worries is hurting domestic automakers

The Independent UK

Beaten and tortured: the north African children paying a bloody price for Europe’s insatiable appetite for cocaine

For serious drug gangs, thousands of children coming from Morocco and Algeria offer an unlimited pool of cheap, disposable street sellers

The Guardian - UK

EU elections 2024: Who lost and won, and who was hurt?

The centre right held ground, but a surge for the far right could impact policymaking in Brussels.

Al Jazeera

In thrall to Viktor Orbán and the hard right, Europe is facing its moment of truth

With nationalists set for EU election gains, now is not the time for Hungary’s pro-Putin Europhobic leader to take the helm

The Guardian - UK

Here review – low-key love in Brussels

A moss specialist and a Romanian labourer connect over homemade soup in Bas Devos’s lovely, intimate film

The Guardian - UK

‘The battleground is Palestine’: Israel’s war looms over European elections

EU insiders and voters say many will be backing parties that are supportive of Gaza.

Al Jazeera

Orban Steps Up Rhetoric Over Ukraine War As Elections Near

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was to address a mass rally in Budapest on Saturday, as he increasingly stokes fears of war between the West and Russia with verbal attacks on Brussels and NATO ahead of elections.

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France 24

EU Socialists' lead candidate Nicolas Schmit warns against 'arrangement' with far right

He's been seen campaigning on empty beer crates in pubs and playing table tennis. Talking Europe catches up with the lead candidate of the Party of The European Socialists (PES) and asks him what he has learned in this EU election campaign, away from the buttoned-up confines of the Berlaymont…

International Business Times

Chinese Shopping App Temu Faces Stricter EU Safety Rules

Chinese shopping app Temu will have to comply with stringent new safety rules after Brussels on Friday added the company to its list of digital firms big enough to face curbs.

International Business Times

EU Seeks Roadblocks For Chinese EVs Without Sparking Trade War

The EU faces a delicate balancing act as it prepares to rev up taxes on Chinese electric cars to protect European industry, while steering clear of a US-style showdown with Beijing that could spark a trade war.

France 24

Police raid European Parliament offices amid election interference concerns

We start with the police searches this Wednesday at the Brussels and Strasbourg offices of an employee of the European Parliament. Authorities say the raids are linked to an investigation into whether some MEPs were bribed to promote Russian narratives in order to undermine public support for Ukraine in the…

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EU Parliament Employee Investigated For Promoting Russian Propaganda

Authorities conduct searches in Brussels and Strasbourg related to possible bribery involving EU lawmakers promoting Russian propaganda.

The Conversation

Idea of EU citizenship still intangible for most Europeans

From Thursday 6 until Sunday 9 June, Europeans from 27 member states will be hitting the polls in a vote with heavy stakes for the climate transition, immigration and democracy. But to what extent do these voters define themselves as Europeans? Will their ballot be driven by continental issues dear…

The Independent UK

Police search the European Parliament over suspected Russian interference, prosecutors say

Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office says police have carried out searches at the residence of an employee of the European Parliament and at his office in the Parliament’s building in Brussels over suspected Russian interference

France 24

Police search European Parliament employee's home, offices over possible Russian interference

Police searched the offices and residence of an employee of the European Parliament on Wednesday as part of an investigation into whether EU lawmakers were bribed to promote Russian propaganda to undermine support for Ukraine, prosecutors said.

France 24

Farmers steal the limelight in EU election campaign

In our second Europe Votes show, we zoom in on farmers in Brussels and in France. Milk producers have rallied in the Belgian and EU capital, drawing attention to the struggles they face in being paid a fair price for their produce. And in France, the main political lists competing…

Al Jazeera

EU pushing to boost military aid to Ukraine

The drive by some EU states to raise support comes as others, such as Hungary, work to block military aid.

The Independent UK

EU tries to drum up military support for Ukraine as Zelenskyy tours Spain, Belgium and Portugal

European Union defense ministers are meeting in Brussels to try again to overcome Hungary’s objections to providing billions of euros in military aid to Kyiv, in its third year of war since Russia’s full-scale invasion began

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