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Ursula von der Leyen can run, but can she also hide?

The European Commission president is running for re-election. Yet a political cronyism scandal is dogging her path, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre

The Guardian - UK

Macron and Scholz are 'dividing' Europe over Ukraine, EPP chief Manfred Weber says

Talking Europe hosts the head of the largest political group in the European Parliament, the centre-right European People's Party. Manfred Weber, a prominent German CSU politician, is hoping that the June 9 EU elections will re-confirm the EPP's pre-eminent position, but he is cautious on the possibility of alliances with…

France 24

Lawmakers Skewer EU Chief Over Contested Job Pick

European lawmakers will cast votes Thursday on a contested appointment to a plum Brussels job, with Ursula von der Leyen suspected of playing favourites to aid her own re-election as commission chief.

International Business Times

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MEPs to vote on divisive migration policy in ‘big moment for Europe’

Proponents of legislation for bloc say it will take away far-right arguments but critics claim the opposite

The Guardian - UK

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.

International Business Times

‘They want to destroy our Europe’: von der Leyen condemns rise of populism

European Commission chief makes rallying speech after being nominated by her EU grouping for new term as head of executive

The Guardian - UK

EU Conservatives Vote To Keep Von Der Leyen As Chief

European Union conservatives vote to retain Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission, highlighting her leadership during challenging times.

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EU Conservatives Set To Back Von Der Leyen For Second Term

The conservative European People's Party (EPP) -- the biggest force in the EU parliament -- is expected on Thursday to formally support European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen's bid for a second term.

International Business Times

Von der Leyen’s EU group plans Rwanda-style asylum schemes

Centre-right European People’s party says it wants to create deportation deals with non-EU countries to head off rise of far right

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the 2024 European elections: a continent at the crossroads

Editorial: As campaigning begins for the most important pan-European vote for decades, progressive parties need to respond to the radical right threat

The Guardian - UK

EU parliament adopts biodiversity and nature restoration bill

EU lawmakers have given the final green light to a milestone bill aimed at protecting nature in the bloc, overriding conservative attempts to shoot down a law that has angered European farmers.

Radio France Internationale

European parliament votes for watered-down law to restore nature

EU target aims to restore at least 20% of land and sea ecosystems by 2030 despite farmers’ protests and rightwing opposition

The Guardian - UK

EU Parliament Backs Contested Biodiversity Bill

EU lawmakers on Tuesday gave the final green light to a milestone bill aimed at protecting nature in the bloc, overriding conservative attempts to torpedo a law that has angered European farmers.

International Business Times

Germany's von der Leyen seeks second term as EU Commission chief

Ursula von der Leyen on Monday announced her intention to seek a second term as president of the European Commission, the most powerful institution in Brussels.

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Ursula von der Leyen to seek second term as head of European Commission

CDU politician, elected to role in 2019, will have to negotiate the Spitzenkandidaten process after EU elections in June

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Call to urgently revive Theresa May’s plan for EU-wide defence treaty

Leader of centrist Renew group in EU parliament says defence must be main priority over next five years

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Europe's Largest Political Party Wants To Stop The Combustion Engine Ban

The EPP aims to rethink the continent's green strategy "as soon as possible."

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New NATO member Finland set to pick president after 12 years of Niinisto

As war rages in Ukraine, the Nordic nation’s new leader’s trickiest challenges are likely to regard Russia.

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‘Anti-European’ populists on track for big gains in EU elections, says report

France, Poland and Austria among nine countries where radical rightwing parties predicted to finish first

International Business Times

EU Under Pressure To Defuse Farmers' Anger

EU agriculture ministers will discuss on Tuesday how to resolve European farmers' growing discontent as Brussels scrambles to address the issue ahead of elections this year.

The Guardian - UK

Why Europe’s farmers are protesting – and the far right is taking note

For some farmers already struggling, paying for more of their pollution is a step too far. Germany is the latest country to see anger boil over

Radio France Internationale

Shaping the future: What's at stake in the 2024 EU elections?

The upcoming European elections – considered the largest transnational vote in the world – are poised to bring about shifts in policies and leadership that will reverberate across the continent. RFI takes a look at what's at stake.

The Guardian - UK

Make or break for the EU? Europeans vote in June with far right on the rise

Ever more of the continent’s 400 million voters feel the bloc is important enough to warrant casting their ballot

The Guardian - UK

Geert Wilders’ win shows we are in a new phase for the far right in western Europe

As mainstream politics has shifted to the right, once-fringe parties are gaining support – and moving closer to government, says Cas Mudde of the University of Georgia

The Guardian - UK

EU strikes landmark deal on law to restore and protect nature

Legislation will set targets to restore 20% of EU land and seas by 2030, and 90% of degraded habitats by 2050

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