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EPP President Manfred Weber calls for European leadership as US retreats from global role

The president of the EU's leading centre-right party told Euronews it is time for Europe to step up.

Euronews

The EU’s biggest political party met in Valencia – what we learned

As the European People's Party met in Valencia at a gathering overshadowed by a power cuts across Spain and Portugal this week, here are some of the key takeaways.

Euronews

Day one of the EPP Congress in Valencia wraps up: Key takeaways

Manfred Weber, running as the sole candidate for the presidency, was re-elected as European People’s Party President with 502 votes in favour and 61 against during day one of the EPP Congress in Valencia.

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European People's Party officials elected as Valencia congress ends

Annual congress of the party representing the largest cohort in the European Parliament met in Spanish city blighted by flood six months ago.

Euronews

Populists and extremists are EPP's main competitors, Manfred Weber tells Euronews

In an interview with Euronews, EPP President Manfred Weber warned of an authoritarian wave in Europe, pledging never to cooperate with far-right parties like France's National Rally or Germany’s AfD, whom he accused of threatening European unity and democratic values.

Euronews

Manfred Weber’s longevity as leader of the EU’s most powerful party | Radio Schuman

Europe's most powerful political party, the European People’s Party (EPP), is holding its two-day Congress in Valencia. Members are expected to re-elect the party chair, Manfred Weber. But what explains his longevity in the EPP?

Euronews

EPP boss Weber feels 'privileged' to be targeted by billboard campaign in Hungary

The Hungarian government promotes its national poll on Ukraine membership by targeting EU and Ukraine leaders.

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Putin is 'playing' and has no interest in stopping war, EPP chief warns

Manfred Weber exclusively tells Euronews that Putin 'is not ready for peace.'

Euronews

Defence White Paper, Newsletter

This week's key events presented by Euronews' defence and finance reporter Paula Soler.

Euronews

As the US retreats, Europe must look out for itself – so is Macron’s nuclear offer the answer?

Development of a joint defence shield would be politically explosive for Keir Starmer. But it’s an idea whose time has come, says the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK

Putin, Xi, Trump… The barbarians are at the gate but Europe’s leaders are too busy infighting to notice

Amid threats to its ‘reason for being’, the EU must stop squabbling and take a stand

The Guardian - UK

EU elections: populist right makes gains but pro-European centre holds

Far right celebrates in France, Germany and Austria, but mainstream centre parties on course to hold majority

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

Ursula von der Leyen vows never to work with Europe’s far-right parties

European Commission president seeks a second term and says there’s no place for ‘Putin’s friends’ in bloc

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UK could contribute to nuclear shield if Trump wins, suggests German minister

Comments draw Britain into debate about European security without US providing bulk of Nato’s nuclear deterrent

The Guardian - UK

Why are European defence leaders talking about war?

Intractable combat in Ukraine and Middle East has planners fearing the worst, but a returning President Trump would add to the volatility

The Guardian - UK

Poland election: final results suggest opposition parties could form Tusk-led coalition – Europe live

Ruling Law and Justice party secured most votes but it appears likely Donald Tusk’s Civic Coalition will be able to form a government

The Guardian - UK

Will Europe’s centre-right parties accept defeat or sell their souls to the hard right?

Progressive policies are at stake as conservatives attempt to forge alliances in the European parliament with extreme nationalists, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

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The Independent UK

Top EU lawmaker says firewall against German far right stands, but willing to work with Meloni

The leader of the conservative bloc in the European Parliament says his party will not cooperate with the far-right Alternative for Germany but is willing to work with Italy’s far-right premier to curb migration

The Guardian - UK

EU’s biodiversity law under threat from centre-right MEPs

The EPP, the European parliament’s largest group, says it supports climate goals but objects to ‘bad proposal’

France 24

We won't work with far-right 'extremists', EPP chief Manfred Weber says

Talking Europe interviews the boss of the largest and oldest group in the European Parliament, the centre-right European People's Party. Manfred Weber is a veteran of the EU assembly, having first been elected nearly twenty years ago, and he is an important player in German politics, in the conservative Christian…

Reuters

EU conservatives scrap Italy meeting over Berlusconi Ukraine comments

The European People's Party (EPP) said on Friday it was cancelling a planned event in Naples due to criticism of Ukraine by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, whose Forza Italia party is an EPP member.

The Independent UK

Top EU lawmakers say no party immune to potential corruption

Senior members of the European Union’s parliament say a corruption scandal ravaging the assembly could have happened to any political group, not just the main center-left bloc

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