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Green MEPs divided over backing for European Commission

The group split on the vote for final approval following decision-making meeting in Strasbourg. Co-chair Bas Eckhout says new executive is 'good on content', but several colleagues set to vote against.

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How centrist party pact enables new ‘Venezuela majority’

Approval of Commissioners and recent votes in the European Parliament signal new power balance, as the centre-right European People's Party teams up with right wing forces, giving itself more choices for finding majorities.

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European Parliament’s centrist groups agree to approve Commissioners

The coalition deal will allow the new European Commission to take office on 1 December, as originally planned.

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EU deforestation law postponed and diluted by Parliament

The bill is set to enter into force at the end of 2024, but has now to be renegotiated with member states. A right wing majority pushed for amendments to weaken the provisions, in a contested vote.

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Political stand-off delays approval of commissioners in the Parliament

President von der Leyen steps in to broker a deal among major groups and salvage the new Commission.

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Meloni’s man in Brussels dodges political questions in hearing

Raffaele Fitto has been nominated by Giorgia Meloni to be Italy's pick for the new Commission. Fitto demonstrated political versatility as he dodged questioning on domestic Italian issues and pledged to serve the EU.

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What happens if there’s a tie in the US presidential election?

A constitutional amendment more than two centuries old determines the choice of winner in case of a draw.

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Trump or Harris? MEP surrogates take sides

The US elections will greatly impact Europe: but how? Two MEPs take sides and offer pitches for the two candidates.

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Venezuela opposition leaders win European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize

Prize-winners underline European Parliament's tough stance against the presumptive incumbent Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who's re-election the hemicycle decries as bogus.

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EPP and far right MEPs call to build a wall at the EU border

Right-wing lawmakers voted in favour of funding "external physical barriers" under the EU's 2025 budget, resulting in a majority of MEPs rejecting the Parliament's political declaration usually attached to it.

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Socialists, Greens and Liberals challenge Commission on migration

The European Commission President has called on the bloc to look into so-called innovative solutions to stem the flow of irregular migrants, including the creation of return hubs outside the bloc to detain rejected asylum seekers awaiting deportation.

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Moldova president alleges vote-buying tainted EU referendum results

Moldovan President Maia Sandu denounced an "an assault on democracy and freedom," as she said criminal groups had bought Moldovan citizens' votes prior to the EU referendum on Sunday.

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Geert Wilders floats flying Dutch rejected asylum seekers to Uganda

The Party for Freedom envisaged a deal with the East African country, as Patriots leaders met in Brussels ahead of the EUCO.

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Far-right Patriots' chief declares death of EU migration pact

Patriots leaders, including Geert Wilders and Viktor Orbán, will meet at Maison de Hongrie in the Belgian capital for the group's first such pre-European Council meeting.

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New European leftist party sets out united stance, except on Ukraine

The new European platform for leftist parties, the European Left Alliance for the Planet and the People, mainly consists of members and observers from the Party of the European Left.

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Albania: Italian government's migrant centres ready to host

The centres built by the Italian government in Albania are ready to host migrants rescued in the Mediterranean, eleven months after the agreement between the two countries was signed.

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Viktor Orbán splits the European Parliament with presidential speech

The Hungarian Prime Minister's presentation of his priorities for the Hungarian Presidency has polarised his admirers and his critics.

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Orbán calls for ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán presented the priorities of the Hungarian presidency to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, claiming that 'Ukraine cannot win on the battlefield'.

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European EV crisis: Audi's Brussels factory faces uncertain future

Audi's plant in Belgium's capital assembles a €80,000 electric SUV, which is too expensive for Europeans. After 2025, production will likely relocate to Mexico, and workers and unions are not happy.

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Lebanese ambassador: Israeli attacks are an existential threat to us

In an interview with Euronews, Ambassador of Lebanon to Belgium Fadi Hajali called on Brussels to go one step further in imposing sanctions on Israel.

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