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In this special edition, from the Ateneo of Madrid – an emblematic institution in the heart of the Spanish capital – we are joined by the former Member…
Category: 3. Europe
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Marine Le Pen slams European defense programs – POLITICO
Le Pen was speaking in the National Assembly during a debate about boosting France’s defense budget. Some 411 MPs of the 522 lawmakers present voted in favor of increasing military expenditures — although the Greens and the Socialists warned they won’t let social spending suffer as a…
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Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision
Mark Savage,Music correspondentand
Ian Youngs,Culture reporter
Getty ImagesThe pop band VÆB represented Iceland at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest Iceland has joined Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands in saying it will boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest.
All five countries have…
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Sarkozy releases prison diaries about his 20 days behind bars
ReutersThe former French president wrote about his brief imprisonment for criminal conspiracy Rushed out in under three weeks, Nicolas Sarkozy’s new book “A Prisoner’s Diary” has plenty of colour about what it’s like for a former president to find himself in the isolation wing of a French jail.
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EU ‘veggie burger’ ban stalls after talks collapse – POLITICO
The Wednesday meeting quickly veered off course.
Officials said Imart moved to reopen elements of the text that negotiators believed had already wrapped up, including sensitive rules for powerful farm cooperatives. She then sketched out several possible fallbacks on dairy contracts — a…
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MEPs meet the Pope at the Vatican
A group of MEPs had an audience with Pope Leo XIV today (10 December) at the Vatican Apostolic Palace, on the occasion of the ECR Group’s study days taking place in Rome.
Addressing the delegation of Euro parliamentarians, the Holy Father emphasised the importance of Europe’s Christian…Continue Reading
Denmark to pay €40,000 each to Greenlandic women and girls who were forcibly given contraception
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Denmark has reached a deal to compensate thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland over cases…
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Iceland to boycott 2026 Eurovision over Israel's participation, broadcaster RÚV says
The announcement from RÚV comes a week after four other countries announced they were pulling out of next year’s Eurovision in protest against Israel’s participation.
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Trump talks Ukraine peace deal with Macron, Merz and Starmer
President Donald Trump held a conference call with French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday to discuss the war in Ukraine, a White House official said, as the U.S. president continues to push for an end to the…
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European Commission to open up energy infrastructure law to speed up grid permits
The European Commission announced on Wednesday that it will review the European Union’s law on trans-European energy networks as part of a plan to revamp the bloc’s obsolete electricity grid and speed up permits for infrastructure, storage and renewables integration.
The EU executive conceded…
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