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in EuropeTo Ursula, with love: Paris sends Brussels the anti-Breton
“He doesn’t like a lot … to be in entrance and to be seen,” mentioned Dacian Cioloș, a former Romanian prime minister and Séjourné’s predecessor because the chief of the Renew group within the European Parliament. “It was not my feeling that he invests power in his personal picture, and he needs outcomes, he needs […] More
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in EuropeGeorgia election marred by intimidation and interference, observers warn
Two international election observers who spoke to POLITICO on situation of anonymity mentioned they’d personally witnessed irregularities within the counting and bodily violence at polling stations. “Reports of irregularities in Georgian elections give rise to grave concern,” mentioned Margus Tsahkna, international minister of Estonia in a message posted on-line. “Closely following the evaluations of worldwide […] More
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in EuropeAnxiety looms over Georgia’s election as voters forged ballots
With such excessive stakes, voting kicked off in a tense setting. Election observers, resembling ISFED, have reported three alleged instances of vote-buying, and native media retailers have reported an incident involving a bodily confrontation at one of many polling stations. According to native publication Publika, an opposition activist was crushed. A video circulating on-line reveals […] More
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in EuropeIs this the tip for Georgian Dream?
With parliamentary elections set for late October, and EU membership negotiations on account of begin shortly thereafter, the timing of this habits was largely puzzling. However, a fair larger riddle was the ruling party’s 12-year reign: If Georgians had been so enthusiastic about Western integration, why did they preserve reelecting the anti-EU Georgian Dream (GD) […] More
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in Europe‘Artificial’ crowds in Russia purpose to disrupt EU referendum, Moldova warns
In an announcement hours after polls opened on Sunday, Moldova’s overseas ministry warned that the throngs of voters may very well be “a results of makes an attempt to arrange unlawful transportation of voters to the polling stations.” “We consider that the crowds on the two polling stations in Russia have been artificially created to […] More
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in EuropeDeciding Moldova’s European future
Russia-fed misinformation has been stoking fears about Sandu’s potential reelection as effectively, claiming she’s getting ready to tug the nation to struggle with Transnistria, which is politically backed by Moscow. These misinformation efforts have additionally centered on tarnishing the EU’s repute, claiming that membership will unfold LGBTQ+ propaganda and result in household separations. Despite Russia’s […] More
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in EuropeRussia paying folks to vote towards becoming a member of EU, Moldova warns
“This ‘mafia-style’ community, orchestrated from Moscow, goals to affect voters forward of the presidential elections and EU referendum,” stated Cernăuțeanu. According to the investigators, Ilan Shor, the founding father of a now-banned pro-Russian political party, helped launder the funds meant for use to bribe voters by a community of banks. Officials say coordinators in Russia […] More
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in EuropeThe winners and losers of the brand new European Commission
The resolution to present the center-right Austrian People’s Party’s Magnus Brunner the interior affairs and migration portfolio may very well be learn as Brussels’ tacit recognition of the size of the migration problem Europe has confronted, particularly within the wake of the so-called migration disaster. Ireland There had been indicators Dublin is perhaps lumped with […] More
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in EuropeEU warns Georgia to not ban opposition events
Georgia’s hopes of becoming a member of the bloc have been dashed in current months after Brussels successfully froze its membership utility in response to a brand new Russian-style legislation that can model Western-supported NGOs and media shops as “overseas brokers” and a heavy-handed crackdown on pro-democracy protests. The Commission handed the South Caucasus nation […] More
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in EuropeGeorgia goes ‘North Korea’ with bombshell plan to ban most important opposition events
That comes days after the ruling Georgian Dream party threatened to dissolve the biggest opposition grouping in parliament, the United National Movement (UNM) which was based by former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. In addition to the UNM, the opposite pro-Western factions with seats in parliament face being shuttered, Kobakhidze stated, as a result of “in […] More
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in EuropeLithuania’s prime envoy drops bid to be European commissioner
“It would have been an amazing honor to function Lithuania’s European commissioner, however I’ll proceed to serve my nation, assist Ukraine and struggle for Europe’s future in different methods,” Landsbergis stated on X. He has requested Šimonytė to suggest one other candidate for the president to contemplate. Landsbergis shot to worldwide fame within the wake […] More