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From France to Italy, Hungary to Sweden, voting intentions track the far-right's rise in Europe

A little over a year since leader of Fratelli d'Italia Georgia Meloni rose to power in Italy, the latest data spells out a clear message: she is not the only ultraright politician surfing on voters’ anxieties. In fact, we may be entering a new cycle of far-right extremism across the…

The Conversation

Dutch politician who worked for Shell poised to become EU climate chief

MEPs to vote on appointment of Wopke Hoekstra after his endorsement by environment committee

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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How the political world might change in 2024

Elections are due next year in some of the world’s biggest democracies, including the US, India and Indonesia, heralding the possibility of significant political upheaval across the globe.

The Week

Ireland’s environment minister says 13 MEPs ‘swung vote’ to pass EU nature law

‘Those Irish votes were critical, those Irish votes swung it,’ Green Party leader and Minister Eamon Ryan said.

The Independent UK

Divisive EU biodiversity bill narrowly endorsed by European Parliament

The European Parliament has backed a key biodiversity bill aimed at rewilding EU land and water habitats by a slim majority, overcoming a backlash by conservative lawmakers who said it would hurt farmers.

Radio France Internationale

EU passes nature restoration law in knife-edge vote

MEPs back law to place recovery measures on 20% of EU’s land and sea by 2030 by dozen votes

The Guardian - UK

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EU lawmakers back major plan to fight climate change, protect nature

The European Union's parliament on Wednesday backed a major plan to protect nature and fight climate change in a cliffhanger vote that had the 27-nation bloc's global green credentials at stake.

France 24

Backlash against Nature Restoration Law shows deep divides in European Parliament

The future of the EU’s flagship environment law hangs in the balance after a coalition of centrist and right-wing parties mounted an attack campaign in the European Parliament. The Nature Restoration Law now heads to a decisive vote on Wednesday with the EU’s climate neutrality targets at stake.

France 24

The Guardian view on Europe’s green deal: blowing in the wind?

Editorial: Opposition by mainstream conservatives to key parts of the package is part of an insidious trend

The Guardian - UK

EU’s flagship nature laws in jeopardy after voting stalemate

Nature Restoration Law vote tied at 44 in favour and 44 against amid claims of lies and fake news

The Guardian - UK

EU moves closer to passing one of world’s first laws governing AI

Bloc hopes to set global standard for technology – including ban on police use of live facial recognition technology in public places

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’

The Guardian - UK

EPG revenue set to grow by 10% on overseas orders

Eastern Polymer Group Plc (EPG), a Thai plastic moulder, expects revenue to grow by 10% to more than 13.3 billion baht in fiscal 2023-24, thanks to higher purchase orders from abroad.

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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

Analysis-Europe hits resistance in race to finalise green laws

Increased political resistance to new EU laws to protect the environment has left the European Commission fighting to keep intact its vision for Europe's green transition.

Radio France Internationale

Outrage after Macron urges 'pause' on EU environment regulations

French Greens and environmental groups have expressed dismay following calls by French President Emmanuel Macron for Europe to pause its environment regulations so as not to hamper reindustrialisation efforts.

Reuters

Police raid EPP party's Brussels office in German investigation

Belgian police and German investigators carried out a raid on Tuesday at the headquarters of the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) as part of an investigation in Germany.

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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.

Bangkok Post

EPG expecting stronger sales as chip shortage eases

SET-Listed Eastern Polymer Group Plc (EPG), a Thai plastic moulder, expects to see higher demand for its products as the global semiconductor shortage is believed to have eased.

The Guardian - UK

EU institutions in row over leaking of details of potential Zelenskiy visit

Ukraine president reported to be planning trip to Brussels this week to meet EU leaders in person

The Independent UK

Scandal-hit EU political group starts damage limitation work

The major political group embroiled in a massive European Union corruption scandal will seek this week to insulate itself from further fallout in the cash-for-influence affair linked to Qatar and Morocco

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: MEP in prisoner resolution row made undeclared Bahrain visit

European parliament due to vote on Thursday on resolution calling for release of Bahraini activist

The Guardian - UK

Pegasus spyware inquiry targeted by disinformation campaign, say experts

European parliament is investigating powerful surveillance tool used by governments around the world

The Conversation

The fox in the chicken coop: how the far right is playing the European Parliament

Several countries in the European Union are currently governed by far-right political parties. In Hungary, Fidesz under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been progressively dismantling the country’s constitutional protections of the rule of law and democratic institutions. Poland under its ruling Law and Justice party has shown equally worrying trends.…

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