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Giorgia Meloni's Italy: An authoritarian drift? (Part 2)

In this edition of Europe Rendezvous, we travel to Italy, one of the European Union's founding members, to examine how the country's democratic institutions have come under increasing pressure. It may be the season of la dolce vita, but life has been far from sweet for migrants, women seeking abortions…

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Giorgia Meloni's Italy: An authoritarian drift? (Part 1)

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Meloni's Italy: Fortress Europe?

Migration was at the heart of Giorgia Meloni's successful 2022 election campaign. Promising a tougher approach to irregular migration helped propel her to power, but what has her government achieved since then? One of its flagship policies was the creation of a controversial migrant processing centre in Albania. Yet the…

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Do we really need more male novelists?

There may not be obvious successors to the likes of Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie among today’s hotshot young writers. But is a new publisher dedicated to ‘overlooked’ male voices necessary?

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Medical staff failed to swiftly give antibiotics to doctor’s son, inquest told

William Hewes, 22, died at Homerton University Hospital in January 2023.

Evening Standard

More than just another brick in a wall: skateboarders saving Erindale's brick banks

The curved brick walls attract skateboarders from around the world.

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We need pro-European leaders to 'put cohesion at centre of agenda': Commissioner Ferreira

Our guest recently described the EU's action on cohesion – levelling up Europe's diverse regions – as "more than a policy: rather, a guiding principle to strengthen and unite Europe" in an op-ed. Elisa Ferreira has been the EU Commissioner in charge of Cohesion and Reforms since 2019. On Talking…

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Lithuanian Greens unveil landmark all-women list in EU election

In pioneering Lithuania, the first all-women list in the country’s political history has been unveiled. The Lithuanian Greens are hoping that this list will help more women get elected to the European Parliament, where men still make up around 60% of the members. The candidates are also trying to draw…

France 24

Poland-Belarus migrant tensions play into EU election campaign

In Poland, officials say the number of attempted illegal border crossings from Belarus has shot up. The ruling Civic Platform – which is in a tight election race with the former governing party, Law and Justice – says Belarus and Russia are using migrants as a tool of hybrid war…

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Final campaign rallies in Italy; new polls in France

In Italy, the main political parties contesting the EU election have held their last major rallies, outlining very different visions of the European Union. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has denounced an “increasingly technocratic and undemocratic Europe" while her main opponent, Elly Schlein of the Democratic Party, has called for…

France 24

The future of Europe’s Green Transition: In safe hands?

This week we take a closer look at the Green Transition in Europe - from the invaluable invertebrates in the soil beneath us, to the end of obsolete coal mines and the revolution in transport, our show investigates just how fast Europe is becoming greener - and how to ensure…

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Ukraine: A nation at war, yet firmly on the path to EU membership (part 1)

Europe Now brings you a special programme from Kyiv to mark the second anniversary of full-scale war in Ukraine. The fighting has killed and injured hundreds of thousands of people and left around a fifth of Ukrainian territory under Russian control, but this has not deterred Kyiv from seeking full…

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Ukraine: A nation at war, yet firmly on the path to EU membership (part 2)

France 24

European Union: Cooperation without borders?

People often think about efforts within a country to reduce inequalities. But what about border regions? They have different rules, different legislations and yet they are very much part of the EU's cohesion policies. FRANCE 24's Sophie Samaille and Luke Brown take a look.

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Spain's EU presidency overshadowed by political crisis (part 2)

It's not often that an EU member state decides to hold a national election just as it takes over the rotating presidency of the European Union. But that's exactly what the Spanish government did on July 23, just three weeks after starting its six-month stint at the helm of the…

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Fighting poverty across the EU - one of the bloc’s top priorities (part 2)

How does the European Union use cohesion funds to reduce poverty and inequality across the bloc? Our first stops are in two of the EU’s poorest countries, Bulgaria and Romania, to look at the role that EU aid plays in the areas of education and public transport. We also visit…

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Europe comes to the aid of islands and mountains (part 2)

Whether they're islands, mountains or territories far from the mainland, such areas are considered by the EU to be regions with a strong natural geographical handicap. The EU's cohesion policy, with its powerful budget, gives these regions substantial resources to help them try to catch up with metropolitan areas. The…

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Europe comes to the aid of islands and mountains (part 1)

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Teen becomes Britain's youngest bus driver after passing test with no minors

Luke Brown from Coventry is now a qualified bus driver for National Express at just 18-years-old

Daily Mirror

Britain's youngest bus driver takes to roads at just 18 after passing test with no minors

Luke Brown is now a qualified bus driver for National Express in Coventry, West Midlands, after being inspired by his dad, who has worked for the company for 20 years

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Luke becomes a bus driver aged 18 after passing his test with no minors

He says he 'loves everything about driving'

France 24

Travelogue: From Brussels to Kyiv, European diplomacy stands the test of war

In this special travelogue, FRANCE 24's Caroline de Camaret and Luke Brown follow EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell step by step through the EU-Ukraine summit that happened last week in Kyiv. Our team accompanies him on the train, on the plane, in meetings and on a visit…

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Is there trouble in store between Rome and Brussels?

The election in September of the far-right Giorgia Meloni as Italian premier has sent shockwaves around Europe, not least in Brussels. Meloni has raised fears that she'll roll back reforms put in place by her predecessor, encourage a harsher climate when it comes to dealing with asylum seekers and even…

France 24

Showdown between Brussels and Budapest: The battle over Hungary's EU funds

For years, Brussels has been at loggerheads with the Hungarian government over a host of issues – migrants, the rights of minorities, media freedoms, the independence of the justice system and, most recently, over Russia and Ukraine. Long-standing tensions are coming to a head as Hungary delays a proposed EU…

France 24

Greece: Emerging from the legacy of the debt crisis (part 1)

FRANCE 24's Europe team brings you a new series of Europe Now programmes, focusing on "levelling up" – efforts aimed at making life more equal across Europe's many and diverse regions. We examine both national efforts to level up, and the role that EU funding plays in those attempts. EU…

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