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Head of EU's democracy watchdog: 'We have to raise our voices'

The watchdogs of EU democracy will have to be "much louder in the future" if they hope to see off a mounting threat from homegrown populists and autocrats who are chipping away at Europe's founding commitments to free speech and the rule of law, a top EU official has warned.…

France 24

Czech president: democratic world needs united approach towards China

The European Union and other democracies need a united and realistic stance towards China because even the largest EU countries cannot play on equal terms with Beijing on their own, Czech President Petr Pavel said.

Reuters

USAID chief optimistic on Serbia-Kosovo talks, pledges support

The United States’ top international development official says Washington is focusing on the urgency of normalizing relations between Kosovo and Serbia in EU-brokered talks between the two former war foes

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Czech president gives Ukraine's offensive high chance of success

Ukraine's planned counteroffensive to win back territory occupied by Russia has a good chance of success but may bring high casualties if Russia uses its prepared defences well, Czech President and former NATO general Petr Pavel said on Friday.

Reuters

Turkey's EU tightrope act: Is either side ready to break the stalemate?

Just months after a devastating earthquake, and with millions suffering from an economy in dire straits, Turkish voters are deciding who should lead the pivotal NATO ally at the crossroads between Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The outcome will reshape the political landscape in Turkey and beyond. For some,…

France 24

Taiwan chooses France to host first overseas car battery plant

Taiwanese battery maker Prologium says it will invest more than €5 billion in building a new gigafactory in the northern French port city of Dunkirk for its first European plant.

Radio France Internationale

OPINION - UK economy stuck in first gear as GDP plunges in March

Conversations about the weather are rarely actually about the weather. As the social anthropologist Kate Fox writes in her brilliant and often snort-inducing book, Watching the English, weather chat is in fact “a form of code, evolved to help us overcome our natural reserve and actually talk to each other.”…

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Erdogan risks losing power as Turkey’s high-stakes election reaches its climax

Challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu has a lead in the polls as he seeks to end the current president’s 20 years in power, writes Borzou Daragahi

The Independent UK

‘Totally unsustainable’: Italian students protest over cost of housing

Protesters tent outside universities as part of growing movement calling for action on high rents

The Guardian - UK

Quiz of The Week 6 -13th May

The bunting has only just come down from last week’s coronation festivities but Britain is already preparing for another big party: the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

The Week

Who better to sing old Brexit tunes than the Tories’ overhyped new act? Step forward, Kemi Badenoch

As the bonfire of EU laws turned into another damp squib, a desperate party was pushing the business secretary as its voice of reason, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

EU tells ministers they must ‘recalibrate’ China policy over support for Russia

Josep Borrell says relations will worsen if Xi Jinping does not push Putin to withdraw from Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Europe could see record numbers trying to reach its borders this year, agency says

The European Union could see another record number of people seeking to reach its borders this year via irregular crossings, with more migrants driven by poverty and climate change rather than conflict, the EU's Frontex border agency said on Friday.

Reuters

Lithuania says EU must prepare for risk of 'de-coupling' from China

The European Union needs to be prepared for the fallout from a potential deterioration in relations with China, such as might happen if conflict were to erupt over Taiwan, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Friday.

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Turkey elections: why Europe is watching closely

Turkey's elections on Sunday are a key moment not just for the country itself but also for its European neighbours.

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EU's stern warning on 'Made For iPhone' USB-C lockdown — will Apple listen?

The EU has issued a strong warning to Apple — saying that if the company proceeds with its 'Made For iPhone' USB-C crackdown, iPhones will be BANNED.

The Independent UK

UK government decides to keep EU ‘bendy bananas’ regulation despite Brexit

Brexiteer dreams of malformed bananas left in ruins

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.

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Ukraine's anti-graft prosecutor says rule of law trumps trophy convictions

Ukraine's crackdown on corruption has raised eyebrows in recent months by going after respected former technocrats who helped repair the country after the political upheaval of 2014.

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy: ‘This may not be the last chapter of the Russian empire, but it’s an important one’

The Harvard academic on writing while grieving – and where his country goes from here

The Independent UK

G-7 talks focus on ways to fortify banks, supply chains as China accuses group of hypocrisy

Financial leaders of the Group of Seven advanced economies are focusing on ways to fortify ever more complicated financial systems and supply chains during meetings in Japan ahead of a summit next week

Evening Standard

Minister rejects Joe Biden’s claim of UK ‘screwing around’ over Northern Ireland

The US president sparked criticism from some in the UK following his explosive remark at a Democratic National Committee Reception in New York

The Guardian - UK

Tories’ revised plans to scrap EU laws are still reckless, say lawyers

Kemi Badenoch’s ‘reckless’ proposals will still undermine rights relating to discrimination, the environment and consumers, according to top barristers

Reuters

Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Kyiv says it destroys incoming missiles

Ukraine said it had shot down six Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles in a single night, thwarting a weapon Moscow has touted as a next-generation hypersonic missile that was all but unstoppable.

Bristol Post

European diplomats name Bristol Green's Carla as a 'future MP'

They are on a tour of the country to get 'out of the Westminster Bubble'

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