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Venezuelan Opposition Figures Win EU's Top Rights Sakharov Prize

The EU parliament awarded the bloc's top rights Sakharov prize on Thursday to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and her ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.

International Business Times

Starmer faces reality check over reset with Europe despite hailing ‘very productive’ talks

The PM came away from talks with commission president with plans for further talks this autumn followed by a summit early next year

The Independent UK

British PM Keir Starmer Seeks Improved EU Relations

British PM Keir Starmer visits Brussels to strengthen ties with EU post-Brexit, focusing on security, migration, and trade.

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The EU's Women-led Top Team

Ursula von der Leyen, who is expected to be confirmed as European Commission president for a second term on Thursday, is one of three women in the five top European Union jobs.

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Roberta Metsola secures second term as EU parliament president

EU lawmakers overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday to give conservative Maltese politician Roberta Metsola another term as president of the European Parliament, in the first crunch vote on the EU's top jobs after elections in June.

Radio France Internationale

Far right to seek greater influence in EU parliament

EU leaders' fate will be in lawmakers' hands from Tuesday onwards as the European Parliament convenes for the first time since June elections, with a bolstered far right demanding more influence in the assembly.

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Watch: New European Parliament president elected

Watch as the European Parliament met to elect its president and vice-presidents at a plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday, 16 July.

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EU Parliament convenes as bolstered far right seeks greater influence

Lawmakers will determine the fate of EU leaders from Tuesday onwards as the European Parliament convenes for the first time since the elections in June. Tensions are high as the 720 lawmakers start their five-year term, with current European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's future in the balance.

France 24

Far Right To Seek Greater Influence In EU Parliament

International Business Times

Slovakia, Italy and others go to the polls in EU elections under the shadow of an assassination attempt

Italy’s far-right premier Giorgia Meloni warns that ‘vote will decide our next five years’ as she seeks to usurp EU’s centrist hegemony

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Danish PM 'Hit' By Man In Copenhagen

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was on Friday "hit" by a man on a Copenhagen square, her office said, with EU chiefs quickly condemning the attack.

International Business Times

Warnings over disinformation and fake news as voting set to take place across EU – as it happened

False claims and fake videos spreading across continent with voting to being from Thursday

The Guardian - UK

MEPs urged to fight far right as they head home to campaign for European elections

European parliament term ends with warnings about dangers of disinformation and authoritarian forces

The Guardian - UK

EU Weighs Response To Russian 'Interference' In Election Runup

EU leaders were Wednesday weighing the bloc's response to suspicions of Russian meddling ahead of June elections in the bloc, with calls for new sanctions to target "malign activities" by Moscow.

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Middle East crisis: Israel criticised for strike that killed seven aid workers in Gaza – as it happened

World Central Kitchen volunteers killed in strike were from the UK, Australia, Poland and Palestine and included a US-Canadian citizen

WEKU

European Union approves $54 billion aid for Ukraine as Hungary drops opposition

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had vetoed the aid package in December but joined other EU members in approving it at a summit in Brussels. His vote came with conditions the EU did not disclose.

The Guardian - UK

African Union Commission calls for ‘paradigm shift’ at Italy-Africa summit

Moussa Faki welcomes Giorgia Meloni’s plan to strengthen relations but says ‘we are not beggars’

Radio France Internationale

Tributes pour in for France's 'European visionary' Jacques Delors

Tributes continued to flow on Thursday for the former European Commission head Jacques Delors, whose death was announced on Wednesday.

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The Independent UK

EU agrees landmark deal to curb migration and share asylum seekers

Agreement comes after years of wrangling – but rights groups say it will lead to a surge in suffering for some of the most vulnerable

WEKU

The EU agrees on a migration deal, but critics warn of possible rights abuses

The European Union agreed on a major overhaul of rules that many hope will address challenges posed by migrant arrivals in the last decade. Critics warn the reforms may weaken asylum-seekers' rights.

The Guardian - UK

Amnesty warns new EU deal on migration and asylum ‘will lead to surge in suffering’ – as it happened

Council of EU says, however, that new rules will ‘lighten load on those member states where most migrants arrive’

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EU remembers Iranian woman who died in custody at awarding of Sakharov human rights prize

The European Parliament is remembering a young woman who died in Iranian police custody during a ceremony at which she and a Iranian human rights group were officially awarded the EU’s top human rights prize

The Guardian - UK

Iran stops Mahsa Amini’s family from travelling to receive human rights prize

Ban comes as jailed Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi begins new hunger strike before award ceremony

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EU staffers criticise von der Leyen’s ‘uncontrolled’ support of Israel

Hundreds sign a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, saying the bloc’s position is enabling more violence.

Al Jazeera

Mahsa Amini honoured with EU’s top human rights prize

The Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody became a symbol for the women’s rights movement in Iran.

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