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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.

Radio France Internationale

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.

The Independent UK

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.

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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

The Independent UK

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

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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.

International Business Times

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

The Guardian - AU

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.

WEKU

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’

The Guardian - UK

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.

Radio France Internationale

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

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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’

The Independent UK

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.

The Independent UK

Mahsa Amini, the Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody, is awarded EU human rights prize

Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country’s conservative Islamic theocracy, has been awarded the European Union’s top human rights prize

France 24

Mahsa Amini and Iran's 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement win Sakharov human rights prize

Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country’s conservative Islamic theocracy, was awarded the European Union’s top human rights prize on Thursday.

Al Jazeera

Israeli flags adorn EU buildings after Hamas attacks. Is the bloc united?

An EU official says the bloc’s response to the Israel-Hamas war is a sign of hypocrisy, as divisions emerge.

The Independent UK

European Parliament president backs UN naming an envoy to help restart Cyprus peace talks

The president of the European Parliament says she has conveyed the legislative body’s support for the appointment of a U.N. envoy to evaluate the chances of resuming stalemated talks to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus

The Guardian - UK

Nothing is off table to get Ukraine into EU, says president of bloc’s parliament

Exclusive: Roberta Metsola warns ‘pushing the can down the road’ will fuel nationalism and the far right

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