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Founder of Spain’s far-right Vox party shot in face by motorbike gunman

Alejo Vidal-Quadras – who had also led the conservative Popular Party in Catalonia – was shot in Madrid hours after Spain’s acting prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, agreed a controversial deal between his Socialist Party and a Catalan separatist party that is set to give him another term in office

The Independent UK

How the Gaza conflict is dividing Europe’s left

Across the continent, the war is reopening old schisms within delicately stitched alliances as parties struggle to maintain a united response

The Guardian - UK

How a South Dakota priest inspired 125 years of direct democracy — and the fight to preserve it

Thanks to a rabble-rousing, socialist priest, it’s a milestone year for direct democracy in the U.S. The practice of citizen-originated ballot measures began 125 years ago when South Dakota became the first state to have them

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Former Albanian prime minister accused of corruption told to report to prosecutors, stay in country

An Albanian court has ruled that former prime minister Sali Berisha, who is accused of corruption, must report to prosecutors and not leave the country while his case is under investigation

The Independent UK

Socialist Party suspends participation in France's left-wing Nupes coalition

France's Socialist Party has voted on a "moratorium" on its participation in the Nupes opposition coalition and its cooperation with the hard-left France Unbowed party leader, Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

Radio France Internationale

Albania's first post-communist prime minister Fatos Nano is fighting for his life in the hospital

The Albanian government says the country's first post-communist prime minister is in hospital fighting for his life

The Independent UK

Belfast City Council: NI election candidates standing in your area

A full list of the candidates standing in each of the council's district electoral areas

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Veteran actress' surrogate baby stirs controversy in Spain

Spain’s ruling Socialist party says it will study toughening legislation covering surrogate pregnancies following the revelation that a 68-year-old Spanish television celebrity used a surrogate mother in Miami to have a baby

The Independent UK

The dangers of politically-biased AI

The potential for bias within AI systems poses great ethical challenges to the uptake of this technology.

360info

Spain's hunting dogs law exposes rural and urban divisions

A draft law aimed at strengthening animal rights in Spain is exposing divisions within the ruling Socialist Party's electoral base amid warnings it risks outlawing hunting with dogs.

Reuters

How Third Parties Die

This is what it looks like when a political party's branches start to go their own way.

Reason

Bulgaria’s president asks Socialists to form government

Bulgaria's president has given the Socialist Party a mandate to form a new government in a last attempt to avoid the country’s fifth general election in two years

The Independent UK

Bulgaria's Socialists get the final chance to form a government

In a last attempt to end Bulgaria's prolonged political deadlock, President Rumen Radev has invited the Socialist Party to try and form a government, its leader said on Monday, but there was little chance it would succeed.

Reuters

Spain’s win for transgender rights almost tore the country apart

Carla Antonelli waved a baby blue, white and pink trans flag as the Spanish congress passed a bill that makes the country one of the few in the world where anyone over the age of 16 can easily change their gender on their identification card. In a sign of how…

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AFP

Trans rights bill bitterly divides Spanish left

Madrid (AFP) - A transgender rights bill to be voted on this week has sparked bitter divisions within Spain's ruling left-wing coalition, pitting its powerful feminist lobby against LGBTQ equality campaigners.

Tribune News Service

Venezuela opposition plans to take on Maduro in 2024 vote

In a sharp reversal of strategy, Venezuela’s main opposition parties plan to compete in 2024 presidential elections no matter what conditions the government agrees to beforehand.

Al Jazeera

Spain’s Socialists receive wake-up call after Andalusia election

Landslide victory of the People’s Party in Andalusia’s regional vote leaves Spain’s ruling party looking vulnerable.

France 24

After losing the majority, can Macron strike a deal with opposition parties?

In his first public remarks since parliamentary elections deprived his governing coalition of a majority, French President Emmanuel Macron called on France’s reinvigorated opposition blocs to come up with solutions to the political impasse in a televised address on Wednesday. But opposition forces on both the left and right have…

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Evening Standard

Macron to meet rival parties after losing majority in French elections

French president Emmanuel Macron is meeting with political opponents on Tuesday in a bid to secure support for his government’s agenda after his coalition failed to win a majority in the parliamentary elections.

The Conversation

Parliamentary elections shock France’s political order to its core

The campaign for the second round of France’s legislative elections pitted two antagonistic forces against each other, Emmanuel Macron’s presidential coalition and the left-wing group, the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (NUPES).

France 24

French left's coalition gamble pays off in legislative elections but unity challenges loom

France’s new left-wing bloc is set to become the largest opposition force in parliament. But staying united will present an early test as President Emmanuel Macron’s centre-right majority seeks allies on the moderate left to push through his reform agenda.

Reuters

Analysis-French left pulls off election gamble, but unity going forward not so easy

France's new left-wing bloc is set to become the largest opposition force in parliament, but staying united will present an early test as President Emmanuel Macron's majority seeks allies on the moderate left to push through his reform agenda.

The Guardian - UK

Macron’s Europe minister braces for make-or-break Paris election

Clément Beaune is standing in key seat against leftwing alliance candidate as French president tries to win parliamentary majority

Salon

Snowflakes, meet a real free speech hero

Socialist Eugene Debs stood up for freedom of speech and went to prison — and then ran for president from his cell

Benzinga

Portugese Parliament Rejects Proposal To Tax cryptos

The Portugal Parliament has rejected a proposal presented by Livre and Bloco, two left-wing parties to tax Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and other cryptocurrencies.

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