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COMMENT: Romania’s deadlock shows the cost of shutting out populists, writes @henryolsenEPPC

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COMMENT: Why global capital may increasingly look to Luxembourg, writes Randy Evans, former US ambassador to Luxembourg

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The European Parliament is set to vote this week on reviving expired EU rules in a highly controversial way, allowing online platforms to scan private messages for child sexual abuse material.

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has resigned as a member of parliament, forcing a by-election in his Clacton seat that he intends to contest himself.

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The European Parliament has given final approval to a revised regulation strengthening air passenger rights across the EU, marking the most significant update to the long-standing EC261 framework in over a decade.

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The European Parliament has voted to ask the independent Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations (APPF) to verify whether the Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) party complies with the EU’s core values required for registration and funding.

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Marine Le Pen has moved closer to a fourth bid for the French presidency after the Paris Court of Appeal on July 7 reduced the ineligibility imposed on her in the case over the misuse of European Parliament funds allocated for parliamentary assistants.

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Two explosive devices have detonated in central Damascus close to a hotel where French President Emmanuel Macron was due to stay, wounding at least 18 people, Syria’s Interior Ministry has said.

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The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on nine Russian individuals and entities over the development of chemical agents used against opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in a Siberian penal colony in February 2024.

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Italy’s publishing industry has abandoned a requirement for exhibitors at the 2026 edition of Più Libri Più Liberi (“More Books, More Free”), the country’s leading fair for small and medium-sized publishers, to sign an “anti-fascist” declaration as a condition of participation.

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👉 Folarin Balogun's reprieve, granted after a call from Donald Trump, returned him to the US side, but Belgium knocked them out of a tournament long shadowed by FIFA's favours to those who stage it.

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The mayor of a Bucharest district has unveiled plans for a public park named after United States President Donald Trump, presenting the project on July 4 to coincide with the 250th anniversary of American independence.

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Poland’s Government has said the United States has confirmed it would resume the rotation of its troops on Polish territory within weeks, reversing a suspension that had cast doubt over reinforcements on NATO’s eastern flank.

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German luxury carmaker Porsche has confirmed it will cut up to 4,000 additional jobs as part of a broader cost-saving and restructuring programme, the latest sign of mounting challenges facing the country’s premium automotive sector.

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COMMENT: Why European elections keep producing weak governments, writes Adrian Przybylak

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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington-based think tank, said in a report released on July 1 that Russian forces had suffered around 1.4 million casualties, including killed, wounded and missing soldiers, between February 2022 and June 2026.

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US President Donald Trump has reignited his public attacks on Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, posting another mocking message on social media that has further deepened the rupture between two leaders once regarded as close political allies.

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Thieves have stolen jewellery and artefacts worth millions from the Lalique Museum in Wingen-sur-Moder, in the Bas-Rhin department of Alsace, eastern France, in the latest high-profile heist targeting the country’s cultural institutions.

https://t.co/wUc27KTam6

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YouTube has alerted UK creators that proposed UK Government rules could force the platform to give greater prominence to content from State-funded public service broadcasters such as the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 in its recommendation systems.

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A phone call from US President Donald Trump to FIFA President Gianni Infantino has triggered a major controversy at the 2026 World Cup, after FIFA reversed its decision to suspend American striker Folarin Balogun for a red card.

https://t.co/sRPwfpQ4B9