23 April marks World Book Day, honouring Cervantes and Shakespeare, who both died on this date.
We celebrate their legacy alongside Día del Español in Spain and St George’s Day in the UK.
A day for language, literature and shared cultural heritage.
🇪🇺🇭🇺 Día de elecciones en Hungría, y son decisivas para la UE. El régimen iliberal de Orbán, en el alambre, con unos sondeos en contra, injerencias de EEUU y Rusia, un rival potente y un euroescepticismo que ya es galopante.
La previa, en @20m ⤵️
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The end of the Ayatollah must signal the end of the age of dictators in Iran. After 47 years, it must be time for freedom.
For all those murdered, executed and forcibly disappeared;
For all those children made to grow up in fear of the regime's shackles;
For all those mothers forced to comb through bloody basements piled high with the bodies of innocents as they searched for loved ones;
For the generations of Iranians who had to flee their homes and live in exile;
For every political prisoner tortured, executed or unjustly imprisoned;
For women, life, liberty. For Jina Mahsa Amini. For every voice forever silenced;
For every son summarily hanged from a crane in a public square;
For every innocent European held hostage in horrific conditions by the terrorists in the IRGC;
For all the victims of the proxies of terror that the regime trained, financed, supplied and supported as they murdered thousands across the Middle East and the world over the last two generations;
For all those for whom the struggle for freedom is not political or a cause célèbre but existential;
For all those who want the people of Iran to bask in light rather than remain shrouded in darkness;
Now, Iran must be free.
To our brave friends in Ukraine: for four years, your resilience and courage have inspired the world.
Tonight, as @Europarl_EN shines in your colours, let its light be a symbol of solidarity, hope, and our enduring bond.
You are not alone 🇪🇺🇺🇦
Great to see Members from Parliaments across Europe come together, share experience, build connections and shape Europe’s future at @Europarl_EN this afternoon as European Parliamentary Week begins.
Together, we must match our ambition with action and deliver for people.
📰 Spain first to enter race for Lagarde succession at ECB | via @FT
"The country’s former central bank governor Pablo Hernández de Cos — currently general manager of the BIS in Basel — is widely regarded as a strong contender for the ECB’s top job."
https://t.co/Cfs2dbaZT2