EU leaders celebrate the ‘historic day,’ despite the average decade-long process to clear all negotiation milestones.
Poland could join the Franco-German initiative—while warning that the next French government could undermine continuous EU support for Ukraine.
Czech populist ANO finally quit the Renew group, while the Greens welcomed the Eurofederalist progressive Volt in their ranks.
Brussels will welcome its eighth parliamentary group in just a few days, but the final composition will likely be negotiated until the last minute.
The German national conservatives have given up on rejoining ID and will instead lead their own group further to the right.
ECR co-president Nicola Procaccini: AUR party has ‘changed’; no longer too extreme to join the group.
Israel warned about the conflict being on the “brink of wider escalation with devastating consequences.”
The party had been frequently criticized for its extreme views in the past, yet now is part of Giorgia Meloni’s “constructive center-right force” in Brussels.
Only 21% of failed asylum seekers were deported and just 8% of Dublin transfers carried out.
Hungary and Slovakia to endorse outgoing Dutch PM as NATO chief—with strings attached.
Hungarian opposition Tisza party accepted despite opposing weapons and troops to Ukraine, contrary to EPP stance.
“AUR has no interest in promoting the common good,” says MEP representing Romania’s ethnic Hungarian community in Brussels during a time of growing tensions back home.
