
Fourth Failed No-Confidence Vote Erodes von der Leyen’s Authority
The continuity at the top of the Commission only highlights the EU’s inability to conclude the increasingly contested Mercosur trade agreement.

The continuity at the top of the Commission only highlights the EU’s inability to conclude the increasingly contested Mercosur trade agreement.

Pressure from the agricultural sector and the backing of conservative forces have managed, for now, to halt a key deal for Brussels.

The new coalition government has won a confidence vote, paving the way for changes to the Czech Republic’s relationship with the EU.

Benjamin Netanyahu said the world needs more leaders like the Hungarian prime minister, while Javier Milei said Viktor Orbán has made Hungary a bastion of the Western world in a Europe that is being engulfed by darkness.

Javier Milei called the midterm elections a “turning point” for the country.

Leftist MEPs demanded that Hungary be stripped of its voting rights and urged the von der Leyen commission to personally attend this month’s illegal Pride March in Budapest.

“We want to be the largest group, and we want to overthrow Brussels. That is the goal, and it’s possible.”

The unity of the sovereigntist bloc was on full display one year after its breakthrough in the European Parliamentary elections.
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