Busy week ahead for MEPs in Strasbourg
By Martin Banks A senior EU political leader has spoken out again “intolerable” violence against women.
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October 6, 2026 Answer to fragmentation “cannot be isolation”
By Martin Banks In a world marked by growing conflict, disinformation and fragmentation, Europe “needs more dialogue, not less.”
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October 3, 2026 Greens welcome “new momentum” for UK re-joining the EU.
By Martin Banks The European Greens has welcomed what they call the “new momentum” for Britain to rejoin the EU.
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October 2, 2026 School protests send shivers down French government’s spine
It is a piece of wisdom that all French leaders take care to heed: young people on the street equals trouble. Since the student protests of May 1968 – memorably described by President De Gaulle as chienlit (bed defecation, in other words chaos) – every government has run scared of angry French youth. Why? Because […]
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October 1, 2026 Connect to Protect: Athens Welcomes Leading International Experts on Child Protection from Violence
IASIS Civil Non-Profit Company (AmKE) is organizing Connect to Protect – Children & Youth at Risk, the 1st International Conference on the Protection of Children and Young People and the Prevention of Violence, in Athens on October 5 and 6, 2026. For two days, researchers, frontline professionals, policymakers and civil society organizations from Europe, the […]
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September 30, 2026 Make Erasmus scheme more ‘inclusive’ demand MEPs
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September 30, 2026 Senior political figures call for speeding up of EU/UK re-set
By Martin Banks A former EU commissioner has called for a re-set of EU/UK relations to be stepped up.
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September 30, 2026 More EU aid to tackle crises throughout the world
By Martin Banks The EU says it will provide almost €710 million in support to displaced people and communities in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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September 23, 2026 Political groups nominate candidates for EU peace prize
By Martin Banks Socialist MEPs have nominated International Criminal Court (ICC) and its officials for this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
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September 23, 2026 EU messaged to Ukraine: “Europe is stepping up”
By Martin Banks EU member states have prolonged restrictive measures targeting those “responsible for undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.”
