Valencia president refuses to resign despite pressure over flooding
The regional President of Valencia, Carlos Mazón, refused to resign on Sunday, a day after thousands protested, accusing the centre-right politician of mishandling the disaster.
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November 10, 2024 Germany’s chancellor signals openness to deal on earlier snap elections
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz suggested he would be open to negotiations on an earlier election date in exchange for opposition backing on key legislation, which could trigger snap elections sooner than planned.
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November 9, 2024 Romanian PM confident Schengen land border to apply by Easter
Romania will be granted access to the Schengen land border by the end of December, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced on Thursday, confident that Romanians can cross the border without checks as early as March next year.
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November 8, 2024 By Giles Merrit, founder of Friends of Europe
By Martin Banks When historians look back on pivotal moments that reshaped Europe, they may well choose 2015-16. Not Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, nor the way Covid laid bare our economic weaknesses, but when immigration started to tear Europe apart.
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November 8, 2024 German Vice-Chancellor Habeck announces uphill bid for chancellery
Robert Habeck, Germany’s vice-chancellor and economy minister, officially announced his bid to challenge Olaf Scholz for the chancellorship in upcoming snap elections on Friday (8 November), despite his Green Party polling at dismal levels.
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November 7, 2024 EU Agriculture Commissioner calls for separate CAP budget during Bucharest trip
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) needs a dedicated budget, and farmers must be assured that they will receive funding without conditions related to the rule of law or other requirements unrelated to the CAP, said Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski in Bucharest on Wednesday.
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November 6, 2024 Von der Leyen ‘warmly congratulates’ newly elected President Trump
By Martin Banks EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has “warmly congratulated” Donald Trump on his election as the 47th President of the United States of America.
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November 6, 2024 Borissov ready to sacrifice the premiership in Bulgaria
Boyko Borissov, leader of the election-winning GERB party, said he was ready to give up the prime minister’s seat in future negotiations to form a government in Sofia but warned that this would be his only compromise.
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November 5, 2024 Bulgaria’s EU candidate faces confirmatory hearing
By Martin Banks MEPs have quizzed the Bulgarian candidate for the Startups, Research and Innovation portfolio in Ursula von der Leyen’s EU Commission. Ekaterina Zaharieva faced deputies on the the Industry, Research and Energy Committee on Tuesday. In her introductory remarks, Commissioner-designate Zaharieva expressed her desire to place Research and Innovation (R&I) “at the heart” […]
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November 5, 2024 Bulgaria starts constructing an ‘irreversible’ nuclear project with US reactors
On Monday, the Bulgarian government began constructing two nuclear reactors using US technology, signing the first major contract worth nearly $350 million – a deal that Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov said made the nuclear project irreversible.
