Why von der Leyen will face repeated challenges to her position

As the European Commission president braces for another no-confidence vote debate on Monday, she knows the tests will keep coming.

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The leader of #Swedish #communist party Nooshi #Dadgostar was in #Lviv during the #nazi #russian attack on #civilians she managed to get shelter in one of the bomb shelters together with some #MEP s.

Time for #EU to make #putin to fear to bomb cities with #MEPs

Source: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/dadgostar-under-ryska-attacken-var-i-skyddsrummet-i-flera-timmar

Dadgostar under ryska attacken: Var i skyddsrummet i flera timmar

Ryssland slog till med en storskalig attack mot Lviv i Ukraina. I staden befann sig då Nooshi Dadgostar (V) tillsammans med partikollegorna Jonas Sjöstedt och Hanna Gedin, båda EU-parlamentariker. – Vi är glada för att det fanns ett skyddsrum, säger Nooshi Dadgostar.

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Ex-Brexit Party MEP pleads guilty in Russia bribe case

Nathan Gill admitted to taking bribes in exchange for making pro-Kremlin statements while he was a member of the European Parliament.

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💡 Metaphern jenseits von Sprache 💡

Martin Radermacher beweist, dass materielle Kultur nicht stumm ist, sondern über Metaphern mit uns kommuniziert. In seinem Metaphor Paper zeigt er, wie sich diese Metaphern in nicht-textlichen
Medien erkennen und entschlüsseln lassen.
#MetaphorPaper4 #MePs
👉🏼 https://omp.ub.rub.de/index.php/metaphorpapers/catalog/book/283

Materialität und Metapher: Ein Zwischenstand zur Diskussion im SFB 1475 "Metaphern der Religion" | Metaphor Papers

Sudanese ‘militiamen’ invited to Labour Party conference event 

Event was arranged by organization run by Labour councillor known in Westminster for running the British Kebab Awards.

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MEP invited genocide-linked militiamen to talk peace in European Parliament

“This is a situation to learn from,” acknowledges lawmakers after supporters of group fighting Sudan’s civil war was due to speak in Brussels.

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EU Parliament snubs Orbán with vote to shield Italian MEP from Hungarian arrest

Left-wing lawmaker Ilaria Salis is wanted by authorities in Budapest.

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Ireland’s ‘Viagra Village’ in the eye of Trump’s tariff storm 

Investments by U.S. Big Pharma in Ireland’s County Cork have brought jobs and prosperity. Donald Trump’s tariffs could change all that. 

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Rome gloats as France becomes Italy and Italy becomes France

Increasing debt and five prime ministers in less than two years has Paris in a precarious position as Rome enjoys political stability.

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