Biden Names Neera Tanden to Lead the Domestic Policy Council
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May 2023
French left divided over a resolution condemning Israeli ‘apartheid regime’
The communist motion for a resolution condemning Israel’s “
Austria rejects German push for EU majority voting
Chancellor Karl Nehammer told the Austrian parliament that he opposed a more deeply integrated EU, rejecting a German-led push for a move away from unanimity voting, citing European countries’ individual…
The Brief — Culture war politics are coming to Europe
“Come back, Mr President” was Viktor Orbán’s rallying cry at the second annual meeting of the US Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC) on Thursday (4 May). It does not take…
EU cities and regions to host summer camps for Ukrainian children
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the Association of Ukrainian Cities are organising summer camps all over the EU to host Ukrainian children to offer targeted psychological help…
Could relations between Croatia and Serbia be thawing?
A surprise visit to Zagreb by Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic as well as her meeting with Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, is seen as the first concrete step towards the…
EPP backs spitzenkandidat, as other right parties abandon the process
The European People’s Party (EPP) is the only party on the right side of the political spectrum to select candidate for the presidency of the European Commission, the so-called spitzenkandidat,…
Danish government to invest billions in defence spending
Billions of euros of investments in defence spending will be used to modernise the army and help cope with accumulated challenges such as decaying facilities, the government announced on Thursday.…
Spanish left sees boost ahead of regional elections
The country’s left-wing government received an unexpected boost for its future political ambitions on Thursday ahead of Spain’s regional elections: record employment figures and a tangible reduction of unemployment data,…
UK Conservatives suffer ‘terrible’ night of local election losses
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives were facing a bleak set of local election results on Friday (5 May) with voters punishing his party after a year of political scandals,…