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3 days ago
The EU is expected to sign off on €1bn in financial assistance to Egypt this weekend, despite the lack of firm commitments by Cairo to protest human rights.  
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3 hours ago
Marine Le Pen's National Rally won big in the French elections but may yet be blocked from gaining an outright majority if leftwing and centrist voters made it a priority to counter her far-right party.
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European energy giants were the big players at the weekend’s EU-Egypt businesses summit in Cairo at which deals worth over €40bn were signed.  
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Five things to know about the European elections in Germany

1 month ago
As the largest member state in the 27-nation bloc, the distribution of its 96 seats is important in shaping the future of EU decision-making. Here's what to expect from the European elections in Germany.
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Disinformation often worst three days ahead of EU elections, says official

24 days ago
EU officials are raising the alarm at the increasing sophistication of disinformation campaigns — as tens of millions of European citizens head to the voting booths over the next few days.
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Italy's journalism never recovered from Berlusconi — under Meloni, it's getting worse

10 days ago
'Today it's less risky to criticise the Pope, even very harshly, than the CEO of a company,' one Italian journalist told EUobserver. Italy's freedom of the press — never recovered from the era of Silvio Berlusconi, has got worse under Georgia Meloni, with a harsh new defamation law and corporate buyouts of independent news agencies.
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