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6th Dec 2023

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Latvian exit poll: pro-Europeans ahead

Latvia's centre-right, pro-EU Unity party won the EU elections by 31% of the vote, according to an exit poll by public LTV1 broadcaster. The pro-Russian Harmony Centre came in second (13%). Contrary to forecasts, eurosceptic and radical parties didn't make gains in the EP elections. Turnout was just over 30%.

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Opinion

Can Green Deal survive the 2024 European election?

Six months ahead of the EU elections, knocking an 'elitist' climate agenda is looking like a vote-winner to some. Saving the Green Deal and the EU's climate ambitions starts with listening to Europeans who are struggling to make ends meet.

Afghanistan is a 'forever emergency,' says UN head

Afghanistan is a "forever emergency" rendered worse by an isolated country intent on dismantling human rights, says UN refugee agency (UNHCR) representative for the country, Leonard Zulu.

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