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28th Mar 2024

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MEPs to vote on stripping Polish MEP of title over 'Nazi' insult

MEPs will debate on Wednesday (7 February) whether to strip right-wing Polish MEP Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR) of his title of parliament vice-president over a Nazi-era slur, political group leaders decided Thursday. They scheduled a vote on the 'impeachment' for the last week of February. The move was supported by the leaders of all political groups, except for the ECR and EFDD, which voted against, and the ENF, which abstained.

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'Swiftly dial back' interest rates, ECB told

Italian central banker Piero Cipollone in his first monetary policy speech since joining the ECB's board in November, said that the bank should be ready to "swiftly dial back our restrictive monetary policy stance."

Podcast

Moscow's terror attack, security and Gaza

This week's Euroscopic explores the consequences of Moscow's terror attack, the convergence of public safety and border/migration policy in an EU election year, and the United Nations Security resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Opinion

Why UK-EU defence and security deal may be difficult

Rather than assuming a pro-European Labour government in London will automatically open doors in Brussels, the Labour party needs to consider what it may be able to offer to incentivise EU leaders to factor the UK into their defence thinking.

Investigation

How migrants risk becoming drug addicts along Balkan route

Psychotropic drug abuse is one of the many dangers migrants face along the Balkan route. In overcrowded camps, doctors prescribe tranquilisers to calm people down. And black market circuits and pharmacies selling drugs without prescription contribute to the issue.

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