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Germany's AfD party hit with spy scandal

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Three people have been taken to hospital after masked attackers stormed a meeting in Swedish capital Stockholm.

An evening event by the Left Party about growing fascism in Sweden was just about to start when a group of masked people entered the venue.

The attackers used self-defence spray and tossed smoke grenades.

Mattias Skagerholm, a member of the Left Party who was at the event, said that the interlopers had also physically attacked those present.

<div class="md"><p>Three people have been taken to hospital after masked attackers stormed a meeting in Swedish capital Stockholm.</p>

<p>An evening event by the Left Party about growing fascism in Sweden was just about to start when a group of masked people entered the venue.</p>

<p>The attackers used self-defence spray and tossed smoke grenades.</p>

<p>Mattias Skagerholm, a member of the Left Party who was at the event, said that the interlopers had also physically attacked those present.</p>
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Masked attackers storm anti-fascist event in Sweden

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Convicted former ministers named as EU election candidates by Polish opposition

Parliament to ignore constitutional court order not to proceed with putting central bank chief on trial

Poland is prepared to help Ukraine get draft-age men back – Polish Defence Ministry

Belarus says it thwarted attack on capital by drones launched from Lithuania

Ces quatre nouveaux textes de l’Europe contre le gaspillage

Portugal marks the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution army coup that brought democracy

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Three Polish ministers to leave government and stand for European Parliament

Parliament approves first ever EU rules on combating violence against women

####Regional armed forces admit ‘difficult situation’ as Kyiv awaits western military aid

Russian forces have made significant advances in a narrow corridor in eastern Ukraine as an offensive by Moscow to take territory before western military aid arrives appears to be gathering pace.

Footage posted by Kremlin military bloggers shows a Russian tricolour flying above the shattered village of Ocheretyne. Russian troops reportedly entered the territory on Sunday, north-west of the town of Avdiivka, after advancing about 5km in 10 days.

The Ukrainian army retreated from Avdiivka in February and has been trying to establish a new defensive line in settlements along the Durna River but in recent weeks reinforced Russian units have been pushing forward, using air-launched glide bombs to pulverise Ukrainian bunkers.

Its capture means Russia has managed to bypass the northern flank of Ukraine’s recently constructed forward line, including minefields and trenches. The village – once home to 3,000 people, and a local road and rail hub – sits at the intersection of a network of defences.

Russian forces are within about 30km of Pokrovsk, the main garrison city in the area, used to rotate soldiers and equipment, which appears to be the next operational Russian target. Vladimir Putin has ordered his soldiers to capture the administrative borders of the Donetsk region.

<div class="md"><h4>Regional armed forces admit ‘difficult situation’ as Kyiv awaits western military aid</h4>

<p>Russian forces have made significant advances in a narrow corridor in eastern Ukraine as an offensive by Moscow to take territory before western military aid arrives appears to be gathering pace.</p>

<p>Footage posted by Kremlin military bloggers shows a Russian tricolour flying above the shattered village of Ocheretyne. Russian troops reportedly entered the territory on Sunday, north-west of the town of Avdiivka, after advancing about 5km in 10 days.</p>

<p>The Ukrainian army retreated from Avdiivka in February and has been trying to establish a new defensive line in settlements along the Durna River but in recent weeks reinforced Russian units have been pushing forward, using air-launched glide bombs to pulverise Ukrainian bunkers.</p>

<p>Its capture means Russia has managed to bypass the northern flank of Ukraine’s recently constructed forward line, including minefields and trenches. The village – once home to 3,000 people, and a local road and rail hub – sits at the intersection of a network of defences.</p>

<p>Russian forces are within about 30km of Pokrovsk, the main garrison city in the area, used to rotate soldiers and equipment, which appears to be the next operational Russian target. Vladimir Putin has ordered his soldiers to capture the administrative borders of the Donetsk region.</p>
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Russian forces make significant gains in eastern Ukraine

Le devoir de vigilance adopté, mais affaibli par la macronie

Poland's Tusk reaches for big-hitters in European election fight

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party attached the proposal in an amendment to a bill on Rome's post-COVID-19 recovery plan, which includes a chapter dedicated to the health sector.

Meloni is staunchly anti-abortion, but pledged during her victorious general election campaign in 2022 that despite her personal convictions she would not change existing legislation on the subject.

The Senate approved the bill to allow anti-abortion groups into publicly run family advice clinics by a vote of 95-to-68 in a confidence motion.

It had obtained a first green light in the lower house Chamber of Deputies last week, sparking fierce criticism among opposition parties that called it an attack on abortion rights in place since 1978.

<div class="md"><p>Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni&#39;s Brothers of Italy party attached the proposal in an amendment to a bill on Rome&#39;s post-COVID-19 recovery plan, which includes a chapter dedicated to the health sector.</p>

<p>Meloni is staunchly anti-abortion, but pledged during her victorious general election campaign in 2022 that despite her personal convictions she would not change existing legislation on the subject.</p>

<p>The Senate approved the bill to allow anti-abortion groups into publicly run family advice clinics by a vote of 95-to-68 in a confidence motion.</p>

<p>It had obtained a first green light in the lower house Chamber of Deputies last week, sparking fierce criticism among opposition parties that called it an attack on abortion rights in place since 1978.</p>
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Italy's Senate gives final approval to contested government plan allowing groups who "support motherhood" into abortion clinics to try to deter women terminating pregnancies.

Polish state energy giant Orlen reveals details of $400m lost on undelivered Venezuelan oil

Focus harder to rival China’s vast global investment plan, Brussels is told. EU’s Global Gateway funding has been spread ‘too thinly’ and must be concentrated if it’s to stand a chance against Beijing, internal review says.

How a second Trump presidency could tear Europe apart. The former president’s return would cement a shift in the U.S. as a fact that can no longer be ignored.

The EU’s green deal to restore biodiversity, clean the continent’s soil, air and water, and mitigate climate breakdown is at high risk of being killed off, the co-president of the Green group of MEPs has warned.

The Belgian MEP Philippe Lamberts said the green deal, which has informed everything from tax policy to environment law making, would be a thing of the past if the far right made significant gains in the June EU parliamentary elections.

“The likelihood of [the far right and right] killing the green deal is very high. I mean, they make no mystery that after winning the ideological battle on asylum and migration their next target is the European green deal, and what they call the ‘woke’ economy.”

He said the Greens needed “to play their best game ever” – appealing to voters to make the right choice rather than believe the “absolute bullshit” of politicians who claim to be fighting to save the planet but do the opposite – to try to defeat the far right.

In the run-up to the elections, the EU has watered down a series of proposed laws including the nature restoration law (NRL), which is on the verge of collapse, and scrapped other plans including new rules on pesticides.

Lamberts praised the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, for her continuing commitment to the green deal but reserved his sharpest criticism for the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who he said had lurched further to the right to see off Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, the president of her Rassemblement National party.

By adopting positions that “mimic the language and the policies advocated by the far right … Bardella is just raising in the opinion polls”, said Lamberts. “He doesn’t need to do anything as Macron is doing his job [for him].”

The NRL, which aims to regenerate soil and water quality, was a case in point, he said. It was approved by parliament earlier this year and had the qualified majority to get it on to the statute books at an EU leaders’ summit in March.

But three days later, that slim majority fell apart after Hungary indicated it had changed its mind and joined seven other countries that either opposed or abstained, including Sweden, the Netherlands and Italy.

<div class="md"><p>The EU’s green deal to restore biodiversity, clean the continent’s soil, air and water, and mitigate climate breakdown is at high risk of being killed off, the co-president of the Green group of MEPs has warned.</p>

<p>The Belgian MEP Philippe Lamberts said the green deal, which has informed everything from tax policy to environment law making, would be a thing of the past if the far right made significant gains in the June EU parliamentary elections.</p>

<p>“The likelihood of [the far right and right] killing the green deal is very high. I mean, they make no mystery that after winning the ideological battle on asylum and migration their next target is the European green deal, and what they call the ‘woke’ economy.”</p>

<p>He said the Greens needed “to play their best game ever” – appealing to voters to make the right choice rather than believe the “absolute bullshit” of politicians who claim to be fighting to save the planet but do the opposite – to try to defeat the far right.</p>

<p>In the run-up to the elections, the EU has watered down a series of proposed laws including the nature restoration law (NRL), which is on the verge of collapse, and scrapped other plans including new rules on pesticides.</p>

<p>Lamberts praised the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, for her continuing commitment to the green deal but reserved his sharpest criticism for the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who he said had lurched further to the right to see off Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, the president of her Rassemblement National party.</p>

<p>By adopting positions that “mimic the language and the policies advocated by the far right … Bardella is just raising in the opinion polls”, said Lamberts. “He doesn’t need to do anything as Macron is doing his job [for him].”</p>

<p>The NRL, which aims to regenerate soil and water quality, was a case in point, he said. It was approved by parliament earlier this year and had the qualified majority to get it on to the statute books at an EU leaders’ summit in March.</p>

<p>But three days later, that slim majority fell apart after Hungary indicated it had changed its mind and joined seven other countries that either opposed or abstained, including Sweden, the Netherlands and Italy.</p>
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EU green deal at ‘very high’ risk of being killed off, far-right gains in elections could destroy plan to protect nature and biodiversity

###The new rules will give customers new ways to claim support for a product throughout its lifetime, and also aid independent repair shops.

The new rules not only give consumers a hand in requesting support for repairing items from manufacturers but also crack down on ways to block third-party repairs. All of which should see everything from laptops to vacuum cleaners to iPhones become much easier to fix, saving having to buy a new one.

Under the new rules, manufacturers will need to inform consumers about their rights, offer extended legal guarantees, and provide cost-effective repair services. Furthermore, they will have to provide spare parts and tools at a reasonable price and can no longer block consumer repairs through hardware or software, which strengthens the ability of repair shops to fit suitable replacements.

A pan-European online platform will be set up to offer advice to consumers about where they will be able to get a product repaired, including local repair shops, and community-led repair initiatives, such as repair cafes.

<div class="md"><h3>The new rules will give customers new ways to claim support for a product throughout its lifetime, and also aid independent repair shops.</h3>

<p>The new rules not only give consumers a hand in requesting support for repairing items from manufacturers but also crack down on ways to block third-party repairs. All of which should see everything from laptops to vacuum cleaners to iPhones become much easier to fix, saving having to buy a new one.</p>

<p>Under the new rules, manufacturers will need to inform consumers about their rights, offer extended legal guarantees, and provide cost-effective repair services. Furthermore, they will have to provide spare parts and tools at a reasonable price and can no longer block consumer repairs through hardware or software, which strengthens the ability of repair shops to fit suitable replacements.</p>

<p>A pan-European online platform will be set up to offer advice to consumers about where they will be able to get a product repaired, including local repair shops, and community-led repair initiatives, such as repair cafes.</p>
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New rules to massively strengthen EU's right to repair successfully pass through European Parliament with 584 votes for, just 3 against

Poland records EU’s highest increase in house prices

Polish government announces plans to abolish and replace anti-corruption office

In Belgium, the Flemish far right is gaining ground ahead of the European elections

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