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Catalonia's president seeks EU recognition for Catalan language

The leader of the Spanish region, Salvador Illa, is fighting for Spain's regional languages — Catalan, Basque and Galician — to be recognised as official EU ones.

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Will the EU take on three new official languages?

In an interview with Euronews, president of Catalonia Salvador Illa talked about the possibility of Catalan, Galician and Basque becoming official EU languages.

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Maduro 'lacks any democratic legitimacy', says EU

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas stated that the country's authorities "have not respected" the will of the Venezuelan people.

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'Small explosion' stops train with MEPs in Strasbourg

The French authorities have reported that the incident was caused by a technical problem which is already being solved.

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EU's top court rejects Carles Puigdemont's claim to MEP status

The European Court of Justice has backed former European Parliament president Antonio Tajani's decision not to recognise Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont as an MEP, ruling that Tajani "merely did what he was required to do."

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EU must stop funding care homes, people with disabilities demand

Hundreds of people with disabilities gathered in Brussels to demand a strategic plan to guarantee independence outside residential care homes.

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Male MEPs over-represented in EU committees

Gender inequality is more pronounced in areas considered "serious," such as foreign affairs or economics, according to an expert from the European Women's Lobby.

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Mass IT outage: 'We will be more vulnerable' to crashes, expert warns

Despite testing, it is impossible to completely rule out crashes like the Crowdstrike outage, a computer science expert tells Euronews Next.

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Europe hopes to end 'launcher crisis' with planned Ariane 6 takeoff

The rocket is scheduled for a test flight on Tuesday 9 July between 8 pm and 12 midnight European time, but has faced several holdups along the way.

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Meta's 'pay or consent' policy breaks EU digital rules, says Brussels

Meta's 'pay or consent' model asks users to enable the processing of their personal data or pay a monthly fee.

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Europe seeks solutions to remedy increase in space debris

Several EU countries, such as Germany and France, already have space laws, but Brussels will present the first European Space Law in the coming months.

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Low turnout at farmers demonstration ahead of EU vote

Copa-Cogeca, the EU's main farmers' organisation, dissociated itself from the event and claimed that none of its members took part.

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EU candidates to answer public questions on live debate

In a live debate organised by the EBU and broadcast on Euronews, the five candidates will tackle issues such as climate, migration, and security.

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Walter Baier: Established parties have allowed far right to flourish

As the EU prepares to vote in European elections, the big issues for Walter Baier, the lead candidate of the European Left, are the cost of living crisis, the war in Gaza and the rise of the far right. He discusses these and other concerns with Aïda Sánchez Alonso in The Global Conversation.

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The Left's Walter Baier slams von der Leyen for overtures to far right

Established parties are abandoning moral principles by embracing the far right's discourse on migration, the lead candidate for The Left told Euronews.

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European scientists call for 3% of GDP to be devoted to research

The EU falls short of the research funding levels called for and is at a clear disadvantage compared to South Korea, the United States, and Japan.

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Period poverty still a problem within the EU despite tax breaks

In some countries, costs remain high for women despite tax breaks with many not being able to buy their product of choice.

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EU and UK make significant progress on broad Gibraltar policy lines

The final details of the EU's post-Brexit relationship with the UK regarding Gibraltar are being shaped following a high-level four-way meeting.

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Single mothers at greater risk of poverty and social exclusion

The European Anti-Poverty Network report points to fairer taxation as a tool to avoid marginalisation.

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The European Free Alliance sets out its key demands ahead of elections

These include protecting the rights of minorities and the right of a state to self-determination.

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