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Your Call in full: Was Ursula von der Leyen the right choice?
-Was Ursula von der Leyen the right choice?
-How will she handle Brexit negotiations?
-Were Trump's tweets racist?
Watch the final episode of Your Call's first season to hear what panellists and viewers had to say about these questions.
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Petition to criminalise buying sex in Netherlands handed to government
“We were trying to tell people what is really happening in prostitution because a lot of Dutch people think it is all really happy people choosing to sell sex. But the reality is that a lot of them are trapped in human trafficking.”
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Irish MEP tells colleagues to be respectful, they're not in UK Commons
Today in Parliament, an Irish MEP warned other MEPs to calm down, reminding them of serious discussion they were having. In a further attempt to quiet the group down, she reminded them that they were in the European Parliament, not in the House of Commons.
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Paternity pay, youth call for climate action, Venezuela | Raw Politics
Young people across Europe and further afield are calling on politicians and business leaders to act on climate change. Meanwhile, the US, Germany and France are among those who have given their backing to the head of National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, in Venezuela.
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Wikipedia CEO Jimmy Wales on fighting the spread of fake news
"The whole point of democracy is to express the will of the people,” Wales said.
“If the people are being duped and tricked by complete lies and false information, we end up with results that don’t really represent what the people want.”