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From Sicily to Austria: Oldest and youngest MEPs unite in Greens group

In an interview with Euronews, the oldest and youngest members of the European Parliament pledge to fight for environmental sustainability and minority rights.

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Will von der Leyen stick by the Green deal?

The flagship program of von der Leyen's previous mandate, the Green deal, has come under fire from far-right forces in the European Parliament.

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Curtain rises on EU Parliament’s most right-leaning agriculture committee

Right-wing groups have a significant presence in the parliamentary committee dealing with agriculture and attempted to claim nearly all key positions during the committee's constitutive meeting.

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Can the far right be kept from power in Parliament?

Members of far-right parties in the European Parliament have been excluded from powerful positions on parliamentary committees, with pro-European forces deploying the so-called 'cordon sanitaire'.

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Far-right Patriots stripped of key remaining parliamentary posts

Orbán’s Patriots for Europe wished "bad karma" on pro-EU parties that maintained a cordon sanitaire on the far-right group, preventing their lawmakers from securing the last top jobs available in the European Parliament.

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Right-wing Polish MEP secures chair of EU committee

A knife-edge vote saw the MEP take leadership of the Parliament’s petitions committee, as centrist parties seek to maintain a cordon sanitaire against the far-right.

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Industrial policy emerges as key battleground for economic MEPs

Committee chair Aurore Lalucq worries about competition from the US and China – while others fear a subsidy free-for-all.

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How will future US foreign policy impact the EU?

Joe Biden withdrew from the US presidential race, handing the baton to his vice-president Kamala Harris, now the Democrats favourite candidate.

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Why do far-right Patriots want to lead Parliament's culture committee?

The group led by National Rally's Jordan Bardella is vying for the chairmanship of the Committee on Culture and Education. Why, and what impact could this have on EU cultural policies?

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Committees vote for leadership, Newsletter

This week's key events presented by health and food reporter Marta Iraola Iribarren

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Meloni's EU gambit: Confrontation or strategy?

Fratelli d'Italia, the party led by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, voted against Ursula von der Leyen's re-election as European Commission President

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State of the Union: Von der Leyen and Metsola reelected, Trump nominated

This edition of State of the Union focuses on the reelection of Ursula von der Leyen and Roberta Metsola and the state of play of the U.S. presidential campaign.

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Von der Leyen confirms Critical Medicines, Biotech Acts in pipeline

Two key legislative frameworks aimed at reducing dependencies on critical drugs and boosting the EU’s life science sector were included in the political guidelines of newly re-elected Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

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Who’s who in the European Parliament’s new committee roster

From mammoth structures for energy and the environment to smaller ones looking at fish, we take you through the movers and shakers who will determine EU lawmaking in practice.

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What does von der Leyen's re-election mean for the EU?

Ursula von der Leyen was re-appointed as European Commission president on Thursday, 18 July, provoking different reactions in the Strasbourg hemicycle.

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Pro-Europeans hail von der Leyen win as rebuff to extremism

Greens emerge as kingmakers as von der Leyen vows to keep the centrist coalition strong.

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Ursula von der Leyen is re-elected European Commission president

The re-election was shrouded in uncertainty and rested on complicated arithmetic among the four centrist parties.

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Leftists' last-minute call for von der Leyen vote postponement

Two motions to postpone the vote on Ursula von der Leyen's presidency were filed last night - one from non-attached leftist Germany's Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) and another from The Left group in the European Parliament.

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Von der Leyen wins re-election following heated debate

Roberta Metsola was voted Parliament's President and Ursula von der Leyen has been re-elected to lead the European Commission following a dramatic opening Plenary of the European Parliament - Euronews takes you behind the scenes with live reaction from on the ground in Strasbourg.

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Talking to the first-timer MEPs: what are their plans?

In the first plenary at the European Parliament, over 50% of MEPs are entering the Strasbourg chamber for the first time. Today, 18 July, the European Parliament will decide whether to elect Ursula von der Leyen as European Commission president.