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"We are keeping Europe together", EPP's Manfred Weber tells Euronews

With under 100 days to go before Europe votes in the EU elections, Euronews caught up with EPP President, Manfred Weber, about war in Europe and the economic challenges posed by China.

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'Listen to the people', José Manuel Barroso urges EPP as EU vote looms

In the run-up to the EU elections, former European Commission President José Manuel Barroso gave Euronews his thoughts on the green transition and the need to be competitive when it comes to technology.

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EU centre-right clears path for von der Leyen’s second term

The European People’s Party (EPP) on Thursday confirmed Ursula von der Leyen as its lead candidate for June’s European elections, clearing the path for her second term at the European Commission’s helm.

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Migration crackdown to Green Deal overhaul: Takeaways of EPP manifesto

The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) - which is topping the polls ahead of June’s European elections - is set to approve its manifesto on Wednesday as it kicks off its electoral campaign in Bucharest.

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Nature Restoration Law survives knife-edge vote in the EU Parliament

The Nature Restoration Law has survived a dramatic vote in the European Parliament but only by a razor-thin margin.

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'You tweet about Santa Claus!': MEPs spar over Nature Restoration Law

The gloves were definitely off during a debate in the European Parliament about the contentious Nature Restoration Law.

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Polish MEP to Berlusconi: 'Send the vodka back'

A European lawmaker urged Silvio Berlusconi to send vodka back to Putin after the former Italian PM appeared to say in a leaked recording that he'd received a gift from the Russian president for his birthday.

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Hungarian MEP has wrists slapped over Gestapo comparison

Others, however, want stronger action. Like throwing Fidesz out of the EPP grouping altogether.

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Calls to exclude convicted far-right MEP from European Parliament

Ioannis Lagos, one of the leaders of the far-right Golden Dawn political party, was this week found guilty of running it as a criminal organisation.

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Euroviews. The EU needs urgent reform. A strong Europe doesn't exist without flourishing member states ǀ View

The EU cannot be found at offices in Brussels, Luxembourg or Strasbourg but rather in the history and in the spirit of the peoples of which it is composed. If Europe rejects its nations, she will lose her soul.

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Fidesz should agree with EPP mainstream or be ejected, says Juncker

Europe's biggest political grouping, the European People's Party, is facing a reckoning over the membership of Hungary's ruling party Fidesz.

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Donald Tusk lands new job trying to revive Europe's centre-right

The outgoing EU Council President and former Polish prime minister will try and turn around the fortunes of the EPP grouping.

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EPP's Manfred Weber in Austria for rally ahead of European elections

European People's Party leader Manfred Weber was in Austria in the run up to European parliamentary elections to try to bolster unity within his party

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EPP candidate Manfred Weber outlines vision in race to EC presidency

Manfred Weber, the European People's Party candidate to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission President, outlines his European vision

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Orban meets Weber in Budapest on Tuesday

Crisis meeting to avoid further escalation with Hungary's ruling Fidesz party

Hungary

Orban says Fidesz may leave EPP as party faces expulsion

"Obviously if we have to start something new, then the first place where we'll start negotiations will be Poland," Orban said on Friday.

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Raw Politics in full: Women's week and Orban vs. 'useful idiots'

Kickstart the week with Monday's episode of Raw Politics.

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The Brief: Political family feud, diplomatic defiance and hacking exposed

In this edition: political infighting between Hungary's Orban and the EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker threatens to poison the European parliament's largest political grouping ahead of May's elections and Microsoft exposed potential Russia-linked hacking of European think-tanks.

Belgium

'Bitter irony': MEPs want secret ballot for transparency vote

Centre-right MEPs have been criticised for allegedly requesting a secret ballot for a vote on… transparency.

Hungary

European People's Party blocks critics of Viktor Orban on Twitter

The Twitter account of the European People's Party, the party with the biggest faction in the European Parliament, blocked the accounts of two critics of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over the weekend