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Germany
Euroviews. Bavarian election: Do not forget the biggest loser, SPD! | View
SPD’s vote actually halved, from 20.6% in 2013, to just 9.7%! This marks the party’s worst result in Bavaria since the 1930s, and is the first state parliament now where they have fallen below the symbolic 10% threshold in recent history - a painful exercise for a former Volkspartei.
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Euroviews. Climate change: Watershed moment calls for strong leadership from EU | View
The grim picture painted by the UN's IPCC report on climate change should be a warning to the EU and other advanced economies: reduce carbon emissions to zero to avoid temperature rises with the most devastating consequences.
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Serbia
Euroviews. Politicised judiciary hurts Serbia's chances of joining the EU | View
Serbia’s failure to introduce genuine judicial reform will seriously jeopardise the country’s European future regardless of possible progress in relations with Kosovo, writes a policy analyst at the Open Society European Policy Institute.
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Euroviews. Speak out to protect Bulgaria's women | View
The reported rape and murder of Bulgarian journalist Victoria Marinova raises concerns about threats to media freedom, but it also serves as a stark reminder that Bulgaria should prioritize efforts to combat violence against women, writes a Human Rights Watch researcher.
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Euroviews. Will the Council of Europe become Putin’s trophy? | View
A vote by the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) this week will decide whether Russia will be readmitted to Europe's biggest human rights organisation without sanctions and without fulfilling any of PACE's preconditions.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. Orban is not Hungary, like the Conservative Party is not the UK | View
Any hopes that the new Foreign Secretary would tone down the rhetoric were quickly dispelled recently with Jeremy Hunt’s appalling and indefensible comparison of the EU to a ‘Soviet prison’- prompting Nigel Farage to remark that Hunt was now ‘talking his language.’
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Euroviews. Shared values must be upheld in all EU countries | View
Many of Orbán’s allies in the centre-right European People’s party (EPP) deserted him. Those expressing their disgust also included fellow Scottish MEPs from the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Conservatives. But it didn’t include most of the Conservative MEPs from England.
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Euroviews. Tories back Orban: Abstention would have sent different signal | View
A large majority of the European Parliament voted to trigger article 7 of the Lisbon Treaty. This majority included many of Fidesz’s colleagues in the EPP (traditionally a very pro-EU grouping) whose affiliation to the EPP is being seriously tested by Fidesz’s membership, writes London's Green MEP.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. UK Tories' support for Orban - Viktor Orban is no ally to be had
These are turbulent times and the way the UK has conducted Brexit talks is threatening our future relationship with the EU. We can’t afford to alienate ourselves even more by offering Orban political support in exchange for his.
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Euroviews. UK Tories' support for Orbán - Conservatives fear criticising Hungary | View
It is clear that at the highest levels of the Cabinet, Conservative politicians are worried about criticising Hungary in any way, because they want to secure favourable treatment in the Brexit negotiations, writes British Labour MEP Theresa Griffin.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. Tories' support for Orban - 'disgraceful move' that echoes UKIP policy
A thank you letter from a far right leader for showing solidarity is not something I would be proud for my party to be associated with. It's astonishing the level The Tories are prepared to stoop to in order to get support for their failed Brexit plan.