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Policy priorities will shift in next EU Commission

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EU

Centre-right and populist right-wing parties made gains in June's EP elections. Reflecting pressure from her centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), von der Leyen has…

Election pressures will undermine German government

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GERMANY

The centre-right Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU), far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the far-left Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) were the…

Hungarian EU presidency will promote right-wing agenda

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HUNGARY

The Hungarian presidency will begin amid rising support for nationalist forces in the bloc. The power of the EU Council presidency is limited to setting the bloc’s order of…

Political instability in Denmark looks set to rise

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DENMARK

The government is beset by a number of challenges including disagreements over policy and internal party disunity. Its support has also been damaged by the controversial decision…

Establishment parties could hold ground in Romania

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ROMANIA

The far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) made significant gains even though it performed slightly worse than opinion polls had predicted. Nonetheless, its rise…

Hungarian opposition will make gains in EU elections

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HUNGARY

A scandal engulfing the ruling right-wing Fidesz party and the subsequent meteoric rise of Peter Magyar as a key opposition player have marked the run-up to the polls, which until…

Italy-EU relations face growing vulnerabilities

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ITALY

This coincided with other tensions between Meloni and Brussels. Meloni was strongly critical of an EU rule-of-law report on Italy, and was furious that she was sidelined from the…

Polish government will struggle to reform judiciary

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POLAND

Wos can now be prosecuted for his alleged role in mishandling a justice ministry fund when he was a member of previous governments led by the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS…