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Newly elected Brothers of Italy MEP Antonella Sberna is running for the vice-presidency of the European Parliament in a vote to be held this afternoon in Strasbourg. Sberna, a former civil servant in the Italian Parliament, formerly interned at the European Parliament in 2005 with the European People’s Party (EPP) grouping. This is the first time Italy’s main ruling party has ever sought a top parliamentary job—something strategically avoided in the past to steer clear of the so-called 'cordon sanitaire', the practice by which the centrist pro-European groups effectively club together to deny ...
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After Swiss singer Nemo won the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Mälmo, Sweden, fans from Geneva to Bern rejoiced – the contest would be coming to Switzerland in 2025, the first time since 1989. The cities of Zurich, Geneva, Bern and Basel have all filed applications to host next year’s show, but conservative Swiss groups have other ideas. A mere two months after Nemo – the first non-binary artist to win the contest – picked up the 2024 trophy, Swiss conservatives are threatening to block the use of taxpayers' money to host the event. The Christian conservative Federal Democratic Union of Switz...
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Will there be new far-right groups at the European Parliament for the just started legislative mandate? Negotiations are ongoing to constitute old and maybe new political far-right group at the European Parliament, including the meeting today (Wednesday 26 June) of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) that will elect its co-presidents. Radio Schuman talked with Euronews journalist Vincenzo Genovese about the ongoing negotiations and divisions within the far-right and which are the possible scenario about group formation. We dive into the re-appointment of Valerie Hayer as the presid...
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The British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he is not being investigated by the Gambling Commission as it continues its probe into bets placed on the date of the general election. Sunak also said his party, the Conservatives, are set to conduct their own internal investigation into the allegations. They have dogged the party’s campaign for reelection, some ten days ahead of the general election. Speaking to the press in Scotland, Sunak insisted his party "will act" if the Conservatives' own inquiry into the alleged betting scandal finds any wrongdoing. "The Gambling Commission is independe...
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to cut taxes and reduce immigration if his Conservative Party is re-elected in the general election on 4 July. Sunak held the manifesto launch at Silverstone motor racing circuit in central England, home of the British Grand Prix, and it could be one of his last big chances to get his spluttering campaign back on track. His central pitch was the claim that a government led by Labour's Keir Starmer would raise taxes, while a Conservative one would lower them. In its manifesto, the party pledged £17billion (€20billion) in tax cuts by 2030, to be paid for...
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London (AFP) - Right-wing thinkers from around the world gathered in London this week, giving an indication of how far Britain's ruling Conservative party could make the so-called culture wars an issue for the general election and beyond. Speakers at the inaugural Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference railed against "woke capitalism", lamented Western decline and hit out at economic regulation and multiculturalism. "The culture war matters," Conservative MP Danny Kruger, from the right wing of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's party, told AFP after interviewing former Australian lea...
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London (AFP) - UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has vowed to lead Britain's Conservatives into the next election -- due within two years -- but after a disastrous six weeks in Downing Street many doubt she will remain leader long. Here are the main contenders who could take over. Rishi Sunak - Truss easily beat the former chancellor of the exchequer in this summer's Tory leadership contest, winning party members over with promises to slash taxes and regulations without curbing government spending. Sunak, 42, repeatedly warned that her plans to fund the proposals through extra borrowing were reckles...
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