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During his visit to Washington, British monarch Charles III gave a much applauded speech to the US Congress. He emphasised the responsibilities to Nato, Ukraine, global security and the environment and underlined the two country's close ties and the need for joint efforts to uphold democracy.

The German government has just agreed on a major health reform which foresees, among other things, increased patient contributions for medicines and restrictions on family insurance coverage. This comes at a time when Chancellor Friedrich Merz's popularity has dropped to 15 percent, according to a recent Forsa poll, and a survey by public broadcaster ARD found that 81 percent of the population think wealth is unfairly distributed in Germany.

The president of the Portuguese parliament, José Aguiar-Branco, caused a furore during a parliamentary ceremony marking the anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. He made a speech in which he complained that politicians were now required to disclose every detail of their private lives. Socialist MP Pedro Delgado Alves saw this as mockery of the parliament's ethical rules and demonstratively turned his back.

MEPs are pushing for the Commission’s timely and effective enforcement of the EU’s Digital Markets Act and closer scrutiny of AI-driven search tools and cloud services.
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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MEPs are pushing for the Commission’s timely and effective enforcement of the EU’s Digital Markets Act and closer scrutiny of AI-driven search tools and cloud services.
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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On Thursday, Parliament adopted three resolutions on the human rights situations in Haiti, China and Venezuela.

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