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Lors du second tour des élections législatives dimanche (19 juin), la gauche unie s’établit comme première force politique d’opposition à Emmanuel Macron, malgré un résultat en deçà des attentes.

Lithuanian bishops have attacked a new bill legalising same-sex civil partnerships, while quoting Pope Francis. "The draft law on civil unions essentially proposes what Pope Francis urges us not to do — to equate de facto unions and same-sex unions with marriage. We cannot support this bill, which distorts and devalues the concepts of marriage and the family," the bishops wrote in an open letter, Reuters reports.

French president Emmanuel Macron has lost his parliamentary majority in the second round of elections, amid gains by the far left and far right.

UK plans to scrap parts of the post-Brexit trade deal would be "economic vandalism" against Northern Ireland, Irish PM, Micheál Martin, told the BBC's Sunday Morning programme. To reduce paperwork London wants to introduce green lanes for goods set to remain in Northern Ireland and red lanes for other goods. Northern Irish unionist parties maintain the Brexit protocol undermines relations to the UK , while Brussels has announced legal action.

A German far-right AfD party conference ended abruptly on Sunday without agreement on a resolution about the party's foreign policy, according to German media. The resolution, "Rethinking Europe", called for improved ties with Moscow and only referred to Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a "conflict", without using the term "war". In particular Western German delegates wanted a stronger term like Russia's "war of aggression".

The Kremlin's "next step is going to be the air blockade of Lithuania", Russia's once-richest man, now one of its most prominent dissidents, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, told the FT in an interview. "It will allow Russian aviation to fly right through between Russia and Kaliningrad. Then Nato will face a question of what to do", he said.

Following outrage over the rejection by the Socialist Party of a resolution condemning the Srebrenica Genocide in parliament in May, the majority have now tabled their own for approval. The resolution was initiated by Democratic Party MP Tritan Shehu and sought to...

A route had been found for exporting Serbian products to Russia, and goods will be shipped via Turkey, and some Baltic countries, Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Minister Branislav Nedimović said on Sunday. Nedimović told the Serbian Broadcasting Corporation that...

Less natural gas was imported in the first four months of 2022 than in the same period of last year, and local production has also dropped. According to data from the national statistics institute INS, Romania’s gas production was close...

The political crisis in Bulgaria has led to a string of protests and demonstrations ahead of the no-confidence vote later this week. The crisis was started by the populist party ITN, led by former showman Slavi Trifonov. ITN left the...

The Druzhba pipeline, through which Russian oil flows into the country, may be converted into a product pipeline to deliver fuel into war-torn Ukraine, Slovak Economy Minister Richard Sulík announced. “In Ukraine, most of the refineries are destroyed. Ukraine needs...

Czech Education Minister Petr Gazdík announced his resignation on Sunday following revelations that he attended several meetings with organised crime boss Michal Redl. Along with Gazdík, who also served as a deputy chair of the Mayors and Independents (STAN) party,...

Italy is considering moving to a state of alert to ration gas consumption and increase gas storage following Gazprom’s gas supply cut, Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported. According to the Italian emergency protocol, the state of “alert” – which is...

The Biden administration's plan to sell four large, armable drones to Ukraine has been paused on the fear its sophisticated surveillance equipment might fall into enemy hands, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Ten thousand protesters joined the climate march against global warming in Rotterdam on Sunday afternoon, Dutch media NL Times reported. The organisers of the march included Greenpeace, Oxfam Novib, trade union FNV, Extinction Rebellion, Milieudefensie and Fridays for Future, NL times wrote. Many...

Austria will receive less gas for the fourth day in a row, the Russian energy company announced on Sunday, but demand is currently low and supply is secure.

Emmanuel Macron’s defeat in the second round of the French legislative elections is essentially a defeat of his neoliberal policies, former prime minister and main opposition leftist leader Alexis Tsipras has said. “The defeat of Macron is a defeat of...

Kosovo and Serbia will sign a major deal as part of the EU-facilitated dialogue in the upcoming weeks, the EU Special Envoy to the Balkans, Miroslav Lajčák, hopes. Since 2011, 33 agreements have been signed but implemented partially and selectively,...

A seventh package of EU sanctions against Russia, including a ban on technology export, will be called for by Poland, Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag. The government will appeal for further sanctions at the EU...

The centre-right Partido Popular (EPP) won 43.1% (+22.4 with 2018) and an absolute majority in the 109-seat Andalusian parliament. This is a tough blow for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez ahead of national elections in 2023, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported. Over...