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In the Republic of Moldova, President Maia Sandu's pro-European ruling party PAS won Sunday's parliamentary election with 50.2 percent of the vote. The pro-Russian Patriotic Electoral Bloc led by former president Igor Dodon was left trailing with 24.2 percent. Despite minor losses, PAS can now continue the country's path towards EU accession without a coalition partner. Europe's media take a closer look at the outcome.

Parliamentary elections will take place in the Czech Republic this Friday and Saturday. Former prime minister Andrej Babiš's populist ANO party has a ten-percentage-point lead against Prime Minister Petr Fiala's liberal-conservative governing coalition in the polls. Commentators observe a tense mood in the country and examine the reasons.

The European Union’s ambitious climate goals demand a fundamental transition of its industrial base.

Europe is the only “place where we don’t protect our domestic players,” the French president said

Despite Europe’s rightward drift, Costa insisted social democracy “remains relevant"

Inflation rose above the European Central Bank's 2% target

In this Policy Triangle, supported by Humane World for Animals, we explore how Europe can modernise its chemical testing framework as part of the upcoming revision of REACH.

Moscow and Kyiv have repeatedly accused each other of risking a potentially devastating nuclear disaster by attacking the site

The organisers of the beer festival said that a "bomb threat" had been received

The next meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Monday, 13 October 2025 from 18.30-21.00 in Brussels (room ANTALL 4Q1).

Further information about the SEDE meeting can be found here.

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SEDE missions 2025:

• Norway - 27-30 May 2025
• Moldova and Ukraine - 14-17 April 2025
  
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - 24-27 February 2025
• Israel and Palestine - 5-8 February 2025

SEDE missions 2024:

• United Kingdom - 28-30 October 2024
• Ukraine - 25-26 October 2024

SEDE Committee meetings' calendar 2025
EP calendar 2025
Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

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