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Romanian lawmakers on Monday approved President Klaus Iohannis' proposal for the country to take part in the Turkish initiative to clear the Black Sea of mines.

The centre-right European People’s Party’s attempt to block the adoption of an agreement to create an ethics body overseeing all of the EU institutions failed on Monday (22 April), despite concerns about the initiative becoming a “dangerous precedent.”

A Russian man was sentenced to five years' forced labour on Monday (22 April) for spreading "deliberately false information" about the army in a street interview with US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in which he talked about the war in Ukraine.

Former trade unionist Vanya Grigorova, who narrowly lost as the candidate of a coalition of pro-Russian left-wing and far-right parties in Sofia's mayoral elections last autumn, has announced her candidacy for the upcoming EU and early national elections, although her break with the coalition leaves voters divided. 

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and former Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki, members of the right-wing ‘national-conservative’ camp, are planning a reshuffle of powers in the European Parliament in an attempt to gain enough leverage in the next term.

The Czech prosecutor has charged the former head of the Czech presidential office, Vratislav Mynář, with subsidy fraud and damaging the financial interests of the European Union.

Three Germans have been arrested on suspicion of working with the Chinese secret service to hand over technology that could be used for military purposes, potentially helping to strengthen China's navy, German officials said on Monday (22 April).

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ALDE Party's manifesto for the 2024 European elections aims at transforming the European Union in response to today's challenges, outlining commitments in key areas such as security and defence, economic growth and sustainability and institutional reform.

ALDE Party's manifesto for the 2024 European elections aims at transforming the European Union in response to today's challenges, outlining commitments in key areas such as security and defence, economic growth and sustainability and institutional reform.

Spain’s ruling Socialist Party (PSOE/S&D) agreed on Monday to set up a federal electoral committee to coordinate its strategy for the European elections due on 9 June, although the formation did not reveal the name of its main candidate – a top job for which the favourite is Ecological Transition Minister Teresa Ribera.

Spain’s ruling Socialist Party (PSOE/S&D) agreed on Monday to set up a federal electoral committee to coordinate its strategy for the European elections due on 9 June, although the formation did not reveal the name of its main candidate – a top job for which the favourite is Ecological Transition Minister Teresa Ribera.

The Portuguese socialist party (PS/S&D) sacked all current Members of the European Parliament from their list for June's EU election in a vote on Monday (22 April), bidding for a renewed roster with national political figures instead.

The Portuguese socialist party (PS/S&D) sacked all current Members of the European Parliament from their list for June's EU election in a vote on Monday (22 April), bidding for a renewed roster with national political figures instead.

Italy’s centre-left opposition Democratic Party (PD) has come under fire after its leader, Elly Schlein, announced her candidacy for June’s European elections despite having previously said she had no intention of taking up a seat in European Parliament.

Italy’s centre-left opposition Democratic Party (PD) has come under fire after its leader, Elly Schlein, announced her candidacy for June’s European elections despite having previously said she had no intention of taking up a seat in European Parliament.

The conservative CDU/CSU group in the German Bundestag is pushing for a complete ban on all agriculture and food imports from Russia and Belarus as a way of weakening Russia’s war effort.

US President Joe Biden promised that tens of billions of dollars of much-delayed military aid would be "quickly" sent to Ukraine as the country suffered a new battering from Russian strikes.

Controversial UK government plans for deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda cleared their final hurdle on Monday (22 April), after a marathon tussle between the upper and lower chambers of parliament lasting late into the night.

EU lawmakers will vote on Tuesday (23 April) to ban products made using forced labour under a new law that has China in its sights, risking raising tensions with Beijing.