europeanelections2024
The European elections in June swept many of us in civil society through a whirlwind, cementing the continuous progression of the far-right within our democratic institutions. With over twenty years of experience advocating for a free, fair, and open digital environment in Europe, one thing is clear to us — a shift to the right poses a grave threat to our fundamental rights. Looking ahead to the next mandate of EU institutions, we anticipate a rise in the market dominance of large tech corporations and the implementation of draconian state surveillance practices. Much discussion surrounding th...
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A new far-right group has been formed in the European Parliament under the name "Europe of Sovereign Nations" (ESN), gathering controversial parties that until today lacked political affiliation due to the radical character of their ideas. The formation encompasses 25 MEPs from eight member states, enough to establish a formal group in the hemicycle and avoid the category of non-attached, which greatly reduces the relevance and speaking time of lawmakers. Its composition and name were announced on Wednesday afternoon after a constitutive meeting in Brussels, ending days of mounting speculation...
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Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission who is bidding to muster a majority for a second term, promised the liberal family of Renew Europe that she would not establish a "structured cooperation" with Giorgia Meloni's group. "We had good exchanges with Ursula von der Leyen. Frank and tough questions from our side," Valerie Hayer, the French MEP who presides Renew Europe, said on Wednesday after a meeting between the Liberals and the incumbent. "We made very clear that we don’t accept any flirt with the far right. She gave us commitments. We will look at this very closely,...
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The European Parliament might soon have another far-right group vehemently opposed to the Green Deal, migration and European integration, just days after the emergence of Viktor Orbán's Patriots for Europe. The formation could host the likes of Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), Poland's Konfederacja, and Spain's Se Acabó La Fiesta (SALF), together with some individual lawmakers from Greece and Bulgaria, according to a parliamentary source who spoke to Euronews on condition of anonymity. Neither of these far-right forces currently belong to one of the European Parliament's seven esta...
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TikTok’s lack of moderation led to objectifying and sexist language appearing in search suggestions for female politicians and pushed almost exclusively negative information about certain politicians both male and female. These are findings from Finnish methodologies company CheckFirst and fact-checking service Faktabaari, as part of their CrossOver project. For example, the suggestions for former Prime Minister Sanna Marin included “Sanna Marin masturbation video”. The suggestions for Eva Biaudet, MP for the right-of-centre Swedish People’s Party of Finland, included “Eva and Kristian have se...
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Spain's far-right Vox party, which currently has six MEPs, has officially announced that it's leaving the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group to join a potential new formation led by Orban's Fidesz party. Orban's alliance already includes the Czech ANO, the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) and the Portuguese Chega - but there are rules for becoming a political group in the European Parliament, and the Patriots for Europe have yet to meet another criterion. While they meet the threshold of at least 23 MEPs, they do not emanate from at least seven member states - Orban still needs two ...
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Five Star Movement, Italy's populist party led by former prime minister Giuseppe Conte, has ended its year-long lack of political affiliation on the European stage by joining The Left, the most left-wing formation in the European Parliament. The Left encompasses members like France Unbowed (LFI), Germany's Die Linke, Spain's Podemos, Greece's Syriza and Ireland's Sinn Féin, all of whom embrace various degrees of Eurosceptism. In the June elections, the pan-European family secured 39 seats in the hemicycle, two more than it previously had. With the eight MEPs from the Five Star Movement, also k...
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European far-right parties have used artificial intelligence (AI)-generated images to support political messaging, two new reports have found, but it is difficult to assess how those images may have impacted the recent French and European elections. Non-profit organisation AI Forensics went through the social media pages of 31 French political parties to determine whether they could spot generative AI (genAI) content from May 1 to June 28, during the EU elections and the first round of France’s legislative campaign. They then put those images through AI-related search engines to verify that an...
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Five Star Movement, Italy's populist party led by former prime minister Giuseppe Conte, is seeking to end its year-long lack of political affiliation on the European stage by joining The Left, the most left-wing formation in the European Parliament. The Left encompasses members like France Unbowed (LFI), Germany's Die Linke, Spain's Podemos, Greece's Syriza and Ireland's Sinn Féin, all of whom embrace various degrees of Eurosceptism. In the June elections, the pan-European family secured 39 seats in the hemicycle, two more than what it previously had. The Five Star Movement, also known as M5S ...
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Governments in Member States that have radical right-wing and Eurosceptic political forces within them will be able to choose one of two paths to exert their influence on the future of the European Union, according to Dave Sinardet, political scientist at the Free University of Brussels, interviewed by Euronews . "On the one hand, they could hollow out European politics from within. On the other hand, these far-right leaders may begin to understand that they also need the European Union to be able to fulfil a series of promises they made to their national electorate , especially in terms of se...
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