Strasbourg 17.12.2024 President Metsola presented the Sakharov Prize 2024 to Venezuela’s Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado at a ceremony on Tuesday in Strasbourg. Opening the award ceremony of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2024, President Metsola said: “In their quest for justice, democracy and the rule of law, Edmundo González Urrutia…
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EU Commission president congratulates Trump
Budapest 06.11.2024 Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, who is sometimes referred to as “Prime minister of the United Europe”, issued a statement on the results of the U.S. elections: “I warmly congratulate Donald J. Trump on his election as the 47th President of the United States of America. I look…
European Parliament elections provisional result 10 June
Brussels 10.06.2024 CONCLUSIONS: French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved the French Parliament and called snap elections in the wake of tonight’s European election results Exit polls show Marine Le Pen’s National Rally are set to trounce Macron’s party in a historic win for the party The French parliamentary elections will be held on 30 June…
EU elections: provisional results
Brussels 10.06.2024 The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) has won 191 seats, confirming its role as the largest bloc in the European Parliament. The Socialists and Democrats (S&D) bloc was always projected to come in second – and it has, winning 135 seats. Liberal Renew lost 22 seats, and surfaced with 83, and the Greens…
Projection: European Parliament 2024 – 2029
Brussels 09.06.2024 European Parliament 2024 – 2029 first projection. The EU’s 27 electorates are very different, so it’s not always evident to draw any conclusion on turnout figures and what they mean. But already we’re getting some indicating figures from several countries, and it just shows how varied they are. In France, turnout by 17:00…
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