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The far right in the European Parliament won't have power to reverse the EU's Ukraine policy, argues Svitlana Taran of European Policy Centre. But things could look different if far-right parties enter more national governments, says Žiga Faktor of EUROPEUM 🇨🇿🇪🇺. Julia Kaiser bit.ly/3KRZ3qy

The European Commission launches accession talks with Ukraine today. And groups that support bringing Kyiv into the fold have a majority in the European Parliament, which is "definitely a good sign,” Žiga Faktor of EUROPEUM 🇨🇿🇪🇺 says. Julia Kaiser reports. bit.ly/3KRZ3qy

Very good piece from Julia Kaiser on what to expect from the Hungarian Council Presidency #HU24EU in The Parliament Magazine, with some quotes from your's truly. theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/m… German Marshall Fund Engaging Central Europe The Good Lobby Profs

EU pariah Hungary takes over the EU Council rotating presidency Monday, with the slogan 'Make Europe great again.' And that could be bad news for Ukraine, says Edit Zgut-Przybylska of Polska Akademia Nauk. Julia Kaiser on Hungary's priorities for the next 6 months. bit.ly/4eJ5s58

What will the next five years bring? Our July edition unpacks the results of the EU elections, while looking ahead to key policy priorities for the upcoming mandate of the European Parliament. Check out all the reporting from the new issue. ⬇️ bit.ly/3xELnft

The EU and China are in crunch talks on EV tariffs, due to come into force this week. “If the Chinese government were to retaliate, Europe’s car makers would suffer,” Matthias Bauer of ECIPE tells us in an interview. bit.ly/4eYUJUj

New magazine day at The Parliament with a bumper 3 mags in 1! Catch-up with the #euelections in our magazine, meet the new MEP's in our photo guide or learn how to succeed as an MEP in our MEP Toolkit👇 📰tinyurl.com/22r7jf9u 📸tinyurl.com/43k4mz8t 🧰tinyurl.com/6dmzcykm

It’s not 2019 any more: the EU Council’s new Strategic Agenda barely mentions the Green Deal. ‘What is really missing is a very clear commitment to providing more clarity on the road towards climate neutrality,’ says Vincent Hurkens of @E3G. bit.ly/3W4JYZ4

Hungary's Orbán Viktor was all smiles at a press conference with Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський in Kyiv this week. But behind the scenes, there's little evidence of the Hungarian prime minister softening his stance towards Ukraine. Fredrik Fahlman reports. bit.ly/4cO9WWg

The EU’s top jobs are up for grabs. We've profiled the big-name politicians Ursula von der Leyen, Roberta Metsola, António Costa, Kaja Kallas set to lead the bloc's most important institutions. bit.ly/3Wj0STV

“It's a relative success for the Hungarian prime minister, because he was able to demonstrate again that he's a trendsetter,” says Daniel Hegedus from German Marshall Fund. Read more about what to expect as the far right finds its footing in European Parliament. bit.ly/4cFsHv8

'The Greens were the kingmaker in this election,' Sophia Russack from CEPS ThinkTank says after Ursula von der Leyen reelected president of European Commission. In total, 401 MEPs supported her bid for a second term - 41 more than she needed. bit.ly/4bUKL3b

'Greens are becoming part of the majority coalition in Brussels. This is an enormous opportunity that we would have missed today by saying no to Von der Leyen,' Daniel Freund of Greens/EFA in the EU Parliament 🌍 said after reelection of Ursula von der Leyen as European Commission pres. bit.ly/4bUKL3b

Interested in writing an Op-Ed for us? Our next print edition on EU security & defence and the role of NATO at 75 goes to press on 5th September. Please send through a short pitch to William Noah Glucroft + Christopher Alessi.

In halting Georgian accession talks due to its foreign agents law, EU Council faces a dilemma: Upholding democratic norms could push Georgia into undemocratic hands. Analysts like Kornely Kakachia of Georgian Institute of Politics say Russia stands to benefit. bit.ly/4fmGIj8

Russia's designs on expanding its territory in Ukraine have been a boon to NATO expanding its own. Finland and Sweden may have seemed obvious to add, but that doesn't make accession easy. Here's how alliance enlargement works and the challenges it faces. bit.ly/3Wy0kIq

With defence spending at 4% of GDP and counting, “Poland is going to be [a] really big kid on the military block,” says Michał Baranowski from German Marshall Fund. Here's what that means for NATO and EU security. bit.ly/3TgclkZ

Amid civil unrest and competing claims of voter fraud, Venezuela "is pretty much a dictatorship right now,” says Nelson Dordelly Rosales, Ph.D/LL.D of Unidad Venezuela. In a Q+A, he calls on the EU to recognise Edmundo González as the winner of the election. bit.ly/4cW3ufw

Thank you Julia Kaiser & The Parliament Magazine for this excellent 👏 article about the current state of affairs in #Venezuela & what can #EUdiplomacy do to ensure respect for the will of the Venezuelan people as expressed at the polls 🗳️ #EUCO 🇻🇪🇪🇺