After hearing yesterday from candidates in the Baltics & Denmark, today our elections blog focused on Sweden, Finland & Poland.

Candidates MEP Evin Incir (S) Arba Kokalari Maria Guzenina Ted Apter Anna Fotyga Robert Biedroń Piotr Stolecki weighed in.

Stay tuned!
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And on to Finland!

I spoke with candidates Maria Guzenina and Ted Apter about the campaign.

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I asked Law and Justice MEP Anna Fotyga about the future of the ECR.
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On to Poland!

We'll hear from three candidates: Robert Biedroń, Anna Fotyga and Piotr Stolecki.

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The European elections blog is back!

We're starting this morning with a focus on Sweden.

I spoke with candidates MEP Evin Incir (S) and Arba Kokalari about the campaign:
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In today's European elections campaign blog, we heard from candidates in Denmark and the Baltics.

Christel Schaldemose Henrik Dahl Sigrid Friis Riho Terras Urmas Paet Marina Kaljurand MEP Sandra Kalniete & Andrius Kubilius weighed in.

Catch up here and stay tuned:
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After hearing from candidates in Denmark and Estonia, we're moving to the view from Latvia and Lithuania.

Sandra Kalniete and Andrius Kubilius weigh in on the campaign:
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And now on to Estonia!

I spoke with three lead candidates about the campaign, which has focused heavily on defence: Riho Terras, Urmas Paet and Marina Kaljurand MEP.

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I spoke with 16 candidates in the European elections about their experience on the campaign trail + hopes & concerns about the next parliament.

First up, Denmark!
We'll hear from three lead candidates: Christel Schaldemose Henrik Dahl Sigrid Friis

Thread:
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Why Italy’s downtrodden believe Meloni is doing nothing for them. Angela Giuffrida reports: theguardian.com/world/article/…

Our story on Zelenskiy / Trump. Asked if he has a strategy to try to bring hypothetical president Trump onto Ukraine’s side. Answer: “Not yet. Only tactical actions”

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In a wide-ranging interview with the Guardian, Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that the White House’s equivocation had cost lives and he urged Biden to overcome his perennial worries about possible nuclear “escalation” with Moscow.
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‘People ask me to use another door’: MEPs on bias, whiteness and rise of far right by Ashifa Kassam

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11 Hungarian candidates on stage.

(And yes turned on the TV in my flat for the first time)

Big night for Hungarian politics:

Lead candidates in the European election will debate on public television — the first election debate in many years.

Tamás Deutsch will represent Fidesz, Péter Magyar will represent Tisza, Klára Dobrev will represent Democratic Coalition.

A Keir Starmer government seeking a better relationship with the EU would be 'pushing an open door', but that doesn't mean a free pass.

The view from Brussels on the likely next Labour government.

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Belgian police search EU parliament office and staffer's home over Russian interference - report with Lili Bayer

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In just four month, Daniil turned 18, voted for the only president he had ever known, completed a rushed military training, and was killed in Ukraine. Born in 2006, he is the youngest known Ru casualty. How the Kremlin wants to recruit more teens like him
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A dezinformáció veszélybe sodorja a demokráciát, miközben manipulálja és kihasználja félelmeinket, vágyainkat. A Parlament kommunikációs csapata bemutatja a dezinformáció működését, és segít abban, hogyan kerüljük el a csapdáját. 🇪🇺 #SzavazzTeIs

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'European readers were always among our most engaged readers outside the UK; there are now many more of them, and they are even more engaged.'

jon henley on how the Guardian is gearing up for a seismic season across the continent:
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