Today is a good day for a long read. Don't miss it! ⬇️

During today's Maastricht Debate, the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the Covid-time vaccine contracts were signed by the member states, and paid for by the member states.

This is not true.

🚨 Funding has been cut to Sciences Po for the pro-palestinian protests!!!

This is an unacceptable attack on academic freedom and the right to protest!

As an EU citizen, I have to say: If anyone is making specially good contributions to this debate so far, it’s Bas Eickhout 👀

🚨 Just in: Pedro Sánchez announces he remains as Prime Minister of Spain. 'I've decided to go on, probably with more strength than ever.'

🇪🇸 Following the opening of legal proceedings against his wife, Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez cancels his public schedule in order to 'reflect and decide which path to take'.

He will announce his decision to the media next Monday, April 29.

The European Parliament has approved sweeping new rules designed to stamp out products tainted with forced labour from the EU market.
euronews.com/2024/04/23/eu-…

New website READY 👇🏽

🇪🇺 SOME PERSONAL NEWS:

Yesterday was my last day at EUobserver. I'm really grateful for the opportunity to work with an amazing team and to build a section full of EU social and labour affairs – something rare in Brussels!

Now, a different (and familiar) beat awaits…

Echaré de menos el sol, pero no esto 🙃

Enrico Letta: 'Nuestro ahorro se va a EEUU y con él compran nuestras empresas'

elmundo.es/economia/2024/…

Lo entrevista Francisco Pascual

🇪🇺Europe is looking to improve its fortunes as it faces up to war, costly climate change policies and economic competition – and hopes integrating its capital markets could help.

A POLITICO review of all videos on Voice of Europe’s YouTube channel revealed 16 MEPs had engaged with the outlet — all of them from the hard-right-to-extreme-right.

🇨🇿 and 🇧🇪 authorities said in March the outlet was a front for Russian propaganda.
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'I don't think when this type of conflict is going on we have to export more weapons to the region,' Gennez told me. 👇

#MercadoInterior Surprise, surprise… Alemania 🇩🇪 y Francia 🇫🇷 entre los países de la UE🇪🇺que mayor porcentaje de ayudas de Estado sobre PIB concedieron en 2022. Datos del último Scoreboard de ayudas de Estado de la Comisión Europea.

🇪🇺 Quedan dos meses y cinco días para las elecciones europeas y es un buen momento para contaros el proyecto personal en el que Nacho Alarcón y una servidora llevamos trabajando unas semanas.

Efectivamente, os llevamos las elecciones al Parlamento Europeo en España a casa con ✨un podcast✨.

During this mandate, 317 current MEPs have taken part in such a course, which the parliament called for in a resolution on 'MeToo and harassment' in December 2021.

Exclusive on euronews: MEPs are preparing to challenge Ursula von der Leyen's hiring of a party colleague to a senior official position euronews.com/my-europe/2024…

‘Not a normal war’: doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…