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“The mixed system also allocates 93 seats from national party lists.”
“The FDA decided that PHOs are no longer “generally recognized as safe” in 2015.”
“In 2011, Orbán's government redrew the 106 single-member constituencies.”
“The FDA then stated that manufacturers had to stop adding PHOs to foods by June 18, 2018.”
“Valérie Hayer has publicly regretted '20 times, if not more' Orbán's use of Hungary's veto to block Russia-related sanctions and tie up financial aid to Ukraine.”
“The FDA banned artificial trans fats in 2018.”
“A two-thirds parliamentary supermajority, 133 seats in the 199-member National Assembly, would be, in Metz's words, 'a game-changer'.”
“The FDA requires nutrition labels to declare if trans fats are present in a food or drink product.”
“The official campaign period opens on 21 February.”
“The FDA has now banned the inclusion of artificial trans fats in foods in the U.S.”
“Smaller parties, the social democratic Democratic Coalition, the far‑right Mi Hazánk movement, and the satirical Two‑Tailed Dog Party, are fighting for survival, each polling near or below the five per cent threshold for list seats.”
“The motion tabled by La France Insoumise received 256 votes in favour, 32 short of the 288 absolute majority required under Article 49 of the constitution.”
“The National Rally's separate motion garnered only 142 votes.”
“Since Macron's dissolution of the National Assembly in June 2024, France has cycled through three prime ministers.”
“Michel Barnier, appointed in September, lasted barely three months before losing a no-confidence vote over his own budget bill in December.”
“Volodymyr Zelensky told the assembled leaders his plan to end the war with Russia was 90 percent complete”
“On the sidelines of the Ukraine talks, six European powers, the UK, France, Germany and three others, issued a joint statement.”
“Bulgaria joined the European Union in 2007 with a legal obligation to adopt the euro once it met the Maastricht criteria.”
“Only in January 2025 did the European Commission certify that Bulgaria had satisfied the economic and legislative requirements.”
“The European Council, the Economic and Financial Affairs Council and the European Parliament gave their formal approvals in June and July.”
“Surveys by the Bulgarian firm Alpha Research in May 2025 found 46.5 percent in favour of adoption and 46.8 percent opposed, a statistical tie.”
“The Centre for Economic Policy Research in London calculates that nearly one-third of EU voters now support far-right parties, up from 3 percent in the mid-2000s.”
“The minority coalition that steered the final accession steps fell apart in early December 2025.”
“Only Romania has a tentative target of 2027 or 2028.”
“travel bans on Thierry Breton, the Frenchman who served as European Commissioner for Internal Market from 2019 to 2024, and on two employees of HateAid”
“With 96 percent of ballots counted, the party stood at about 50 percent, projecting to 56 seats in the 120-seat assembly, five short of the 61 needed for an outright majority.”
“The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) took 20.7 percent and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) 14 percent, according to the preliminary count.”
“The numbers leave Kurti dependent on the assembly's reserved minority seats, which are allocated to non-Albanian communities and typically number around ten.”
“mobilised €200 billion for AI investment.”
“sink €109 billion in private capital into the sector.”
“80 percent of Americans favour maintaining rules for AI safety and data security even if it means slower development.”
“This year the United Kingdom dropped nine places to 20th in Transparency International's corruption perceptions index, its lowest ranking in recent memory.”
“Home Office polling shows 73 percent of the public are concerned about corrupt actors in the political system.”
“A German private bank donated £300,000 to the Conservative Party before the last general election.”
“Robert Jenrick accepted £75,000 from a UK-registered company that had received substantial loans from a business incorporated in the British Virgin Islands.”
“The Electoral Commission reported this month that a single £9m gift from a crypto investor is the largest donation ever recorded from a living person.”
“Three wealthy men account for 75 percent of all money given to the party.”
“Elon Musk was reported to be preparing a £100m commitment to Reform UK before a personal falling-out with Nigel Farage.”
“Now Starmer's approval rating sits at 21%”
“14,800 people crossed the Channel in small boats between January and May 2025, a 42% increase on the same period a year earlier.”
“now polling at 34% under its youthful party president Jordan Bardella.”
“the AfD won 21% in February”
“45% of 10,000 voters across nine countries expressed dissatisfaction with how democracy functions, rising to 57% among far-left voters and 54% among far-right voters.”
“over a million refugees under Angela Merkel”
“President Vjosa Osmani dissolved parliament on Wednesday after parties failed to form a government by the constitutional deadline, setting a vote for 28 December that will be Kosovo's seventh since independence”
“Nigel Farage's party would rewrite the withdrawal agreement to save £6.4bn annually, cut foreign aid to £1bn and triple the NHS surcharge for visa applicants, drawing warnings of a trade war from both main parties”
“A nine-country survey reveals 45 percent dissatisfaction with democratic systems, with only Sweden bucking the trend. Voters cite disinformation, corruption and unaccountable politicians as chief threats”
“Environment ministers approved an 85 percent emissions cut by 2040 with significant reliance on international carbon credits, plus a non-binding 2035 range of 66.25 to 72.5 percent, after all-night talks in Brussels”
“With 99 per cent of votes counted, D66 and the PVV are locked in a dead heat, but the far right's combined vote share holds steady across a fragmented field”
“Democrats 66 leader ties with far-right PVV and GreenLeft-Labour at 23 seats each, promising to end Netherlands' veto reflex in Brussels and restore Dutch influence in EU decision-making”
“Nearly 40 percent of voters undecided as five parties contest lead in election triggered by migration dispute that brought down two-year government”
“Turkey seeks entry to the EU's €150 billion SAFE financing programme.”
“26 allies have committed to a reassurance force”
“A previous attempt at a federal moratorium failed in the Senate by a 99-1 vote earlier this year.”
“President Vjosa Osmani announced on Wednesday that a snap parliamentary election will be held on 28 December”
“the assembly failed to elect a government before the 19 November constitutional deadline.”
“Prime Minister Albin Kurti's Self-Determination party (VV) emerged as the largest force but fell well short of the 61 seats needed for a majority in the 120-member legislature.”
“Konjufca's proposed government won 56 votes, five short of the required threshold.”
“The result triggered the automatic dissolution of parliament and the scheduling of new elections within 45 days.”
“VV and its allies control roughly 55 to 57 seats, depending on the attendance of minority representatives.”
“In May 2023, Kurti's government installed ethnic Albanian mayors in four northern municipalities after local elections that saw a Serb boycott and turnout below 3.5 percent.”
“The Serb List, which represents the Serbian minority and typically wins the ten guaranteed seats.”
“The 2008 declaration was followed by elections in 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021 and February 2025.”
“No government has served a full four-year term since 2011.”
“the claim that restricting universal credit to British citizens alone would save £6.4 billion in the current financial year, rising to £10 billion by the end of the decade.”
“EU nationals made up 9.7% of universal credit claimants in June 2025.”
“covering an estimated 600,000 claimants.”
“European Court of Justice retaining a role in interpreting citizens' rights provisions for an initial eight-year period.”
“an estimated 1.2 million British nationals living in the EU.”
“spending cuts totalling around £20 billion annually.”
“a legally binding cap on overseas aid at £1 billion per year, a reduction of roughly 93% from the £14 billion spent in 2024.”
“just under £3 billion went on asylum seeker accommodation within the UK.”
“allocate £750 million to maintain membership of bodies such as the UN and World Bank.”
“would rise from £1,035 to £2,718 per year, a 162% increase intended to raise £5 billion annually.”
“A further £3.5 billion would be saved by removing personal independence payments (PIP).”
“Reform pledged tax cuts worth around £90 billion a year at the 2024 general election.”
“The latest package of £20 billion in identified savings falls well short of the £90 billion target.”
“The EU has consistently refused to reopen the citizens' rights chapter.”
“The agreement's arbitration mechanism allows either side to suspend proportionate obligations if the other breaches the treaty.”
“the hard-right bloc fragmented across three parties”
“Nawrocki's victory means Tusk's government now faces a head of state capable of blocking legislative reforms, including those needed to unlock the remaining €35 billion in EU recovery funds frozen under the rule‑of‑law conditionality mecha…”
“Viktor Orbán has won four consecutive supermajorities since 2010.”
“Chancellor Friedrich Merz met President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara at the end of October 2025. Erdogan declared that Turkey would continue to cooperate closely with Germany.”
“ANO won 27.1% of the vote in October”
“currently CZK 150 (€6.15) per household for television and CZK 55 for radio”
“roughly 250,000 people demonstrated in Prague”
“entered into force in August 2024”
“held its constitutive meeting in September 2025”
“With 99 per cent of ballots counted”
“the Netherlands needs an estimated 900,000 new homes by 2030”
“150-member House of Representatives”
“finished first in Thuringia and second in Saxony and Brandenburg”
“Rob Jetten, leader of the social-liberal Democrats 66, has surged from fourth place to a three-way tie for first, each of the leading blocs projected at 23 seats in the 150-member House of Representatives.”
“His party's support has doubled since late September, when pollsters gave it just 11 seats.”
“VVD internal polling reportedly shows the party slipping below 20 seats, a historic low.”
“The Christian Democratic Appeal, once the anchor of every coalition, trails at 19 seats.”
“the centrist NSC (New Social Contract) of Pieter Omtzigt, which polls around 15 seats.”
“Jetten's own party has a history of underperforming final polls: in 2017 it won 19 seats against a projected 24; in 2021 it took 24 against a final poll average of 27.”
“The Netherlands has averaged 100 days to form a government since 2010; the 2021-2022 formation took 299 days, a record.”
“the current undecided share exceeds 30% in most surveys.”
