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“€22bn in EU funds await deployment.”
“led two veterans' advocacy groups, Vets for Freedom and Concerned Veterans for America”
“It was June 1960 when the ABC spoke to Queen Salote Tupou III of Tonga as she arrived in Australia.”
“The ÖVP, SPÖ and Neos agree a 200-page programme”
“joined Fox News as a contributor in 2014”
“Queen Salote was only 18 years old when she took the throne in 1918.”
“Freedom Party polling at 35 per cent.”
“confirmed him by a 51-50 vote, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tiebreaker”
“Queen Salote also expressed her passion for Tongan culture through composing songs and writing poems, which were later published in 2004.”
“Conservatives lead polls at 30 percent”
“For Argentina, the Cassation ruling represents the first time a former president has been judicially found responsible for corruption‑related crimes committed in office since the return of democracy in 1983.”
“Almost 70 years after it was established, the Tonga Traditions Committee is still relevant today.”
“AfD's 20 percent blocks simple majority”
“He was president from 1977 until 1981”
“Her Royal Highness, Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho, is the eldest daughter of the current King of Tonga and has served as the Tongan High Commissioner to Australia since 2012.”
“LIFE programme's operating grants, which cover up to 70% of some groups' budgets.”
“The 75th wedding anniversary of Mr. Carter and his wife Rosalynn was marked in 2021.”
“killed 15 people on 1 November last year”
“Georgia native Mr. Carter, who was born in 1924”
“if a new government is not formed within 30 days, he said on Sunday, he will call early elections, most likely for 8 June”
“Five years later, he defeated Gerald Ford to become the 39th president.”
“organisers estimated that more than 100,000 people gathered in front of the National Assembly in Belgrade”
“he gave $5.2 million (£4.23 million) to President Joe Biden's 2020 campaign.”
“The SNS won 48% of the vote in the December 2023 parliamentary election”
“After four terms as chancellor Merkel left office in December.”
“polling published by the independent agency CRTA in early March showed trust in the government at a historic low, with 62% of respondents saying the country is heading in the wrong direction”
“She paid a final visit to Moscow in August 2021.”
“Serbia's parliament confirmed the resignation of Prime Minister Miloš Vučević on Wednesday, 19 March”
“being discussed by 200 countries at the UN climate summit right now”
“first offered his resignation on 28 January”
“Iraq's Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar Ismail, pledged that all flaring from the Rumaila oil field would be eliminated by 2026.”
“the biggest single demonstration since the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević in 2000”
“Sunak has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond since 2015.”
“Serbia is an EU candidate country, formally on the enlargement track since 2012”
“after 151 days of negotiations since the September election, the longest government formation in the country's recent history.”
“Neos membership approves the programme at a party meeting on Sunday where a two-thirds majority is required.”
“with some putting it above 30 percent.”
“the AfD secured 20.8% of the vote, becoming the second-largest party in the Bundestag.”
“Merz has said he wants a government by Easter, which falls on 20 April 2025”
“A defunding drive led by the EPP and far-right blocs targets the LIFE programme's operating grants, which cover up to 70% of some groups' budgets.”
“as Scholz government dismisses influence on 84 million voters.”
“The draft agenda reveals three omnibus simplification packages, a Clean Industrial Deal and migration returns overhaul, but omits promised automotive and maritime strategies.”
“59.2 million citizens eligible to choose a new Bundestag”
“CDU leads final polls with roughly 30% support”
“currently polling around 15-16%”
“AfD's projected second-place finish, with polling between 19% and 21%”
“won 20% in one neighbourhood, 25% in the next, and 30% in the adjacent area during last summer's European elections”
“this campaign featured nine televised debates, an unprecedented number”
“estimated 20% of voters still undecided on the eve of the election cite migration as their primary concern”
“reform passed in 2023 reduces the Bundestag to a fixed 630 seats, eliminating the overhang and compensation mandates that had swollen the previous chamber to 736 members”
“five deadly attacks since May 2024, three of them during the election period itself”
“Conservatives lead polls at 30 percent but AfD's 20 percent blocks simple majority, forcing CDU/CSU into complex negotiations with SPD or Greens as migration policy fractures traditional alliances.”
“A defunding drive led by the EPP and far‑right blocs targets the LIFE programme's operating grants, which cover up to 70% of some groups' budgets.”
“About 14% of the adult population cannot vote on 23 February despite living, working and paying taxes in Germany.”
“Foreign minister says Germany has lost its role as a driving force for European peace policy while a €3 billion package remains blocked by a dispute over constitutional borrowing limits.”
“Germany, France, UK and Norway condemn X owner's support for far‑right AfD before February vote, as Scholz government dismisses influence on 84 million voters.”
“The shape of the next coalition depends on whether smaller parties clear the five percent threshold.”
“the $500 billion Stargate investment project announced by the US administration”
“Rightwing members of the European Parliament are preparing to freeze €15.6 million in annual operating grants that keep 30 environmental organisations functioning in Brussels.”
“The sum represents 0.006% of the European Commission's yearly budget.”
“Corporate lobbying in Brussels was estimated at €1.7 billion in 2023 according to Transparency International EU.”
“Monika Hohlmeier receives €75,000 a year from BayWa AG.”
“The last time Parliament refused discharge was in 1998, triggering the resignation of the Santer Commission.”
“The report on the 2023 financial year is expected to reach plenary in May.”
“most recently in April 2022 with 54% of the vote.”
“Tisza pulling ahead of Fidesz among decided voters, commanding 35% to 45% support, a lead of four to six percentage points.”
“four MPs withdrew their support.”
“approved a €50 billion Ukraine facility in February 2024.”
“90 per cent greenhouse gas reduction target for 2040”
“Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), in force since 2023”
“Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), which phases in from 2027 and 2029”
“coalition of over 1,500 NGOs”
“Von der Leyen has promised a 25% reduction in reporting obligations by the end of June.”
“Its first concrete deliverable, an omnibus simplification package due on 26 February, will reopen the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and the EU Taxonomy.”
“The centre‑right group now wants the reporting rules to apply only to companies with more than 1,000 employees.”
“and a two-year delay to the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, the EU's carbon tariff on imports.”
“France's centrist government wants the due diligence law delayed indefinitely.”
“Olaf Scholz, Germany's Social Democratic chancellor, has asked for a two-year postponement of reporting obligations.”
“In a letter to von der Leyen dated 13 January, they wrote that "changing the EU reporting framework that has only recently been adopted and is yet to be fully implemented would create more legal uncertainty".”
“14 percent”
“The prime minister's dinner with Emmanuel Macron at Chequers this week was their seventh meeting since the election, a pace without recent precedent.”
“On 20 January, Donald Trump returns to the White House with Elon Musk installed as a senior adviser on government efficiency.”
“45 states plus Washington DC, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands have introduced AI-related legislation.”
“The UK hosted a global AI safety summit in 2023 attended by both US and Chinese delegations, but subsequent diplomatic momentum has stalled.”
“The US administration's first hundred days, ending in late April, will reveal whether Musk's influence produces an AI executive order or whether the Department of Government Efficiency focuses elsewhere.”
“The new Commission, which took office on 1 December, includes roughly six Irish officials in senior cabinet roles”
“In the new term, not a single Irish official sits in the financial services cabinet”
“The budget and economy portfolios, equally critical for a small, open economy dependent on corporate tax revenue and foreign investment, also went without Irish representation”
“Olaf Scholz has written to Ursula von der Leyen demanding the European Commission slash regulation, delay climate reporting rules and subsidise electricity prices for industry.”
“His Social Democratic Party sits at 17 percent, trailing the Christian Democratic Union on 30 percent and barely ahead of the far‑right Alternative for Germany.”
“The Bundesbank has cut its 2025 growth forecast to 0.2 percent, the weakest among major euro‑area economies.”
“Scholz calls for a two‑year postponement of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, which since 2023 has required large companies to disclose climate risks and environmental impacts.”
“He wants fines waived for carmakers that miss the EU's 2025 fleet emission targets.”
“And he asks for subsidised electricity prices to shield energy‑intensive sectors from cost disadvantages against competitors in the United States and China.”
“The election is scheduled for 23 February.”
“The CBAM review is legally mandated for 2026.”
“Alongside Italy and the Czech Republic, they pushed the Competitiveness Council in November to demand a waiver for manufacturers missing the 2025 targets.”
“The Commission's omnibus simplification package, expected in the first quarter of 2025, will likely propose threshold changes and timeline extensions.”
“Adopted in 2023, it phases in requirements: first for large listed companies, then for other large undertakings, and eventually for listed SMEs.”
“The letter, obtained by POLITICO, arrives less than two months before a snap federal election that polls suggest the chancellor will lose.”
