Author: Euronews

The French are voting in the second round of their election on Sunday, 7 July, after the far-right Rassemblement National won the first round. ADVERTISEMENTHow would a French far-right prime minister lead the country alongside president Emmanuel Macron? How could this dynamic impact on the EU institutions in Brussels? Why is Macron currently so disliked in France?These are questions Radio Schuman asked to Pierre Sellal, former France’s permanent representative to the EU for over ten years. Sellal previously served during the cohabitation between president Jacques Chirac and prime minister Lionel Jospin, as chief of cabinet to foreign affairs to minister…

Hungary’s pro-Russia prime minister has arrived in Kyiv, one day after assuming the European Union presidency. Source link

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Greenpeace is calling for more investment in European railways to create more direct train routes and encourage people to fly less. ADVERTISEMENTThere are six times as many direct flight connections between European cities than direct train connections, a new analysis by Greenpeace has found.In several major European cities there are no direct trains to any of the other cities included in the study at all.There are many more direct flight routes than train routes in EuropeCampaigners analysed 990 routes between 45 major European cities and found that 114 routes (12 per cent) are served by direct train connections. There are…

In 2018, staff from the parliament kicked off their own ‘MeToo’ movement with the aim of fighting harassment, sexism and abuse in the workplace – but despite the increase in visibility, only one of seven political groups have reinforced internal protocols for the next term, Euronews research shows. ADVERTISEMENTAn anonymous survey conducted by the MeTooEP campaign group in 2023 found that almost half of respondents – more than 550 parliament staff – said they had been subjected to psychological harassment at work – and around one in six people (15.5%) claimed to have been sexually harassed.  The figures sit at odds…

Girmay finished just ahead of Fernando Gaviria and Arnaud De Lie in Turin. Source link

Video. Thousands protest against far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party convention in Essen, following the parties successful European election performance. Source link

Researchers estimated the economic cost of genital herpes across the globe in 2016, with the Western Pacific region and the Americas the most burdened. ADVERTISEMENTGenital herpes cost the world $35.3 billion (€32.9 billion) in medical care and lost productivity in a single year, new estimates show.In 2016, the viral strain that causes genital herpes (HSV-2) and its consequences accounted for $31.2 billion (€29 billion) in costs, while HSV-1 (which can cause both oral and genital herpes) cost an estimated $4 billion (€3.7 billion), according to the researchers from the College of Pharmacy of University of Utah Health, the World Health…

Analysts warn that the far-right National Rally’s success may challenge relations between Paris and Berlin and complicate Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s agenda. ADVERTISEMENTWhile the French election is underway, the results could have a significant impact on Germany. Analysts have suggested that Berlin’s influence over the EU will shrink following Marine Le Pen’s National Rally’s first-place finish in the first round of France’s parliamentary election.Cornelia Woll, president of Berlin’s Hertie School, said if the National Rally secured a majority in parliament, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s job would get tougher.She told Euronews that “the Franco-German relationship relies on close contacts at various ministerial…

Turkish garden designer Nilufer Danis evokes the spirit of a pilgrimage to Spain’s Camino de Santiago at the launch of London’s Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival. ADVERTISEMENTNilufer Danis, the Turkish award winning garden designer, has recreated the essence of the world-famous Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in the grounds of the palace of one England’s most notoriously anti-Catholic monarchs, King Henry VIII.The garden is a star attraction at the annual Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, the mischievous little sibling of the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show. Over the years Hampton has earned an international reputation for experimentation and cutting-edge design with a…