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The EU is currently negotiating a Deportation (“Return”) Regulation to expand and normalise immigration raids and surveillance measures across our communities. They want to oblige Member States to “detect” undocumented people – turning everyday spaces, public services, and community interactions into tools of ICE-style immigration enforcement

A good insight on the feasibility of the eurostack [at the time of writing].

ETSC highlights five critical areas where recent legislative changes or proposals are actively undermining safety:

• Small electric vehicle safety “freeze” : a promised 10-year halt on new safety requirements for small EV's, despite 40% of road deaths occurring in the urban environments where these vehicles proliferate.

• The rise of 60t “megatrucks”: pushing for cross-border movement of massive “gigaliners” that pose extreme risks to infrastructure and vulnerable road users.

• Standards dilution: the risk of a shift toward mutual recognition of US vehicle standards, threatening to flood EU markets with heavier, less-regulated SUVs and pickups.

• Younger lorry drivers: revisions to the Driving Licence Directive that lower minimum ages for HGV drivers, despite clear evidence of higher risk profiles for younger operators.

• Technical inspection gaps: leaving 70% of the motorcycle fleet (mopeds and motorcycles up to 125cc) without mandatory EU-wide annual safety checks.

From mid-May, Denmark will stop granting residence permits under the scheme to certain Ukrainians displaced by the war, including people subject to mobilisation in Ukraine.

After having agreed to provide Ukraine a €90 billion EU loan package, officials in Budapest have said on Friday they plan to veto the deal unless Russian oil starts flowing back to Hungary.

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The EU will cover €90 billion of Ukraine's financial and military needs over the coming two years, and is working on a 20th package of sanctions to further cripple Russia's ability to finance its war through exports of fossil fuel. Europe's response to Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been a mixed bag,

Latvia's Defence Minister told Euronews, calling on the bloc to make speedier decisions on sanctions and collective defence as the fourth anniversary of the invasion draws near.

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Hungarians are set to head to the ballots in April. Main opposition party Tisza is scoring well in polls, indicating that its leader Péter Magyar stands a high chance of becoming the country’s next prime minister, replacing incumbent Viktor Orbán. But despite paying lip service to a pro-European narrative, Magyar himself is a character who doesn’t shy away from confrontation to advance his career, an investigation shows. An analysis of Tisza’s voting pattern over the past years indicates that the party has remained largely mute on rule of law issues or support for Ukraine, amongst others. Why does it matter

The EU froze billions of euros that would have supported Hungary because of rule of law issues in the country. A deadline to implement changes to unlock funds by implementing rule of law reforms approaches in August – meaning that if a new prime minister was to be elected, Brussels would have to grapple with the question of whether and when to unfreeze those assets. Over the past few years, Europe’s diplomats have been frustrated with Orbán repeatedly throwing a spanner in the works of common EU policies, such as sanctions on Russia and support for Ukraine. With a potentially new leader in Budapest, Brussels hopes that a more constructive approach could be reached. How was this investigated

FTM’s Hungarian media partner Direkt36 spoke with dozens of officials, associates, and Magyar himself. FTM analysed dozens of votes pertaining to democracy and the rule of law in Hungary and other countries, as well as its voting behaviour when it comes to support for Ukraine.

The new film by the creators of “The Dynasty” is about what Viktor Orbán did with the extraordinary opportunity he was given to lift the country up. The film presents the history of the past 16 years through the areas that most affect people.

• ECB selecting banks that want to take part in pilot phase

• ECB setup costs to reach around 1.3 bln euros, Cipollone says

• Banks to pocket fees, won't have to pay system costs to ECB

• Merchants will also have an incentive in terms of cap on fees

Around 1.9 million people with a higher education qualification in Germany were at risk of poverty in 2025, around 350,000 more than in 2022, according to data from the Federal Statistical Office requested by the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW).

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According to the Italian press, Luigi Di Maio (5 Star Movement, no university degree) was bestowed an honorary professorship at King's College London, based on a LinkedIn post by Di Maio and a bio page on the King's College website. There is no press release or any other mention of this in the UK press. True?