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🇷🇸How Dona the Dog became a symbol of Serbian protests
Dona the stray dog has become a powerful symbol of resistance, uniting Serbians against corruption and systemic injustice.
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Vladan Lausevic
🇫🇷 Swings, roundabouts, and lawsuits
Support your favourite newsletter! Franco-Algerian tensions increase, RN President Jordan Bardella loses defamation case, and PM François Bayrou…
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Julien Hoez
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🇫🇷Champions in all corners
France win Six Nations Rugby Championship, Macron underlines that France doesn’t need Russian consent, EU military powers call for less regulations…
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💬Macron's address to the French [Transcript]
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Trump's Zelenskyy ambush shows the end of our alliance
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🇫🇷Macron's Trumpian emergency
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Macron nominates Michel Barnier as Prime Minister
 • Hugh Vuillier
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🚨Prosecutors demand five-year ban from public office for Marine Le Pen
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🇫🇷A crumbling dynasty
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🇫🇷Rearming Europe for the future
Macron sets the scene for a Europe at war, Von der Leyen announces Re-Arm EU, Donald Tusk announces plan to strengthen Polish army, while Marine Le Pen…
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Julien Hoez
🇷🇸"We want justice, not free sandwiches!"
Serbians Reject Bribes, Demand Justice: How a Free Sandwich Became a Symbol of Corruption—and a Rallying Cry for Change
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Vladan Lausevic
💬Macron s'adresse aux Français [Transcription]
Macron a annoncé un renforcement de la défense, un soutien à l’Ukraine et une réponse aux menaces russes. Il a appelé à l’unité européenne, à…
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Julien Hoez
💬Macron's address to the French [Transcript]
Macron announced stronger defence, ongoing support for Ukraine, and action against Russian threats. He urged European unity, military investment, and…
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Julien Hoez
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🇫🇷Europe lines up alongside Ukraine
The week in review, Macron is welcomed as ‘EU leader’ in Portugal, Starmer Hosts Macron and other leaders at summit to reinforce Ukraine support, and…
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Julien Hoez
Trump's Zelenskyy ambush shows the end of our alliance
Trump invited Zelenskyy into a meeting to sign a bad deal and then aggressively tried to humiliate Ukraine's President. Now, Europe must take note of…
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Julien Hoez
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The EU’s lack of support for Serbian protests is a serious long-term mistake
Serbia’s mass protests are challenging Vučić' rule, but the EU’s passivity risks alienating pro-democracy voices in the Balkans.
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Vladan Lausevic
🇫🇷We didn't start the fire, but we're trying to fight it
🇺🇸World keeps turning as America keeps burning credibility, Bardella cancels CPAC speech after Nazi salute, WEST reactor beats Chinese world record…
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The End of the EU
Martin Gak and Julian Hoez in conversation about the fallout of the American declaration of war against Europe
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