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Nicusor Dan (C), Bucharest mayor and independent presidential candidate supported by the Force of the Right (FD), delivers his speech after the first exit poll results are announced in Cismigiu Park, Bucharest, Romania, on May 18, 2025.. Photo by Bogdan Cristel/EPA-EFE May 19 (UPI) — The Pro-European Union centrist mayor of Bucharest, Nicusor Dan, has claimed victory in Romania’s presidential…

Iceland's ruling coalition parties were trounced in Saturday's general election, while the pro-EU Social Democrats and Liberals made a historic breakthrough and almost certainly now hold the keys to a future government. After seven years in opposition, the Social Democratic Alliance emerged as the big winner of Saturday's snap general election, with 21% of the vote-15 seats out of the 32 needed for a majority. "I think it's quite clear that there is a very clear call for change, the results show it in black and white," Kristrún Frostadóttir, chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party, told the Icelandic press. Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, leader of the party that made the biggest gains - the pro-EU liberal Reform party, 15% and 11 seats - also welcomed the wind of change blowing over Iceland without saying much about coalition talks with the Social Democratic Alliance. Þorgerður reiterated her stance on possible EU membership, saying she "trusts the nation" to decide. She foreshadowed a possible referendum on the issue if pro-EU parties reach a coalition agreement.

New Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said his government will mobilise to keep the world committed to helping Ukraine. He said it hurts him to hear Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have to keep trying to persuade world leaders of the need to continue supporting Kyiv’s struggle against Russian aggression. He said it will be a priority for his coalition government to persuade leaders that they need to continue to help Ukraine defend itself, and that is also in the interests of the free world. Mr Tusk was making his policy speech in parliament on Tuesday, a day after politicians chose him as the new prime minister. The centrist leader, who was previously prime minister from 2007-2014, returns as the head of a broad alliance that spans the ideological spectrum from left-wing via his own Civic Platform party to more conservative parties.

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7 Positive things we can all do on Brexit Day! #Brexit #BrexitDay

7 Positive things we can all do on Brexit Day!

Trying to think about 31st January in any way other than a symbolic demonstration of how far removed politics in the UK, those in power and the reality of Brexit is from the ordinary folk in the street (especially those folks who did not vote Leave), can be difficult.

Yet, this is no reason we cannot turn something which is very negative into a…

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Breaking News: British PM faces Brexit showdown with pro-EU rebels

London (AFP) – British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a showdown with her pro-EU MPs on Wednesday over parliament’s role in the final Brexit deal, which could influence her entire negotiation strategy.

MPs will vote on amendments to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill setting out how much power lawmakers will have if the government fails to agree a departure deal before Brexit in March 2019.

May says she expects to get an agreement with Brussels, but warned that any attempt to tie her hands could undermine the ongoing negotiations.

She averted a rebellion by pro-EU MPs in her Conservative Party on the issue of parliamentary powers last week with a promise of a compromise, but within days they had rejected her proposal as inadequate.

Instead they worked with peers to introduce their own amendment to the unelected upper House of Lords, which agreed it by a landslide on Monday.

The amendment now returns to MPs in the elected lower House of Commons, where Conservative rebels will ally with opposition parties in a bid to finally make it law.

May’s spokesman refused to say if he believes the government has the numbers to win the vote, but made clear that no more concessions would be forthcoming.

“We cannot accept the amendment on a meaningful vote agreed in the Lords,” he said, adding that it “would undermine our ability in the negotiations to get the best deal for the country”.

“We will be retabling our original amendment,” he said, adding: “We hope that all MPs will be able to support the government’s position.”

– ‘Government collapse’ –

Phillip Lee, the Tory MP who resigned as a minister in order to rebel against the government last week, said that the result was in the balance.

“We were always going to get the normal dark arts of Westminster taking place, fully expected, but my understanding is that the position taken by a number of colleagues is solid, which is why the government is still in negotiations,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.

The vote, due on Wednesday afternoon or early evening, could have implications for Britain’s wider Brexit strategy, indicating where the power lies in parliament.

May commands only a slim majority in the 650-seat Commons, made possible through an alliance with Northern Ireland’s 10 Democratic Unionist Party MPs.

A victory for the pro-EU rebels would embolden them ahead of debates next month on Britain’s future trading relationship with the European Union, which they are seeking to keep as close as possible.

It would likely anger eurosceptics, who accuse the rebels of seeking to thwart Brexit.

They are also becoming increasingly frustrated with the withdrawal process under May’s leadership.

Leading Conservative rebel Dominic Grieve denied he was trying to undermine the government or stop Brexit, but warned that if parliament rejected the final Brexit deal, there would be a crisis.

“That’s what wakes me up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat,” he told Sky News television.

“The very reason I’ve prompted this amendment is to provide a mechanism to make sure that we don’t come to government collapse immediately.”

But eurosceptic Conservative MP Graham Stringer said Grieve and his supporters were only interested in “sabotaging the whole process”.

– More realism –

Despite agreement on Britain’s financial settlement and EU citizens’ rights, the Brexit talks are progressing slowly, and there are few hopes of a breakthrough at an EU summit later this month.

Both sides are still publicly aiming for an agreement in October, but this is looking more and more difficult.

Negotiations are currently stalled on how to avoid border checks between Northern Ireland, a part of the UK, and neighbouring EU member Ireland when Britain develops its own trade and customs policies.

“Serious divergences” remain over Northern Ireland, the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier said Tuesday after a final round of talks between London and Brussels ahead of the European summit.

The British government has also yet to decide on what it wants from the future economic relationship.

It has been clear about one area, security cooperation — but many of its proposals were on Tuesday knocked back by Barnier.

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The propaganda of propaganda.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/brexit-the-propaganda-of-propaganda/5529483

Same waterfall: same boat, two narratives.