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MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s opposition People’s Party won an absolute majority in Andalusia’s regional elections on Sunday for the first time in Spanish democracy, boosting the new Conservative leader’s odds for the national elections in late 2023. Andalusia, with 8.5 million inhabitants, is the most populated region in Spain. For 40 years it was a …

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PARIS (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Sunday said that the result of the lower house elections, in which the camp of President Emmanuel Macron lost its absolute majority, was a “risk” for the country. “The result is a risk for our country in view of the challenges we have to face,” Borne …

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PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron was on course to lose his absolute majority in the French parliament after Sunday’s election, first projections showed, an outcome which would constrain his ability to push through his reformist agenda. Here are quotes from senior political officials, analysts and voters: JEAN-LUC MELENCHON, LEADER OF THE LEFT-WING NUPES ALLIANCE …

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By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament on Sunday voted through two laws which will place severe restrictions on Russian books and music as Kyiv seeks to break many remaining cultural ties between the two countries following Moscow’s invasion. One law will forbid the printing of books by Russian citizens, unless they renounce their …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron’s Ensemble alliance is seen falling short of winning an absolute majority in France’s parliamentary election, Belgian newspapers Le Soir and La Libre said on Sunday evening, quoting an exit poll. Le Soir and La Libre said Macron’s alliance was seen winning between 208 and 248 seats in the …

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By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron may find himself without a ruling majority during his second term and unable to push through his economic reform agenda with a free hand after a new left-wing alliance did well in the first round of voting. The second round will be held on Sunday. …

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany will provide an additional 15 billion euros ($15.8 billion) in credit lines for the purchase of gas to replenish storage facilities, news agency dpa reported on Sunday, citing a paper by the Economy Ministry. The additional credit lines will enable Germany’s gas market operator, Trading Hub Europe (THE), to fill up …

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By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuanian authorities said a ban on the transit through their territory to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad of goods that are subject to EU sanctions was to take effect from Saturday. News of the ban came on Friday, through a video posted by the region’s governor Anton Alikhanov. The EU …

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