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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 644

European Parliament

French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) MP Marine Le Pen (L) and RN leader Jordan Bardella (R) march during a demonstration against antisemitism in Paris, on November 12, 2023. (Geoffroy Van der Hasselt/AFP)
March 30, 2025, 11:53 pm
Le Pen’s political career in jeopardy as verdict looms for French far-right party
Accused of embezzling European Parliament funds with other members of her party, Le Pen fears that if found guilty, court will declare her ineligible to run for office
By AP and ToI Staff
European Parliament member Rima Hassan speaks during a rally in central Paris on May 29, 2024, to protest an Israeli strike on a camp in Rafah. (Zakaria Abdelkafi/ AFP)
February 24, 2025, 9:04 pm
Israel denies entry to EU politician who backs boycott, sanctions, armed struggle
Israel announces move against French-Palestinian Rima Hassan just before arrival; EU says delegation chair Lynn Boylan also barred, calling off entire trip to Jerusalem, Ramallah
By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Swedish Christian MEP Alice Teodorescu Måwe. (Courtesy of EPP Group)
January 25, 2025, 8:40 am
How Swedish MEP Alice Teodorescu Mawe became Israel’s most outspoken European ally
At home and in the European Parliament, the staunch advocate for Jews and Israel is leading the fight against overt antisemitism, as well as Jew-hatred masquerading as anti-Zionism
By Batya Levinthal
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, front, speaks to the media as she arrives at the court house in Paris, September 30, 2024. (Thibault Camus/AP)
September 30, 2024, 6:19 pm
France’s Le Pen and her party go on trial on charges of embezzling EU funds
Leader of far-right National Rally denies misappropriating European Parliament funds to pay assistants for political work
By Sylvie Corbet and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY
Co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Alice Weidel (L) and co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Tino Chrupalla react after first exit polls after the European Parliament elections in Berlin, on June 9, 2024. (Ralf Hirschberger / AFP)
June 10, 2024, 3:11 pm
Germans say far-right AfD lacks legitimacy, even after its European Parliament gains
Amid a nationalist swell, AfD rises 5 percentage points but remains too controversial for widespread public support – even for some small-town sympathizers
By Canaan Lidor
French National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen (L) speaks, flanked by party President Jordan Bardella, after French President Emmanuel Macron announced snap legislative elections, at the Pavillon Chesnaie du Roy in Paris, June 9, 2024. (Julien De Rosa/AFP)
June 10, 2024, 12:50 pm
Despite major gains by far-right in EU elections, mainstream groups remain dominant
Christian Democrats, Socialists ahead in 27-country vote; Macron trounced by Le Pen; Italian PM almost doubles seats; German extreme right defeats chancellor’s Social Democrats
By Raf Casert, LORNE COOK and Samuel Petrequin
Supporters of the French far-right National Rally party react at the party's election night headquarters in Paris on June 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
June 9, 2024, 11:02 pm
EU projection shows far-right parties making big gains in European elections
Centrist groups expected to keep majority in European Parliament as results trickle in, with Greens predicted to lose around 20 seats and fall to sixth position in legislature
By LORNE COOK, Raf Casert and Samuel Petrequin
Voters fill in their ballot papers at a polling station during the European Parliament and the local elections in Salgotarjan, Hungary, June 9, 2024. (Peter Komka/MTI via AP)
June 9, 2024, 11:15 am
Polls open in 20 EU countries on final day of voting for European Parliament
Four-day election cycle winds up as citizen members of European Union bloc cast votes for 720 elected members; all eyes on possible gains by far-right parties
By LORNE COOK
Official European Union campaign billboards are displayed in a street, in The Hague on June 6, 2024. (Nick Gammon / AFP)
June 6, 2024, 11:52 am
European Union elections kick off across bloc, with hard-right gains expected
Polls open in the Netherlands ahead of four days of voting in the 27 member states following the election of Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam Party for Freedom in the national vote
By Mike Corder
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, center, speaks with people before the cabinet's away-from-home session in the town of Handlova, Slovakia, May 15, 2024. (Radovan Stoklasa/TASR via AP)
May 15, 2024, 6:36 pm
Slovak PM in life-threatening condition after being shot at political meeting
Pro-Russian leader shot four times in town of Handlova, evacuated by helicopter; European leaders express ‘shock’ after apparent assassination attempt
By Agencies
Renew Europe chairwoman Valerie Hayer arrives at a party meeting prior to the European Defense and Security conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels on April 17, 2024. (Ludovic Marin/AFP)
May 13, 2024, 6:26 pm
Macron party candidate says she was tricked into ‘neo-Nazi’ group photo
Valerie Hayer, vying for European Parliament role, says she didn’t notice racist slogans on clothing of men she took a photo with
By AFP
European Parliament members attend the last session before the upcoming European elections, Thursday April 25, 2024 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
April 25, 2024, 8:25 pm
EU Parliament strongly condemns Iran over attacks on Israel, calls for sanctions
Resolution adopted in vote of 357-20 demands Revolutionary Guards, entirety of Hezbollah to be included on terror list; FM Katz hails ‘diplomatic success and another blow to Iran’
By ToI Staff
A view of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on April 11, 2024. (Jean-Francois Badias/AP Photo)
April 17, 2024, 1:49 pm
European Parliament condemns incitement in Palestinian, UNRWA textbooks
EU legislature acknowledges link between October 7 atrocities and hateful content in educational materials used in Gaza, West Bank
By Gianluca Pacchiani
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a debate on the attacks by Hamas against Israel and the humanitarian situation in Gaza, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on October 18, 2023. (Frederick Florin/AFP)
October 20, 2023, 12:36 am
European Parliament calls for Hamas to be ‘eliminated,’ urges release of hostages
Non-binding resolution expresses concern for humanitarian conditions in Gaza Strip, calls for pause in fighting to allow for supplies to reach needy
By ToI Staff and Agencies
The European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
May 11, 2023, 3:07 pm
EU Parliament slams ‘hateful’ Palestinian textbooks, threatens funding freeze
Resolution ‘deplores’ that problematic and inciting content has not been removed, conditions financial support for education on its removal
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
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