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Far-right leader Le Pen questions French president's role as army chief ( www.france24.com ) Englisch

Marine Le Pen, former president of France's far-right party National Rally and currently a French presidential candidate, on Thursday raised the question in an interview with a French newspaper of who would be in charge of the military if her party takes over the government after snap parliamentary elections starting Sunday,...

Alipay, BYD, AliExpress, Vivo: Sponsors of European football championship 'Euro 2024' linked to forced labour and pornographic content for minors ( www.playthegame.org ) Englisch

The ongoing EURO 2024 is a case in point with a significant portion of sponsors hailing from China, alongside Qatari state-owned entities like Qatar Airways and Visit Qatar. The European Football Federation UEFA's flagship event, therefore, appears less European on the sponsorship side and more entangled in the geopolitical...

Hungary’s Orbán travels to Moscow, days after Kyiv trip ( www.euractiv.com ) Englisch

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán travelled to Moscow on Thursday (4 July) to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, only a few days after his visit to Kyiv, on a trip that earned him stern rebukes from EU officials and diplomats.

Italy's banking giant UniCredit challenges terms set by European regulator to cut its exposure to Russia, seeks ruling from the EU's General Court ( www.reuters.com ) Englisch

UniCredit said on Monday it was challenging the terms set by the European Central Bank (ECB) for the Italian bank to cut its exposure to Russia, and seeking a ruling from the European Union's General Court, as well as a freezing of the request in the meantime....

Italy: lawyers file complaints of Uyghur forced labour over tomato paste exported from China's Xinjiang region ( www.tomatonews.com ) Englisch

Containers of tomato paste exported from Xinjiang to Italy are the subject of domestic criminal and international complaints filed by rights lawyers on behalf of Uyghur advocacy groups who allege that the goods were produced using Uyghur forced labor....

How France Adopts An Open Source-Based Education Strategy – Free of Big Tech ( dataethics.eu ) Englisch

At the Public Spaces conference in the Netherlands on June 6th, Alexis Kauffmann from the French Ministry of Education and co-founder of the non-profit software platform FraMaSoft, discussed France’s move towards a comprehensive open source-based education strategy, 2023-2027. The aim is to achieve digital sovereignty and...

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