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Feature

Europe's socialists in search of top candidate

The Socialist Party family (PES) is searching for a lead candidate for the European elections at the beginning of June. The leaders of the PES and the heads of the national socialist parties met at the two-day congress in Málaga, Spain. Time is of the essence.

By Markus Grabitz

Opinion

What's floating in Brussels? The price of clean water

The vote in the Environment Committee (ENVI) next Wednesday will decide who will be asked to pay for the reuse of wastewater: only industry, as the Commission envisages – or industry and consumers.

By Claire Stam

Spaniens Ministerpräsident Pedro Sánchez beim NATO-Gipfel in Vilnius.
Feature

Sánchez's election campaign in Spain: victimhood, self-praise and opposition bashing

Spain votes on July 23. The incumbent Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is trying to restore his damaged image. He sees himself primarily as a victim of the conservative media and the economic right. Polls see opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo in the lead, but he may need the right-wing Vox party to get into office.

By Table.Briefings

Feature

International rules for AI: agreement still difficult

Actually, the G7 countries wanted to agree on common guidelines for AI. Then the EU and the USA wanted to be the engine of the process. Now Joe Biden wants to lead the movement. Meanwhile, the Spanish are presenting a new paper for the AI Act trilogue.

By Corinna Visser