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elections from 6-9 June come at a key moment as the EU strives to meet 2030 energy and climate targets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meet three of Europe\u2019s new 20-something eco-warriors swapping protests for the political stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Petr Doubravsky is running for Czech\u2019s Green party<\/h2><p>While at school, Petr Doubravsky was inspired to join students across Europe leaving their classrooms on Fridays to march for action on climate change.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, he co-founded the Czech offshoot of Thunberg\u2019s <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//21//from-solo-protest-to-global-movement-five-years-of-fridays-for-future-in-pictures/">Fridays For Future<\/strong><\/a> strikes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since then, he has attended countless protests picketing parliament and making speeches.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now aged 22, he is studying economics and the environment at Brno University. He is also making his first foray into European politics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1738903598908440803\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In June, he will run as a candidate for Czechia\u2019s Zeleni (Green) party in the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//30//how-europes-energy-crisis-is-feeding-the-election-campaign/">EU elections<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2019, we heard that we should calm down, that we should stay in school, that we should wait until we are adults. And that time has now come,\u201d he writes on his campaign website.<\/p>\n<p>It was a big decision to move from sparking conversations on the outside to legislating from the inside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But he felt Czechia needed more inspirational figures of its own to become role models for the next generation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe voice of young people is missing in Czech politics. It's time to fix it,\u201d his <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//03//clean-tech-sector-and-ngos-produce-alternative-election-manifestos/">campaign reads.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Lena Schilling is a key candidate for Austria\u2019s Green Party<\/h2><p>23-year-old Lena Schilling, studying political sciences at the University of Vienna, is now a candidate for the Austrian Green Party in the upcoming EU elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Schilling was also a climate <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//29//activist-who-led-grassroots-campaign-to-save-europes-largest-saltwater-lagoon-wins-green-n/">activist with the Fridays for Future movement. In 2022, she published the book Radikale Wende delving into the historical significance of protests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1793344137527545890\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"I feel this injustice so deep inside me, I can't help but take action,\" she said in a recent radio interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She is now channelling her energy in a political direction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8405726,8412306\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//05//02//green-leader-sees-huge-danger-to-climate-policy-as-elections-loom/">Green leader sees \u2018huge danger\u2019 to climate policy as elections loom<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//30//conspiracy-theorists-have-turned-from-covid-to-climate-how-will-it-impact-the-eu-elections/">Conspiracy theorists have turned from COVID to climate. How will it impact the EU elections?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrom being a climate activist fighting on the streets to being in the EU Parliament is a big step,\u201d her campaign manifesto reads. \u201cA step that we can only take together as a movement. I want to go with you to where the important <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//19//europes-climate-voters-who-are-they-and-how-could-they-shape-the-european-election/">decisions are made.<\/p>\n<p>\"I stand for a climate-friendly, democratic Europe. For a European Union in which women and men earn the same amount, in which we actively oppose poverty. A Europe in which hatred and right-wing agitation have no place.\"<\/p>\n<h2>French activist Sybille Douvillez helped refound France\u2019s Place Publique party<\/h2><p>Sybille Douvillez is a French <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//14//climate-activists-reflect-on-eu-climate-action-amid-green-backlash/">activist who is a candidate for the socialist-affiliated Place Publique party.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She began to get involved with climate strikes and protests from the age of 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1790616783830843821\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Now 19 years old, Douvillez is in her second year studying economics at the Sciences Po University in Paris and running as a candidate for the volunteer-run socialist Place Publique party.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter pounding the pavements, going on strike, signing petitions and plastering our streets with feminist messages, I realised that our democracy was in crisis. We had to get back into politics,\u201d she says in a video on her social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1717080184,"updatedAt":1717081272,"publishedAt":1717081214,"firstPublishedAt":1717080923,"lastPublishedAt":1717081214,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/96\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7bce2f7e-3a83-574d-b54d-567fbe65bbf5-8469638.jpg","altText":"A generation of young Europeans that became activists while still at school is now of age to take up positions in political office.\u00a0","caption":"A generation of young Europeans that became activists while still at school is now of age to take up positions in political office.\u00a0","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"(AP Photo\/Peter Dejong, File)","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/66\/14\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_365446a1-bccb-5238-8de9-19e410a4d6b3-8466614.jpg","altText":"A generation of young Europeans that became activists while still at school is now of age to take up positions in political office.\u00a0","caption":"A generation of young Europeans that became activists while still at school is now of age to take up positions in political office.\u00a0","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Jean-Francois Badias\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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Find out here","leadin":"BHP's bids have been called \"unattractive\" by Anglo American, who has said that they expose its shareholders to undue risk and uncertainty.","summary":"BHP's bids have been called \"unattractive\" by Anglo American, who has said that they expose its shareholders to undue risk and uncertainty.","keySentence":"","url":"bhp-drops-anglo-american-takeover-bid-as-shareholder-support-ebbs","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/05\/30\/bhp-drops-anglo-american-takeover-bid-as-shareholder-support-ebbs","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"BHP and Anglo American have finally ended weeks of tense negotiation talks, with BHP recently pulling out of the takeover deal after three rejected bid proposals.\u00a0\n\nAnglo American, which refused to further extend the deadline for BHP to come back with a revised fourth proposal, left BHP with little choice under British law but to withdraw and not offer again for at least six months.\u00a0\n\nSome of BHP's conditions for the takeover included Anglo American needing to divest its businesses in South Africa, such as Anglo American Platinum and Kumba Iron Ore. The requirements had already faced major backlash from both the South African government, which has a significant stake in Anglo American, and the company itself.\u00a0\n\nBHP not enthusiastic about bid\n\nAlthough BHP did try to come back with a revised proposal promising to appease South African politicians and investors, as well as project staff at Anglo American's Johannesburg office, this was clearly not enough.\u00a0\n\nPreviously, Anglo American had highlighted that BHP's offers were \"unattractive\" for its shareholders and exposed them to higher levels of risk.\u00a0\n\nFollowing BHP's withdrawal, Anglo said in a statement: \"On 28 May 2024, BHP put forward a limited number of socioeconomic measures that were confined in scope, impact and duration and that BHP stated would support regulatory approvals.\u00a0\n\n\"This approach does not sufficiently address the fact that Anglo American's shareholders would bear disproportionate execution and value risks and uncertainty over an extended period, nor does it consider that material conditions would likely be imposed in relation to both Anglo American Platinum and Kumba which would require the approval of their respective boards.\"\n\nMike Henry, chief executive officer (CEO) at BHP said, in a statement: \"BHP will not be making a firm offer for Anglo American. BHP is committed to its Capital Allocation Framework and maintains a disciplined approach to mergers and acquisitions.\u00a0\n\n\"While we believed that our proposal for Anglo American was a compelling opportunity to effectively grow the pie of value for both sets of shareholders, we were unable to reach agreement with Anglo American on our specific views in respect of South African regulatory risk and cost.\u00a0\n\n\"Despite seeking to engage constructively and numerous requests, we were not able to access from Anglo American key information required to formulate measures to address the excess risk they perceive.\u00a0\n\n\"We remain of the view that our proposal was the most effective structure to deliver value for Anglo American shareholders, and we are confident that, working together with Anglo American, we could have obtained all required regulatory approvals, including in South Africa.\"\n\nFollowing Anglo American's rebuttal, BHP could potentially look towards other key mining companies such as Antofagasta and Lundin Mining, based in Canada. Both companies have copper mines in Chile, where BHP's Pampa Norte mines are also located.\u00a0\n\nThe company is also likely to focus on its own expansion avenues, such as its copper mines in Chile and Australia, and its iron ore assets.\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>BHP and Anglo American have finally ended weeks of tense negotiation talks, with BHP recently pulling out of the takeover deal after three rejected bid proposals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anglo American, which refused to further extend the deadline for BHP to come back with a revised fourth proposal, left BHP with little choice under British law but to withdraw and not offer again for at least six months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some of BHP's conditions for the takeover included Anglo American needing to divest its businesses in South Africa, such as Anglo American Platinum and Kumba Iron Ore. The requirements had already faced major backlash from both the South African government, which has a significant stake in Anglo American, and the company itself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>BHP not enthusiastic about bid<\/h2><p>Although BHP did try to come back with a revised proposal promising to appease South African politicians and investors, as well as project staff at Anglo American's Johannesburg office, this was clearly not enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Anglo American had highlighted that BHP's offers were \"unattractive\" for its shareholders and exposed them to higher levels of risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following BHP's withdrawal, Anglo said in a statement: \"On 28 May 2024, BHP put forward a limited number of socioeconomic measures that were confined in scope, impact and duration and that BHP stated would support regulatory approvals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"This approach does not sufficiently address the fact that Anglo American's shareholders would bear disproportionate execution and value risks and uncertainty over an extended period, nor does it consider that material conditions would likely be imposed in relation to both Anglo American Platinum and Kumba which would require the approval of their respective boards.\"<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8468518,8468680\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//05//30//battle-of-the-billionaires-arnault-loses-out-to-bezos-for-worlds-richest-man-title/">Battle of the billionaires: Arnault loses out to Bezos for world's richest man title<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//05//30//telecoms-firm-iliad-records-strong-results-driven-by-french-market/">Telecoms firm Iliad records strong results driven by French market<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Mike Henry, chief executive officer (CEO) at BHP said, in a statement: \"BHP will not be making a firm offer for Anglo American. BHP is committed to its Capital Allocation Framework and maintains a disciplined approach to mergers and acquisitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"While we believed that our proposal for Anglo American was a compelling opportunity to effectively grow the pie of value for both sets of shareholders, we were unable to reach agreement with Anglo American on our specific views in respect of South African regulatory risk and cost.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Despite seeking to engage constructively and numerous requests, we were not able to access from Anglo American key information required to formulate measures to address the excess risk they perceive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"We remain of the view that our proposal was the most effective structure to deliver value for Anglo American shareholders, and we are confident that, working together with Anglo American, we could have obtained all required regulatory approvals, including in South Africa.\"<\/p>\n<p>Following Anglo American's rebuttal, BHP could potentially look towards other key mining companies such as Antofagasta and Lundin Mining, based in Canada. Both companies have copper mines in Chile, where BHP's Pampa Norte mines are also located.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company is also likely to focus on its own expansion avenues, such as its copper mines in Chile and Australia, and its iron ore assets.\u00a0<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1717074288,"updatedAt":1717081172,"publishedAt":1717081163,"firstPublishedAt":1717081172,"lastPublishedAt":1717081163,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/43\/42\/32\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3f217a7a-a13e-5b6e-af5a-ae5f41e5ec82-8434232.jpg","altText":"Mining giant BHP Billiton logo sits on the outside of their head office in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008.","caption":"Mining giant BHP Billiton logo sits on the outside of their head office in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Scott Barbour, File","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":703}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"lahiri","title":"Indrabati Lahiri","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":193,"slug":"mining","urlSafeValue":"mining","title":"Mining","titleRaw":"Mining"},{"id":15970,"slug":"devralma","urlSafeValue":"devralma","title":"takeover","titleRaw":"takeover"},{"id":52,"slug":"chile","urlSafeValue":"chile","title":"Chile","titleRaw":"Chile"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2553094},{"id":2553150},{"id":2553068}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business","online":0,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/business\/business"},"vertical":"business","verticals":[{"id":11,"slug":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":11,"slug":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"},"themes":[{"id":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/business"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":7,"urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":[],"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gv_safe','gb_safe','gb_safe_from_high','gb_safe_from_high_med','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','pos_ukrainecrisis','gs_busfin','gs_busfin_business','gs_science','gs_science_geography','gs_busfin_business_bnk','gs_busfin_business_bnk_manda','gs_busfin_economy','gs_business','african_related_content_uk','neg_bucherer','custom_investment'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/business\/2024\/05\/30\/bhp-drops-anglo-american-takeover-bid-as-shareholder-support-ebbs","lastModified":1717081163},{"id":2553164,"cid":8469372,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":"240530_BZSU_55671214","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"IRISH DPA REPORT","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Irish data watchdog issued record privacy fines totalling \u20ac1.55 billion in 2023","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Irish data watchdog issued record privacy fines of \u20ac1.55 billion","titleListing2":"The Data Protection Commission saw an increase in new complaints from individuals between 2022 and 2023. ","leadin":"The Data Protection Commission saw an increase in new complaints from individuals between 2022 and 2023.","summary":"The Data Protection Commission saw an increase in new complaints from individuals between 2022 and 2023.","keySentence":"","url":"irish-data-watchdog-issued-record-privacy-fines-totalling-155-billion-in-2023","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2024\/05\/30\/irish-data-watchdog-issued-record-privacy-fines-totalling-155-billion-in-2023","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Irish data protection authority, responsible for implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) issued privacy fines totalling \u20ac1.55 billion in 2023, a record since the GDPR came into force in 2018, it said in its activity report published yesterday (29 May). \u00a0\n\nChinese-owned social network TikTok was fined \u20ac345m in September 2023 for mishandling the personal data of users aged under 18. The investigation found problems with default public settings, parental controls, and age verification. In 2021, the Dutch Data Protection Authority and the British Information Commissioner\u2019s Office both fined TikTok\u00a0- respectively\u00a0\u20ac750.000 and \u00a312.7 million - for violating privacy of minors.\u00a0\n\nMore significantly, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, was fined first in January 2023 for \u20ac390m for illegally processing users' data and then again in May, \u20ac1.2bn by the Data Protection Commission for improperly transferring user data from Europe to the US. The latter is the biggest GDPR fine ever inflicted, far above the 2021 \u20ac746m sanction imposed by the Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection\u00a0on Amazon. \u00a0\n\nBoth Meta and TikTok appealed to the decisions.\u00a0\n\nFurther penalties were imposed on the Bank of Ireland, Centric Health, the Department of Health, and the Kildare County Council ranging between \u20ac22,500 and \u20ac750,000.\u00a0\n\nComplaints\u00a0\n\nIn 2023, the authority received 11,200 new complaints, an increase compared to the previous year (9,370), while it resolved 11,147 cases, an astronomical figure compared to 3,133 case resolutions in 2022.\u00a0\n\nMost of these resolutions are amicable (3,218 cases in 2023), but in the most complex situations, administrative sanctions or fines can be imposed on organisations that do not comply with GDPR provisions. This was the case in 19 instances.\u00a0\n\nTech companies Airbnb and Microsoft, as well as the Archbishop of Dublin and the Galway County Council, received reprimands and were invited to change their practices regarding data access and retention.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nCurrently, new GDPR enforcement rules are being negotiated by EU ministers to address issues related to cross-border cases. Ireland is particularly affected as 87% of cross-border cases are handled by the Irish Data Protection Commission.\u00a0\n\nErratum: Apple has been investigated, but no infringement of GDPR rules was found. Article modified on June 3.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Irish data protection authority, responsible for implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) issued privacy fines totalling \u20ac1.55 billion in 2023, a record since the GDPR came into force in 2018, it said in its <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.dataprotection.ie//sites//default//files//uploads//2024-05//DPC EN_AR 2023_Final .pdf/">activity report<\/a> published yesterday (29 May). \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chinese-owned social network TikTok was <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//09//15//tiktok-hit-with-345-million-fine-under-eu-data-protection-rules/">fined \u20ac345m<\/a> in September 2023 for mishandling the personal data of users aged under 18. The investigation found problems with default public settings, parental controls, and age verification. In 2021, the Dutch Data Protection Authority and the British Information Commissioner\u2019s Office both fined TikTok\u00a0- respectively\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2021//07//22//dutch-data-protection-authority-fines-tiktok-750-000-over-privacy-flaw/">/u20ac750.000 and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//04//04//tiktok-fined-145-million-in-the-uk-for-misusing-childrens-data/">/u00a312.7 million<\/a> - for violating privacy of minors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More significantly, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, was fined first in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//01//04//ireland-fines-meta-390-million-in-latest-privacy-crackdown/">January 2023 for \u20ac390m<\/a> for illegally processing users' data and then <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//05//22//us-tech-giant-meta-fined-a-record-12-billion-in-europe/">again in May, \u20ac1.2bn <\/a>by the Data Protection Commission for improperly transferring user data from Europe to the US. The latter is the biggest GDPR fine ever inflicted, far above the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2021//07//30//us-eu-amazon-com/">2021 \u20ac746m sanction<\/a> imposed by the Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection\u00a0on Amazon. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both Meta and TikTok appealed to the decisions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Further penalties were imposed on the Bank of Ireland, Centric Health, the Department of Health, and the Kildare County Council ranging between \u20ac22,500 and \u20ac750,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1796141757064941798\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Complaints<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, the authority received 11,200 new complaints, an increase compared to the previous year (9,370), while it resolved 11,147 cases, an astronomical figure compared to 3,133 case resolutions in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Most of these resolutions are amicable (3,218 cases in 2023), but in the most complex situations, administrative sanctions or fines can be imposed on organisations that do not comply with GDPR provisions. This was the case in 19 instances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tech companies Airbnb and Microsoft, as well as the Archbishop of Dublin and the Galway County Council, received reprimands and were invited to change their practices regarding data access and retention.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Currently, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//04//02//lawmakers-to-approve-updated-gdpr-rules-despite-companies-concerns/">new GDPR enforcement rules<\/a> are being negotiated by EU ministers to address issues related to cross-border cases. Ireland is particularly affected as 87% of cross-border cases are handled by the Irish Data Protection Commission.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Erratum: Apple has been investigated, but no infringement of GDPR rules was found. 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The ECT is a post-Cold War international agreement designed to protect investments in unstable formerly communist states, but it has become a source of controversy since the treaty allows energy companies to sue countries taking measures that could harm their expected profits.\n\nSubscribe here\u00a0to stay informed on the latest EU policy development with our newsletter, \"The Policy Briefing\", your weekly insight on European rulemaking, key events and data trends.\n\nFor example, Germany has been sued by Swedish multinational power company Vattenfall under the ECT in relation to its phase-out of nuclear energy, which affected foreign investors in the nuclear sector. Spain, too,\u00a0has faced numerous cases, primarily due to changes in its renewable energy policies, which investors claimed breached the ECT by undermining their funds.\n\nTrying to find a solution to please EU countries who have notified their intention to leave, have already left, or want to remain part of the ECT, the Belgians proposed first for the EU, alongside the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), to officially withdraw from the treaty before the next ECT conference due in November, while simultaneously allowing EU countries who wish to remain within the treaty to do so.\n\n\u201cToday\u2019s adoption represents the final milestone in the Belgian roadmap we crafted for the ECT. Building on the groundwork laid by our Swedish predecessors, the Belgian presidency has worked tirelessly to break this complex deadlock and found a balance acceptable and useful to all,\u201d said Van der Straeten.\n\n\u00a0\n\nThe EU will express its position during the next ECT conference, where member states wanting to remain are expected to take the floor and express their intentions, a Belgian official told reporters during a press briefing ahead of today\u2019s vote.\n\nNine member states have announced their intention to withdraw from the ECT since October 2022 \u2014 Denmark, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain. In the meantime France, Germany, Luxembourg and Poland have officially notified their withdrawal. The UK announced its intention in February while Italy was the first to quit the treaty in 2016.\n\n\u201cThe solution brokered by Belgium was the best possible one at the moment. It is crucial that a decision for the EU to leave is taken in the current mandate, otherwise it would risk being delayed for a long time,\u201d Paul de de Clerck, economic justice expert at Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE) told Euronews.\n\n\u201cWe expect that once the EU and all major member states have left the ECT, the rest of member states will also decide to leave. Not only is the ECT losing its relevance but having EU member states with different investment regimes is also difficult to match with EU competition rules as it will create an unequal playing field,\u201d de Clerck added.\n\nAmandine Van Den Berghe, lawyer at the environmental charity ClientEarth said the EU needs to work with other countries, such as the UK, to neutralise the 20-year sunset clause, which requires signatory states who wish to exit the treaty to comply with its provisions for 20 years.\n\n\"This is critical to minimise the risk of more costly damages claims being brought against them over the next two decades,\" Van Den Berghe said.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Energy ministers meeting in Brussels voted unanimously today (May 30) for the EU to officially withdraw the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) while leaving open the possibility for member states to remain in their own capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Deciding on the bloc's future in the ECT was one of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com//?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.euronews.com%2Fgreen%2F2024%2F03%2F01%2Fbelgian-presidency-seals-withdrawal-fix-from-energy-charter-treaty&data=05%7C02%7Cmarta.pacheco%40euronews.com%7C3d4ae34bd8d44f41a5f808dc80a5abfa%7Ce59fa28a32ed49aca5a09c46118cfecf%7C0%7C0%7C638526696249189791%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=UTxsBbhx6EWTqhmwRbgXC1pv%2F2Fhwp%2FtERNphK2us3k%3D&reserved=0\%22>commitments<\/a>\u00a0of the EU Belgian Presidency, the country\u2019s energy minister Tinne Van Der Straeten told reporters today shortly before joining her counterparts at the Energy Council.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s decision followed a European Parliament <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com//?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.euronews.com%2Fgreen%2F2024%2F04%2F09%2Fmeps-support-exit-from-treaty-allowing-big-oil-to-sue-governments-over-climate-action&data=05%7C02%7Cmarta.pacheco%40euronews.com%7C3d4ae34bd8d44f41a5f808dc80a5abfa%7Ce59fa28a32ed49aca5a09c46118cfecf%7C0%7C0%7C638526696249200054%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=vc9Rb%2BO7BCaK2eeCiHUMZB91xyqoIStPsVwBfBth6Do%3D&reserved=0\%22>vote<\/a>\u00a0last month signalling an overwhelming intention to quit the treaty. The ECT is a post-Cold War international agreement designed to protect investments in unstable formerly communist states, but it has become a source of controversy since the treaty allows energy companies to sue countries taking measures that could harm their expected profits.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Subscribe <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com//?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.euronews.com%2Fregister%3Fnewsletters%3Deupolicy_en%26utm_campaign%3Dpolicybriefing_en_article_policybriefing&data=05%7C02%7Cmarta.pacheco%40euronews.com%7C8a3445b32a854f59a29d08dc80b65bc2%7Ce59fa28a32ed49aca5a09c46118cfecf%7C0%7C0%7C638526767931801171%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fbz2E%2F1TQDdo%2F0IXV7JZrSs5HnQQsLWS%2BdcANcoC1x0%3D&reserved=0\%22>here<\/a>\u00a0to stay informed on the latest EU policy development with our newsletter, \"The Policy Briefing\", your weekly insight on European rulemaking, key events and data trends.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>For example, Germany has been sued by Swedish multinational power company Vattenfall under the ECT in relation to its phase-out of nuclear energy, which affected foreign investors in the nuclear sector. Spain, too,\u00a0has faced numerous cases, primarily due to changes in its renewable energy policies, which investors claimed breached the ECT by undermining their funds.<\/p>\n<p>Trying to find a solution to please EU countries who have notified their intention to leave, have already left, or want to remain part of the ECT, the Belgians proposed first for the EU, alongside the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), to officially withdraw from the treaty before the next ECT conference due in November, while simultaneously allowing EU countries who wish to remain within the treaty to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s adoption represents the final milestone in the Belgian roadmap we crafted for the ECT. Building on the groundwork laid by our Swedish predecessors, the Belgian presidency has worked tirelessly to break this complex deadlock and found a balance acceptable and useful to all,\u201d said Van der Straeten.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8362246\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//04//09//meps-support-exit-from-treaty-allowing-big-oil-to-sue-governments-over-climate-action/">MEPs support exit from treaty allowing big oil to sue governments over climate action<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The EU will express its position during the next ECT conference, where member states wanting to remain are expected to take the floor and express their intentions, a Belgian official told reporters during a press briefing ahead of today\u2019s vote.<\/p>\n<p>Nine member states have announced their intention to withdraw from the ECT since October 2022 \u2014 Denmark, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain. In the meantime France, Germany, Luxembourg and Poland have officially notified their withdrawal. The UK announced its intention in February while Italy was the first to quit the treaty in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe solution brokered by Belgium was the best possible one at the moment. It is crucial that a decision for the EU to leave is taken in the current mandate, otherwise it would risk being delayed for a long time,\u201d Paul de de Clerck, economic justice expert at Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE) told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect that once the EU and all major member states have left the ECT, the rest of member states will also decide to leave. Not only is the ECT losing its relevance but having EU member states with different investment regimes is also difficult to match with EU competition rules as it will create an unequal playing field,\u201d de Clerck added.<\/p>\n<p>Amandine Van Den Berghe, lawyer at the environmental charity ClientEarth said the EU needs to work with other countries, such as the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//22//uk-blames-eu-as-it-pulls-out-of-energy-charter-treaty/">UK, to neutralise the 20-year sunset clause, which requires signatory states who wish to exit the treaty to comply with its provisions for 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>\"This is critical to minimise the risk of more costly damages claims being brought against them over the next two decades,\" Van Den Berghe 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The move is expected to less the hold European EV and traditional car makers have on the European market, as well as cut the share of other foreign EV giants' such as Tesla. \n\nChinese EVs are much cheaper than European models\n\nThe super high cost of new EVs in Europe is one of the main reasons Chinese-made models are popular. The average price of a battery electric vehicle was about \u20ac45,999 in 2023, according to the European Commission.\n\nIn contrast, Chinese EVs are much cheaper, and have many added extras as standard. A BYD Dolphin, for example, would cost around \u20ac29,964.26 so quite a difference from price compared with its European counterpart.\n\nThat means Chinese car makers are in a good position to attract Europeans looking for a low emission car but don't want - or can't afford - to pay too much for it. \n\nHow are Chinese EV makers taking over the European market?\n\nSeveral Chinese EV makers have spent years studying and researching the European market, in order to build an expansion strategy ahead of making a definitive move. This has given them unique insights into consumer behaviours, market gaps and pain points.\n\nIt has also allowed them to pick and choose suppliers, distributors and other key people familiar with the industry carefully.\n\nOne drawback around Chinese EVs in Europe is awareness, with potential buyers not having heard of Chinese car makers. This has meant companies have had to increase spending on marketing and sales, in order to grow brand awareness. They have also achieved this by sponsoring several high-ticket events such as sporting ones.\n\nChinese car manufacturers have also identified other pain points for EV buyers, such as repair and maintenance services. They have reportedly taken swift and decisive steps to provide more solid solutions for these. The services are particularly important for fleet buyers and also help to improve resale values.\n\nAs a bonus, they are also a major consideration for first-time EV buyers who may not be entirely convinced of the benefits of EVs yet. Hence, EV makers who are providing robust servicing and maintenance automatically have an edge. The EV manufacturers have also tightened their safety and regulatory standards. \n\nHigh demands from home market helps when selling in Europe\n\nChinese customers have high expectations and that is useful when manufacturers are trying to enter the European market. Demands for a good product are already high. \n\nMark Wakefield, global co-leader of the Automotive and Industrial practice at AlixPartners, said, as reported by National Public Radio: \"Chinese customers are generally more styling focused and more technology focused. And I don't just mean like connecting your iPhone to the center screen.\n\n\"I'm talking things like assisted driving. So all of these things that help you keep the lane and help you drive semi-autonomous. The takeaway rate on those features is much higher in China than it is in the US, for example.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers are already ahead of the game compared with European car makers, with several brands such as Chery, BYD and Great Wall Motor (GWM) steadily gaining market share in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Now, they may be ready to take things to the next level, with the three producers planning 20 model launches over the next five decade. The move is expected to less the hold European EV and traditional car makers have on the European market, as well as cut the share of other foreign EV giants' such as Tesla. <\/p>\n<h2>Chinese EVs are much cheaper than European models<\/h2><p>The super high cost of new EVs in Europe is one of the main reasons Chinese-made models are popular. The average price of a battery electric vehicle was about \u20ac45,999 in 2023, according to the European Commission.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Chinese EVs are much cheaper, and have many added extras as standard. A BYD Dolphin, for example, would cost around \u20ac29,964.26 so quite a difference from price compared with its European counterpart.<\/p>\n<p>That means Chinese car makers are in a good position to attract Europeans looking for a low emission car but don't want - or can't afford - to pay too much for it. <\/p>\n<h2>How are Chinese EV makers taking over the European market?<\/h2><p>Several Chinese EV makers have spent years studying and researching the European market, in order to build an expansion strategy ahead of making a definitive move. This has given them unique insights into consumer behaviours, market gaps and pain points.<\/p>\n<p>It has also allowed them to pick and choose suppliers, distributors and other key people familiar with the industry carefully.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8469006,8466902\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//05//30//eurozone-unemployment-hits-record-low-a-week-before-ecb-rate-decision/">Eurozone unemployment hits record low a week before ECB rate decision<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//05//29//german-inflation-rises-as-consumer-confidence-hits-2-year-high/">German inflation rises as consumer confidence hits 2-year high<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>One drawback around Chinese EVs in Europe is awareness, with potential buyers not having heard of Chinese car makers. This has meant companies have had to increase spending on marketing and sales, in order to grow brand awareness. They have also achieved this by sponsoring several high-ticket events such as sporting ones.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese car manufacturers have also identified other pain points for EV buyers, such as repair and maintenance services. They have reportedly taken swift and decisive steps to provide more solid solutions for these. The services are particularly important for fleet buyers and also help to improve resale values.<\/p>\n<p>As a bonus, they are also a major consideration for first-time EV buyers who may not be entirely convinced of the benefits of EVs yet. Hence, EV makers who are providing robust servicing and maintenance automatically have an edge. The EV manufacturers have also tightened their safety and regulatory standards. <\/p>\n<h2>High demands from home market helps when selling in Europe<\/h2><p>Chinese customers have high expectations and that is useful when manufacturers are trying to enter the European market. Demands for a good product are already high. <\/p>\n<p>Mark Wakefield, global co-leader of the Automotive and Industrial practice at AlixPartners, said, as reported by National Public Radio: \"Chinese customers are generally more styling focused and more technology focused. And I don't just mean like connecting your iPhone to the center screen.<\/p>\n<p>\"I'm talking things like assisted driving. So all of these things that help you keep the lane and help you drive semi-autonomous. The takeaway rate on those features is much higher in China than it is in the US, for example.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1717069842,"updatedAt":1717078726,"publishedAt":1717078708,"firstPublishedAt":1717078726,"lastPublishedAt":1717078708,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/90\/92\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4f8caafa-eef0-510f-aa96-5fd63880814e-8469092.jpg","altText":"The logo of Chinese car manufacturer BYD is displayed on a BYD Seal car during the IAA motor show in Munich, Germany, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023.","caption":"The logo of Chinese car manufacturer BYD is displayed on a BYD Seal car during the IAA motor show in Munich, Germany, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Matthias Schrader\/Copyright 2019 The AP. 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Those with an eye for architecture will appreciate the graceful Baroque Palazzo Alfieri, open as a museum with original interior decorations and furniture, and the medieval Torre Troyana bell tower. \n\nIf you visit in September, you\u2019ll find the town buzzing as it hosts the annual Palio horse race in Piazza Campo. \n\nTake the train to Alba for truffles and Nutella \n\nFrom Asti, hop on the train to Alba, a city internationally known for its annual white truffle fair. \n\nHunters and their dogs sniff out these prized tubers in the woods around the town and you can try the delicacy in season between October and December in dozens of restaurants and the yearly fair. \n\nYou can pair it with the potent wines of the surrounding UNESCO-designed Langhe region such as Barolo and Barbaresco. \n\nThe sweet-toothed may be interested to know the chocolate spread Nutella was invented in Alba. \n\nAside from wining and dining, you can visit the red-brick Romanesque Cathedral of San Lorenzo, which was heavily restored in the 19th century, the 14th-century church of San Domenico and the city\u2019s last remaining medieval towers. \n\nYou can make the journey between Asti and Alba into a round route by beginning from and returning to the city of Turin. \n\nNew train routes in Piedmont will launch next year \n\nFrom January 2025, the line between Savigliano and Cuneo will reopen. Savigliano has a pretty centre of arcades and historic townhouses and is home to a train museum. \n\nCuneo is an elegant city of neoclassical architecture known as the chestnut capital of Italy. Make sure you also try Cuneesi al rhum, small meringues with dark chocolate coating and a rum chocolate filling, and ravioli del plin, small pasta parcels stuffed with meat and vegetables. \n\nEn route between the two destinations, you can hop off at the medieval hillside town of Saluzzo. The centre\u2019s cobbled streets are lined with faded frescoed houses in warm terracottas and reds. Its late Gothic cathedral contains striking wooden Baroque sculptures on the magnificent altar. \n\nAnother route set to open early next year connects Ceva - where pretty porticoed streets lead to the grand Baroque cathedral - and Ormea fringed by the dramatic peaks of the Ligurian Alps and the perfect base for exploring the Upper Tanaro Valley on foot or by bike.\u00a0 \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Italy\u2019s northwestern Piedmont region is a land of vineyard-draped hills, truffle-filled woods and Michelin-starred restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>New rail routes, one of which is already in operation, are making it easier to explore this area by train.<\/p>\n<p>This summer, you can ride the rails between the sparkling wine-producing town of Asti and the white truffle capital Alba.<\/p>\n<p>Next year, more services will let you explore the region\u2019s historic villages.<\/p>\n<h2>Take the train to Asti for wine and festivals<\/h2><p>At the end of last year, several regional rail routes were revived in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//01//04//piedmont-nouvelle-aquitaine-hamburg-ai-scans-social-media-to-predict-2024s-top-destination/">Piedmont after a 12-year hiatus.<\/p>\n<p>Six return train services are now running on weekdays between the towns of Asti and Alba.<\/p>\n<p>Asti is famed for the production of Asti Spumante - a fizzy white <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//10//13//trips-to-italy-6-course-dinners-and-endless-booze-do-fancy-work-trips-really-stop-staff-le/">wine - and Moscato d\u2019Asti, a sparkling dessert wine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1643926981912805376\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Time your visit for autumn if you want to coincide with the town\u2019s riotous wine festivals including the Douja d\u2019Or and the Festival delle Sagre.<\/p>\n<p>But you don\u2019t have to be a wine lover to enjoy the city. Those with an eye for architecture will appreciate the graceful Baroque Palazzo Alfieri, open as a museum with original interior decorations and furniture, and the medieval Torre Troyana bell tower.<\/p>\n<p>If you visit in September, you\u2019ll find the town buzzing as it hosts the annual Palio horse race in Piazza Campo.<\/p>\n<h2>Take the train to Alba for truffles and Nutella<\/h2><p>From Asti, hop on the train to Alba, a city internationally known for its annual <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//11//09//greed-pride-and-the-thrill-of-the-hunt-a-journey-into-italys-60m-truffle-tourism-industry/">white truffle<\/strong><\/a> fair.<\/p>\n<p>Hunters and their dogs sniff out these prized tubers in the woods around the town and you can try the delicacy in season between October and December in dozens of restaurants and the yearly fair.<\/p>\n<p>You can pair it with the potent wines of the surrounding UNESCO-designed <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2020//10//20//truffle-season-is-underway-in-northern-italy-and-it-s-a-whole-lot-of-fungus/">Langhe region such as Barolo and Barbaresco.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1259442378018107393\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The sweet-toothed may be interested to know the chocolate spread Nutella was invented in Alba.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from wining and dining, you can visit the red-brick Romanesque Cathedral of San Lorenzo, which was heavily restored in the 19th century, the 14th-century church of San Domenico and the city\u2019s last remaining medieval towers.<\/p>\n<p>You can make the journey between Asti and Alba into a round route by beginning from and returning to the city of Turin.<\/p>\n<h2>New train routes in Piedmont will launch next year<\/h2><p>From January 2025, the line between Savigliano and Cuneo will reopen. Savigliano has a pretty centre of arcades and historic townhouses and is home to a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//05//28//these-new-night-trains-are-a-budget-solution-to-travelling-italy-just-dont-expect-luxury/">train museum.<\/p>\n<p>Cuneo is an elegant city of neoclassical architecture known as the chestnut capital of Italy. Make sure you also try Cuneesi al rhum, small meringues with dark chocolate coating and a rum chocolate filling, and ravioli del plin, small pasta parcels stuffed with meat and vegetables.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1717838703664467988\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>En route between the two destinations, you can hop off at the medieval hillside town of Saluzzo. The centre\u2019s cobbled streets are lined with faded frescoed houses in warm terracottas and reds. 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UN chief cites the promise and perils of dizzying new technology as 'AI for Good' conference opens","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"AI is 'changing our world and our lives,' UN chief says as AI for Good conference kicks off","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"AI is 'changing our world and our lives,' UN chief says","titleListing2":"\"Artificial intelligence is changing our world and our lives,\" UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres said as the AI for Good conference kicked off.","leadin":"The UN telecommunications agency has kicked off its annual AI for Good conference.","summary":"The UN telecommunications agency has kicked off its annual AI for Good conference.","keySentence":"","url":"ai-is-changing-our-world-and-our-lives-un-chief-says-as-ai-for-good-conference-kicks-off","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2024\/05\/30\/ai-is-changing-our-world-and-our-lives-un-chief-says-as-ai-for-good-conference-kicks-off","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres highlighted the promises and perils of artificial intelligence (AI) as a conference on harnessing its benefits began.\n\nThe annual AI for Good conference aims to guide businesses, consumers, and governments on positive uses of AI while avoiding its potential risks.\n\nThe event this week in Geneva includes speeches and talks on AI applications for robotics, medicine, education, sustainable development and much more.\n\n\u201cArtificial intelligence is changing our world and our lives,\" Guterres said by video.\n\nHe noted its promise for things like education and health care in remote areas, increasing crop yields, and early warning systems for natural disasters.\n\nSam Altman, the head of OpenAI, is among the key speakers along with Tristan Harris co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology and Azeem Azhar, founder of Exponential View. \n\nWhile AI has been developed for years, its application for consumers burst into public view 18 months ago when OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a standout among AI systems that can churn out novel text, images, and video based on a vast database of online writing, books and other media.\n\nOther corporate titans like Google, Microsoft and Amazon are vigorously competing in AI too.\n\nOpenAI has been battling a rising tide of concern about how it handles AI safety, including criticism from former top executives who recently left the company.\n\nExperts warn that AI could supercharge the spread of online disinformation as well.\n\nWith a few typed commands and requests, computer-generated texts and images can be spread on social media and across the Internet, blurring the line between fake news and reality.\n\n\u201cTransforming its potential into reality requires AI that reduces bias, misinformation and security threats, instead of aggravating them,\u201d Guterres said.\n\nHe insisted that it must also involve helping developing countries \"harness AI for themselves\" and \"connecting the unconnected\" around the world.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres highlighted the promises and perils of artificial intelligence (AI) as a conference on harnessing its benefits began.<\/p>\n<p>The annual AI for Good conference aims to guide businesses, consumers, and governments on positive uses of AI while avoiding its potential risks.<\/p>\n<p>The event this week in Geneva includes speeches and talks on AI applications for robotics, medicine, education, sustainable development and much more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArtificial intelligence is changing our world and our lives,\" Guterres said by video.<\/p>\n<p>He noted its promise for things like education and health care in remote areas, increasing crop yields, and early warning systems for natural disasters.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, is among the key speakers along with Tristan Harris co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology and Azeem Azhar, founder of Exponential View. <\/p>\n<p>While AI has been developed for years, its application for consumers burst into public view 18 months ago when OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a standout among AI systems that can churn out novel text, images, and video based on a vast database of online writing, books and other media.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8466144\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a 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aggravating them,\u201d Guterres said.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that it must also involve helping developing countries \"harness AI for themselves\" and \"connecting the unconnected\" around the world.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1717073281,"updatedAt":1717077433,"publishedAt":1717077430,"firstPublishedAt":1717077433,"lastPublishedAt":1717077430,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/92\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_cd06590e-aab2-51c2-98ca-c7d2f2579002-8469254.jpg","altText":"Humanoid robot Sophia is pictured during the ITU's AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland in 2023.","caption":"Humanoid robot Sophia is pictured during the ITU's AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland in 2023.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"MARTIAL TREZZINI\/' KEYSTONE \/ MARTIAL 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lifts gas storage levy","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Berlin drops gas transit levy blamed for promoting imports from Russia","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Berlin drops gas transit levy blamed for promoting imports from Russia","titleListing2":"Berlin drops gas transit levy blamed for promoting imports from Russia","leadin":"Berlin has agreed to scrap a gas storage levy, with the European Commission questioning its legality under EU law, and eastern EU members suggesting it plays into Moscow's hands.","summary":"Berlin has agreed to scrap a gas storage levy, with the European Commission questioning its legality under EU law, and eastern EU members suggesting it plays into Moscow's hands.","keySentence":"","url":"berlin-drops-gas-transit-levy-blamed-for-promoting-imports-from-russia","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/05\/30\/berlin-drops-gas-transit-levy-blamed-for-promoting-imports-from-russia","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Germany has announced it will drop a gas storage fee introduced during the energy crisis of 2022, after eastern EU members warned the increased cost of imports from the west was forcing their continued reliance on Russian gas.\n\nThe launch of Vladimir Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine saw Moscow weaponise gas supplies on which the EU, and Germany in particular, were heavily reliant. Berlin introduced the storage levy in October that year to partly offset the cost of stockpiling from alternative suppliers as wholesale prices rocketed ahead of winter.\n\n\u201cIt was never our intention to hamper the diversification, with this levy, away from Russian gas,\u201d said Sven Giegold, a state secretary at Germany\u2019s federal ministry for economy and climate action, as he arrived for an energy summit in Brussels on Thursday (30 May).\n\n\u201cQuite to the contrary, the income from that levy, financed mainly by German customers, has contributed to filling gas storage facilities and [thus] stabilising prices and markets,\u201d Giegold said, adding that EU countries would no longer have to pay the charge, which was originally intended to expire last month, from January 2025.\n\nThe German official, a former Green MEP, said he could not discuss the details of the legislative change, but that it was \u201cvery likely\u201d that German customers will continue to pay even as the levy is lifted from gas flows exiting Germany,\n\nIn a document circulated ahead of the meeting, Austria, Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia had restated their concern that the storage fee increased costs for gas traders and, ultimately, customers in their region.\n\n\u201cTogether with the scheduled end of transit of Russian gas via Ukraine by the end of this year, the levy will significantly reduce the security of supply of the whole CEE region and make it more vulnerable towards price fluctuations,\u201d they wrote.\n\nEnergy commissioner Kadri Simson warned at a previous energy ministers\u2019 summit in March that export restrictions or cross-border levies put solidarity at risk, and the EU executive had signalled it was considering legal action based on a possible infringement of European single-market rules.\n\nCzech industry and trade minister Jozef S\u00edkela, on his way into today\u2019s meeting, said the volume of Russian gas flowing into his country had increased since September as wholesale prices fell towards pre-war levels and the relative impact of Germany\u2019s levy increased.\n\n\u201cOf course none of the traders is telling us that this is Russian gas\u2026because this is gas from the Ukrainian, Austrian and Slovak storage,\u201d S\u00edkela said. \u201cBut if you count the flows, there is definitely a big portion of Russian gas, and we do not like to see Russian gas on Czech territory.\u201d\n\nDespite their altercation over the storage levy, Berlin and Prague joined forces ahead of the summit to call for the EU to set up a \u201chigh-level working group\u201d to accelerate a complete decoupling from Russia\u2019s energy market.\n\n\u201cThe aim, in cooperation with the European Commission, is to ensure a coordinated procedure in limiting the import of both gas and oil or nuclear fuel from Russia,\u201d S\u00edkela said on social media after a discussion of the topic.\n\nDespite the grinding war of attrition that is devastating the country, gas remains unaffected by the EU\u2019s incremental sanctions regime and has continued to flow through Ukraine in line with contracts between Russia\u2019s Gazprom and the EU \u2013 but this agreement is due to come to an end in December, and Simson has signalled there is no need or intention to renew it.\n\nSupply shortfalls due to Moscow\u2019s throttling of deliveries and the as yet unexplained destruction of the Nord Stream link to Germany have been largely offset by a ramping up of deliveries from Norway and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US and elsewhere, along with a recently extended voluntary demand reduction policy.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Germany has announced it will drop a gas storage fee introduced during the energy crisis of 2022, after eastern EU members warned the increased cost of imports from the west was forcing their continued reliance on Russian gas.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of Vladimir Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine saw Moscow weaponise gas supplies on which the EU, and Germany in particular, were heavily reliant. Berlin introduced the storage levy in October that year to partly offset the cost of stockpiling from alternative suppliers as wholesale prices rocketed ahead of winter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was never our intention to hamper the diversification, with this levy, away from Russian gas,\u201d said Sven Giegold, a state secretary at Germany\u2019s federal ministry for economy and climate action, as he arrived for an energy summit in Brussels on Thursday (30 May).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuite to the contrary, the income from that levy, financed mainly by German customers, has contributed to filling gas storage facilities and [thus] stabilising prices and markets,\u201d Giegold said, adding that EU countries would no longer have to pay the charge, which was originally intended to expire last month, from January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The German official, a former Green MEP, said he could not discuss the details of the legislative change, but that it was \u201cvery likely\u201d that German customers will continue to pay even as the levy is lifted from gas flows exiting Germany,<\/p>\n<p>In a document circulated ahead of the meeting, Austria, Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia had restated their concern that the storage fee increased costs for gas traders and, ultimately, customers in their region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether with the scheduled end of transit of Russian gas via Ukraine by the end of this year, the levy will significantly reduce the security of supply of the whole CEE region and make it more vulnerable towards price fluctuations,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Energy commissioner Kadri Simson warned at a previous energy ministers\u2019 summit in March that export restrictions or cross-border levies put solidarity at risk, and the EU executive had signalled it was considering legal action based on a possible infringement of European single-market rules.<\/p>\n<p>Czech industry and trade minister Jozef S\u00edkela, on his way into today\u2019s meeting, said the volume of Russian gas flowing into his country had increased since September as wholesale prices fell towards pre-war levels and the relative impact of Germany\u2019s levy increased.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course none of the traders is telling us that this is Russian gas\u2026because this is gas from the Ukrainian, Austrian and Slovak storage,\u201d S\u00edkela said. \u201cBut if you count the flows, there is definitely a big portion of Russian gas, and we do not like to see Russian gas on Czech territory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite their altercation over the storage levy, Berlin and Prague joined forces ahead of the summit to call for the EU to set up a \u201chigh-level working group\u201d to accelerate a complete decoupling from Russia\u2019s energy market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aim, in cooperation with the European Commission, is to ensure a coordinated procedure in limiting the import of both gas and oil or nuclear fuel from Russia,\u201d S\u00edkela said on social media after a discussion of the topic.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the grinding war of attrition that is devastating the country, gas remains unaffected by the EU\u2019s incremental sanctions regime and has continued to flow through Ukraine in line with contracts between Russia\u2019s Gazprom and the EU \u2013 but this agreement is due to come to an end in December, and Simson has signalled there is no need or intention to renew it.<\/p>\n<p>Supply shortfalls due to Moscow\u2019s throttling of deliveries and the as yet unexplained destruction of the Nord Stream link to Germany have been largely offset by a ramping up of deliveries from Norway and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US and elsewhere, along with a recently extended voluntary demand reduction policy.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1717074695,"updatedAt":1717076549,"publishedAt":1717076544,"firstPublishedAt":1717076549,"lastPublishedAt":1717076544,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/93\/02\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2dfa8f4d-9e62-58d6-b683-4ba816090832-8469302.jpg","altText":"Jozef S\u00edkela (left) and Sven Giegold at EU Council energy summit, 30 May 2024","caption":"Jozef S\u00edkela (left) and Sven Giegold at EU Council energy summit, 30 May 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"European Union","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2278,"height":1519}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"hodgson","title":"Robert Hodgson","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":29232,"slug":"eu-policy","urlSafeValue":"eu-policy","title":"EU Policy","titleRaw":"EU 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Spain inflation","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Spanish inflation rises for third consecutive month as energy costs climb","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Spanish inflation rises for third consecutive month after VAT hike","titleListing2":"Spain\u2019s CPI inflation rose at an annual rate of 3.6% in May, according to preliminary data released by the Instituto Nacional de Estad\u00edstica (INE) on Thursday.","leadin":"A jump in electricity prices linked to higher VAT rates is pushing up inflation in Spain. Upticks are being seen across the eurozone, although the causes are varied.","summary":"A jump in electricity prices linked to higher VAT rates is pushing up inflation in Spain. Upticks are being seen across the eurozone, although the causes are varied.","keySentence":"","url":"spanish-inflation-rises-for-third-consecutive-month-as-energy-costs-climb","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/05\/30\/spanish-inflation-rises-for-third-consecutive-month-as-energy-costs-climb","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Spain's CPI inflation rose at an annual rate of 3.6% in May, according to preliminary data released by the Instituto Nacional de Estad\u00edstica (INE) on Thursday.\n\nThis follows recent year-on-year rises of 3.2% in March and 3.3% in April.\n\nThe annual rate of CPI had fallen by 0.6 percentage points between January and February this year, before it started to climb again.\n\nThe harmonised inflation rate (HICP), which allows for comparison between European member states, came in at 3.8% in May.\n\nThat's up from 3.4% in April and slightly higher than a forecast of 3.7% given by Bloomberg-surveyed economists.\n\nSpain's statistics office explained the inflationary uptick by pointing to an increase in electricity prices, linked to the reinstatement of a 21% VAT rate in March.\n\nIn June 2021, the state had reduced this tax to 10% to help consumers with rising energy bills, although this was brought up again when wholesale electricity prices fell.\n\nSpain is also planning to scrap reduced VAT rates on some staple food items later this year, a move that could push inflation figures higher.\n\nIf energy and some food costs are excluded from May's inflation reading, the core figure sits at 3%, up only slightly from April's core total of 2.9%.\n\nThis underlying increase was caused by price jumps for tourism-related services, such as holiday packages, air travel, and accommodation.\n\nThe flash figures released today will be confirmed on 13th June and INE will provide a more detailed breakdown of price fluctuations.\u00a0\n\nThursday's announcement came after Germany noted an uptick in inflation yesterday, with prices rising 2.8% in May (harmonised) compared to the same month a year earlier.\n\nUnlike in Spain, monthly energy prices were down 1.1% on the year.\n\nMay's rise was largely driven by the end of a cheap national railway ticket scheme introduced in Germany a year earlier.\n\nIreland's harmonised inflation rate, also out today, showed an annual rise of 1.9% in May.\n\nThis was partially down to increases in transport costs, as energy and food prices were unchanged on the month.\n\nPreliminary inflation readings for the whole eurozone are due tomorrow.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Spain's CPI inflation rose at an annual rate of 3.6% in May, according to preliminary data released by the Instituto Nacional de Estad\u00edstica (INE) on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>This follows recent year-on-year rises of 3.2% in March and 3.3% in April.<\/p>\n<p>The annual rate of CPI had fallen by 0.6 percentage points between January and February this year, before it started to climb again.<\/p>\n<p>The harmonised inflation rate (HICP), which allows for comparison between European member states, came in at 3.8% in May.<\/p>\n<p>That's up from 3.4% in April and slightly higher than a forecast of 3.7% given by Bloomberg-surveyed economists.<\/p>\n<p>Spain's statistics office explained the inflationary uptick by pointing to an increase in electricity prices, linked to the reinstatement of a 21% VAT rate in March.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2021, the state had reduced this tax to 10% to help consumers with rising energy bills, although this was brought up again when wholesale electricity prices fell.<\/p>\n<p>Spain is also planning to scrap reduced VAT rates on some staple food items later this year, a move that could push inflation figures higher.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8466902,8459318\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div 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Eurozone unemployment","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Eurozone unemployment hits record low a week before ECB rate decision","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Eurozone unemployment plunges to record low of 6.4% in April ","titleListing2":"Eurozone unemployment plunges to record low of 6.4% in April- find out more","leadin":"Falling unemployment could point to a brightening European outlook, with the Euro Area economic sentiment improving as well.","summary":"Falling unemployment could point to a brightening European outlook, with the Euro Area economic sentiment improving as well.","keySentence":"","url":"eurozone-unemployment-hits-record-low-a-week-before-ecb-rate-decision","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/05\/30\/eurozone-unemployment-hits-record-low-a-week-before-ecb-rate-decision","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Eurozone unemployment report for April 2024, which was released today, shows that it hit at a new record low of 6.4%, beating analyst estimates of 6.5%, according to Eurostat. This was a decrease from March\u2019s number, which was 6.5% as well. Unemployment in the euro area has remained stagnant at 6.5% for the five months up to March.\n\nThe number of people without a job fell by 100,000 from the previous month to 10.998 million. The unemployment rate for people under the age of 25 also dropped to 14.1% in April. This was down from 14.3% in the month prior.\n\nSpain still topped the unemployment rate list, at 11.7%, with France coming in second place with 7.3% of the population without jobs. Italy had an unemployment rate of 6.9%. On the other hand. Germany had the lowest unemployment rate, coming in at 3.2%.\n\nThe percentage of women without jobs in the EU in April 2024 was 6.3%, which was a slight decrease from 6.4% in March\u2019. On the other hand, the percentage of jobless men in April stayed the same as March at 5.7%.\n\nIn the euro area, the percentage of women without jobs was 6.7%, a fall from 6.9% in March, whereas for men, it was 6.1%, which was the same as March.\n\nThe Czech National Bank said in a report, \u201cThe recent decline in the unemployment rate to its current historical lows in the euro area is mainly due to a significant improvement in the situation in Greece and, in particular, in Spain, with its large population.\n\n\u201cTen years ago, unemployment stood at more than 25% in both these countries. Since then, however, unemployment in these countries has been steadily and significantly declining (except for a small break at the beginning of the COVID pandemic).\u201d\n\nCould falling unemployment point to a brighter European outlook?\n\nThis improving unemployment figure could be good news for Europe, which has been struggling with higher inflation and interest rates, as well as economic and geopolitical uncertainty from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and the resulting rising energy prices.\n\nIn May, the Euro Area\u2019s economic sentiment increased to 96 points, which was the most in the last four months, according to the European Commission. This was a smidge above April\u2019s 95.6, however, still missed analyst expectations of 96.2.\n\nService providers\u2019 sentiment rose to 6.5 in May from 6.1 in April, boosted by their expectations of future demand. Industrials\u2019 sentiment also rose slightly to -9.9 this month, from -10.4, in the previous month. Consumers were also less downbeat, with sentiment coming in at -14.3 in May from -14.7 in the previous month.\n\nEconomic sentiment amongst retailers stayed the same at -6.8, whereas for constructors, it dropped to -6, from -5.6.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Eurozone unemployment report for April 2024, which was released today, shows that it hit at a new record low of 6.4%, beating analyst estimates of 6.5%, according to Eurostat. This was a decrease from March\u2019s number, which was 6.5% as well. Unemployment in the euro area has remained stagnant at 6.5% for the five months up to March.<\/p>\n<p>The number of people without a job fell by 100,000 from the previous month to 10.998 million. The unemployment rate for people under the age of 25 also dropped to 14.1% in April. This was down from 14.3% in the month prior.<\/p>\n<p>Spain still topped the unemployment rate list, at 11.7%, with France coming in second place with 7.3% of the population without jobs. 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On the other hand, the percentage of jobless men in April stayed the same as March at 5.7%.<\/p>\n<p>In the euro area, the percentage of women without jobs was 6.7%, a fall from 6.9% in March, whereas for men, it was 6.1%, which was the same as March.<\/p>\n<p>The Czech National Bank said in a report, \u201cThe recent decline in the unemployment rate to its current historical lows in the euro area is mainly due to a significant improvement in the situation in Greece and, in particular, in Spain, with its large population.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8465908,8468518\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//05//30//battle-of-the-billionaires-arnault-loses-out-to-bezos-for-worlds-richest-man-title/">Battle of the billionaires: Arnault loses out to Bezos for world's richest man title<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//05//29//can-swiss-chocolate-giant-lindt-thrive-with-sky-high-cocoa-prices/">Can Swiss chocolate giant Lindt thrive with sky-high cocoa prices?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cTen years ago, unemployment stood at more than 25% in both these countries. 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southwestern Iceland erupted on Wednesday for the fifth time since December, spewing red lava that once again threatened the coastal town of Grindavik and led to the evacuation of the popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa.\n\nThe eruption began in the early afternoon after a series of earthquakes struck north of the town, which had already evacuated most of its 3,800 residents in December during the volcano's initial eruption.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Wednesday for the fifth time since December, spewing red lava that once again threatened the coastal town of Grindavik and led to the evacuation of the popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa.<\/p>\n<p>The eruption began in the early afternoon after a series of earthquakes struck north of the town, which had already evacuated most of its 3,800 residents in December during the volcano's initial 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However, deep rifts between the two main parties could affect the creation of the European Parliament's conservative coalition.","summary":"According to the Euronews Super Poll, Polish conservative forces are to win the European elections in the Eastern European country. However, deep rifts between the two main parties could affect the creation of the European Parliament's conservative coalition.","keySentence":"","url":"epp-ecr-conservative-coalition-project-could-break-down-in-poland","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/30\/epp-ecr-conservative-coalition-project-could-break-down-in-poland","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The deep rift between the right and the centre-right in Poland could hinder the making of an overarching EU conservative coalition despite overwhelming popular support for Polish conservatives, according to the Euronews Polls Centre's analysts.\n\nThe Euronews Superpoll examining odds ahead of the 6-9 June European elections predicts a neck-to-neck race between the nationalist right-wing Law and Justice or PiS party chaired by Jaros\u0142aw Kaczy\u0144ski and the moderate conservatives of Civic Coalition (Koalicja Obywatelska, KO), the current ruling party in Poland.\n\nAccording to the most recent projections, the ultra-conservative PiS has surpassed, for some few voting intentions, the EPP's affiliates' ruling coalition of Prime Minister Donald Tusk between early March and late May.\n\nSince March, the far-right and outspokenly anti-EU party, Konfederacja (non-attached), has lost some vote intentions that have apparently migrated to PiS, allowing this ultra-conservative force to undertake the pro-EU KO.\n\nAt the European Parliament, PiS remains a key member, along with the Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy, of the nationalist right-wing group European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), while PM Tusk's KO is one of the most important European People's Party (EPP) affiliates along with the German CDU and the Spanish PP.\n\nThe Polish political framework remains important in observing the dynamics, contradictions, and potential for crafting a wider ruling euro-conservative coalition between the EPP and the ECR, as hinted to by the political entente de facto sealed by the president of the European Commission, the German Ursula von der Leyen (EPP), and Meloni.\n\nThe figures are crystal clear: Poland, politically speaking, is steadily settled on the right side of the EU political spectrum. The sum of the conservative voting intentions reaches almost 80%. However, the political reality of the conservatives in this country is deeply divided.\n\nWhy is this the case?\n\nDiverging visions of the EU's principles and values are the primary source of tensions and antagonism between KO, PiS, and Konfederacja.\n\nThe power games among leaders are also a cause of the deep rift among Polish moderate and ultra-conservative forces.\n\nThey have a solid common ground based on patriotic values, a quite active anti-Russian approach to the Ukrainian war, and strong pro-US and pro-NATO sentiments.\n\nYet, despite their conservative roots and a huge convergence on defence and security matters, both PiS and KO\u00a0remain unlikely to band together in a potential coalition at the European Parliament level, Tomasz Kaniecki from the Euronews Polls Centre suggests.\n\n\"It's purely about tactics and mechanisms; on paper, the situation could look more or less the same, but these are parties that are in eternal conflict, a conflict on the basis of political values, respect of the rule of law, independence of the institutions, respect of their partners,\" Kaniecki said.\n\nThe left and the centre-left in Poland have been weak for years, meaning that the only real rivalry has occurred between moderate conservatives and ultra-conservatives in Poland.\n\nThe rule of law question has been a polarising factor between Poland's two main parties for almost a decade.\n\nKaczy\u0144ski's PiS party entered into open conflict with Brussels on issues such as the judiciary's independence when it ruled Poland.\n\nThe ultraconservative government staunchly opposed the migration policy of the bloc and the continent's values regarding women's rights and freedom of choice by pushing for restrictive national legislation on abortion.\n\nWhile often going head-to-head with Brussels, however, the ultra-conservatives are not against Poland being an EU member state.\n\nOn environmental issues, Poland and its ultra-conservative forces have acted as vocal critics of the EU's decarbonisation pledges.\n\n\"The ruling party will be, in theory, way more pro-renewable sources because they believe it's the right way to go. PiS would be deploying renewables at the same time, defending the coal industry,\" Kaniecki said.\n\nSimply put, it all boils down to rhetoric. In Poland, even the ultra-conservatives believe that Poland cannot turn its back on EU funds and the financial benefits of its Green Deal.\n\nPoland held a national election last October, followed by local elections in April. In both electoral races, the ultra-conservatives received more votes than their moderate rivals. \n\nBut last autumn, the centre-right became the ruling force only because the ultra-conservatives failed to form a coalition due to internal disagreements.\n\nThe issue of individual liberties and the personal rivalry between Tusk and Kaczy\u0144ski have been constant divisive factors between their respective parties. On paper, they are both uncompromising forces, Kaniecki explained.\n\n\"On any number of topics, both KO and PiS might be voting exactly the same, as well as on some specific regulation. But it will never happen in a formal coalition. And we go again to politics: they would never be together,\" concluded Kaniecki.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The deep rift between the right and the centre-right in Poland could hinder the making of an overarching EU conservative coalition despite overwhelming popular support for Polish conservatives, according to the Euronews Polls Centre's analysts.<\/p>\n<p>The Euronews Superpoll examining odds ahead of the 6-9 June European elections predicts a neck-to-neck race between the nationalist right-wing Law and Justice or PiS party chaired by Jaros\u0142aw Kaczy\u0144ski and the moderate conservatives of Civic Coalition (Koalicja Obywatelska, KO), the current ruling party in Poland.<\/p>\n<p>According to the most recent projections, the ultra-conservative PiS has surpassed, for some few voting intentions, the EPP's affiliates' ruling coalition of Prime Minister Donald Tusk between early March and late May.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-flourish widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart u-min-height-375\" data-src=\"visualisation\/18163931?92060\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Since March, the far-right and outspokenly anti-EU party, Konfederacja (non-attached), has lost some vote intentions that have apparently migrated to PiS, allowing this ultra-conservative force to undertake the pro-EU KO.<\/p>\n<p>At the European Parliament, PiS remains a key member, along with the Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni's <em>Brothers of Italy,<\/em> of the nationalist right-wing group European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), while PM Tusk's KO is one of the most important European People's Party (EPP) affiliates along with the German CDU and the Spanish PP.*<\/p>\n<p>The Polish political framework remains important in observing the dynamics, contradictions, and potential for crafting a wider ruling euro-conservative coalition between the EPP and the ECR, as hinted to by the political entente de facto sealed by the president of the European Commission, the German Ursula von der Leyen (EPP), and Meloni.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-flourish widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart u-min-height-375\" data-src=\"visualisation\/18163374?92060\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The figures are crystal clear: Poland, politically speaking, is steadily settled on the right side of the EU political spectrum. The sum of the conservative voting intentions reaches almost 80%. However, the political reality of the conservatives in this country is deeply divided.<\/p>\n<h2>Why is this the case?<\/h2><p>Diverging visions of the EU's principles and values are the primary source of tensions and antagonism between KO, PiS, and Konfederacja.<\/p>\n<p>The power games among leaders are also a cause of the deep rift among Polish moderate and ultra-conservative forces.<\/p>\n<p>They have a solid common ground based on patriotic values, a quite active anti-Russian approach to the Ukrainian war, and strong pro-US and pro-NATO sentiments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//69//22//808x539_cmsv2_085326a8-c277-5390-b64f-42c0196de97c-8466922.jpg/" alt=\"Members of the new voluntary Territorial Defense Troops march with Poland&apos;s national flags\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/69\/22\/384x256_cmsv2_085326a8-c277-5390-b64f-42c0196de97c-8466922.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/69\/22\/640x427_cmsv2_085326a8-c277-5390-b64f-42c0196de97c-8466922.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/69\/22\/750x500_cmsv2_085326a8-c277-5390-b64f-42c0196de97c-8466922.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/69\/22\/828x552_cmsv2_085326a8-c277-5390-b64f-42c0196de97c-8466922.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/69\/22\/1080x720_cmsv2_085326a8-c277-5390-b64f-42c0196de97c-8466922.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/69\/22\/1200x800_cmsv2_085326a8-c277-5390-b64f-42c0196de97c-8466922.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/69\/22\/1920x1281_cmsv2_085326a8-c277-5390-b64f-42c0196de97c-8466922.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Members of the new voluntary Territorial Defense Troops march with Poland&apos;s national flags<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Czarek Sokolowski\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Yet, despite their conservative roots and a huge convergence on defence and security matters, both PiS and KO\u00a0remain unlikely to band together in a potential coalition at the European Parliament level, Tomasz Kaniecki from the Euronews Polls Centre suggests.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's purely about tactics and mechanisms; on paper, the situation could look more or less the same, but these are parties that are in eternal conflict, a conflict on the basis of political values, respect of the rule of law, independence of the institutions, respect of their partners,\" Kaniecki said.<\/p>\n<p>The left and the centre-left in Poland have been weak for years, meaning that the only real rivalry has occurred between moderate conservatives and ultra-conservatives in Poland.<\/p>\n<p>The rule of law question has been a polarising factor between Poland's two main parties for almost a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Kaczy\u0144ski's PiS party entered into open conflict with Brussels on issues such as the judiciary's independence when it ruled Poland.<\/p>\n<p>The ultraconservative government staunchly opposed the migration policy of the bloc and the continent's values regarding women's rights and freedom of choice by pushing for restrictive national legislation on abortion.<\/p>\n<p>While often going head-to-head with Brussels, however, the ultra-conservatives are not against Poland being an EU member state.<\/p>\n<p>On environmental issues, Poland and its ultra-conservative forces have acted as vocal critics of the EU's decarbonisation pledges.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8465816,8466628\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//05//29//poland-exits-article-7-the-eus-special-procedure-on-rule-of-law/">Poland exits Article 7, the EU's special procedure on rule of law<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//29//polands-leader-says-the-border-with-belarus-will-be-further-fortified-after-a-soldier-is-s/">Poland to further fortify Belarus border after soldier stabbed, PM Tusk says<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"The ruling party will be, in theory, way more pro-renewable sources because they believe it's the right way to go. PiS would be deploying renewables at the same time, defending the coal industry,\" Kaniecki said.<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, it all boils down to rhetoric. In Poland, even the ultra-conservatives believe that Poland cannot turn its back on EU funds and the financial benefits of its Green Deal.<\/p>\n<p>Poland held a national election last October, followed by local elections in April. In both electoral races, the ultra-conservatives received more votes than their moderate rivals. <\/p>\n<p>But last autumn, the centre-right became the ruling force only because the ultra-conservatives failed to form a coalition due to internal disagreements.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of individual liberties and the personal rivalry between Tusk and Kaczy\u0144ski have been constant divisive factors between their respective parties. On paper, they are both uncompromising forces, Kaniecki explained.<\/p>\n<p>\"On any number of topics, both KO and PiS might be voting exactly the same, as well as on some specific regulation. But it will never happen in a formal coalition. And we go again to politics: they would never be together,\" concluded Kaniecki.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716990147,"updatedAt":1717075265,"publishedAt":1717069103,"firstPublishedAt":1717069107,"lastPublishedAt":1717069103,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/69\/22\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_86ee9ca3-f40f-5df7-b5a7-b2a0d221472c-8466922.jpg","altText":"Thousands of Poles with pro-European banners march to celebrate Poland's 15 years in the EU","caption":"Thousands of Poles with pro-European banners march to celebrate Poland's 15 years in the EU","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Czarek Sokolowski\/Copyright 2019 The AP. 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Iliad earnings","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Telecoms firm Iliad records strong results driven by French market","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Telecoms firm Iliad records strong results driven by French market","titleListing2":"\nIliad reported on Thursday a 56.2% rise in profits for the three months to the end of March, which came in at \u20ac93 million.","leadin":"The company, which also operates in Italy and Poland, saw its most dramatic quarterly revenue increase in France in nearly 10 years.","summary":"The company, which also operates in Italy and Poland, saw its most dramatic quarterly revenue increase in France in nearly 10 years.","keySentence":"","url":"telecoms-firm-iliad-records-strong-results-driven-by-french-market","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/05\/30\/telecoms-firm-iliad-records-strong-results-driven-by-french-market","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"In results released today, Iliad reported a 56.2% rise in profits for the three months to the end of March, which came in at \u20ac93 million.\n\nEBITDAaL, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation after leases, was recorded at \u20ac878 million euros, a jump of 12.2%.\n\nUnderlying these strong profit figures, meanwhile, were robust revenues, which rose 11.2% over the quarter to \u20ac2.43 billion.\n\nLooking forward, Iliad also confirmed its \u20ac10 billion revenue target for 2024 and added that it hopes to become Europe's fifth-largest mobile operator this year.\n\n\"The first quarter of 2024 marked a very good start to the year for the Iliad Group. We delivered not only in terms of sales performance, by continuing to win market share, but also in terms of operating performance, by tightly controlling our costs,\" said Thomas Reynaud, Iliad's Chief Executive Officer\n\nIliad is \"radically changing scale\", Reynaud also noted, with investments in new technologies including AI, cloud and data centres.\n\nThe telecoms firm which is based in France, operates in Italy and Poland - as well as on home soil.\n\nPerformance in France largely drove the recent earnings boost, as national operations recorded their strongest quarterly revenue growth in nearly 10 years, up 10%.\n\nRevenues in Poland increased by 13.8% and Italy\u2019s growth was at 12.8%.\n\nFree, Iliad's French brand, racked up 212,000 new mobile subscribers in the last quarter, while in Italy, the group gained 276,000 subscribers via its Iliad Italia brand.\n\nIn Poland, Iliad's Play attracted 73,000 net new mobile customers.\n\nThe French telecoms firm went private in 2021 after founder Xavier Niel bought remaining shares.\n\nIt more recently secured a 19.8% stake in Swedish telecoms operator Tele2.\n\nThe company was less successful when it set its eyes on Vodafone Italia and proposed a merger with its own Italian firm.\n\nVodafone rejected the proposal in January and instead sold its Italian business to Swisscom for \u20ac8 billion in cash.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>In results released today, Iliad reported a 56.2% rise in profits for the three months to the end of March, which came in at \u20ac93 million.<\/p>\n<p>EBITDAaL, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation after leases, was recorded at \u20ac878 million euros, a jump of 12.2%.<\/p>\n<p>Underlying these strong profit figures, meanwhile, were robust revenues, which rose 11.2% over the quarter to \u20ac2.43 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward, Iliad also confirmed its \u20ac10 billion revenue target for 2024 and added that it hopes to become Europe's fifth-largest mobile operator this year.<\/p>\n<p>\"The first quarter of 2024 marked a very good start to the year for the Iliad Group. We delivered not only in terms of sales performance, by continuing to win market share, but also in terms of operating performance, by tightly controlling our costs,\" said Thomas Reynaud, Iliad's Chief Executive Officer<\/p>\n<p>Iliad is \"radically changing scale\", Reynaud also noted, with investments in new technologies including AI, cloud and data centres.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8308802,8272278\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//02//28//vodafone-in-discussions-to-sell-italian-arm-to-swisscom/">Vodafone in discussions to sell Italian arm to Swisscom<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//03//15//vodafone-to-sell-italian-arm-to-swisscom-in-8-billion-deal/">Vodafone to sell Italian arm to Swisscom in \u20ac8 billion deal<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The telecoms firm which is based in France, operates in Italy and Poland - as well as on home soil.<\/p>\n<p>Performance in France largely drove the recent earnings boost, as national operations recorded their strongest quarterly revenue growth in nearly 10 years, up 10%.<\/p>\n<p>Revenues in Poland increased by 13.8% and Italy\u2019s growth was at 12.8%.<\/p>\n<p>Free, Iliad's French brand, racked up 212,000 new mobile subscribers in the last quarter, while in Italy, the group gained 276,000 subscribers via its Iliad Italia brand.<\/p>\n<p>In Poland, Iliad's Play attracted 73,000 net new mobile customers.<\/p>\n<p>The French telecoms firm went private in 2021 after founder Xavier Niel bought remaining shares.<\/p>\n<p>It more recently secured a 19.8% stake in Swedish telecoms operator Tele2.<\/p>\n<p>The company was less successful when it set its eyes on Vodafone Italia and proposed a merger with its own Italian firm.<\/p>\n<p>Vodafone rejected the proposal in January and instead sold its Italian business to Swisscom for \u20ac8 billion in cash.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1717061546,"updatedAt":1717063528,"publishedAt":1717063372,"firstPublishedAt":1717063377,"lastPublishedAt":1717063372,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Christophe Ena\/Copyright 2018 The AP. 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","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Who will be next NATO secretary general? ","titleListing2":"Who will be next NATO secretary general? ","leadin":"Euronews examines contenders and challenges for the top military post \u2013 with Mark Rutte\u2019s coronation still not guaranteed.","summary":"Euronews examines contenders and challenges for the top military post \u2013 with Mark Rutte\u2019s coronation still not guaranteed.","keySentence":"","url":"who-will-be-next-nato-secretary-general","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/2024\/05\/30\/who-will-be-next-nato-secretary-general","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Foreign ministers from NATO countries are gathering in Prague, Czechia, today and tomorrow (30-31 May).\u00a0\n\nOver them looms the major\u00a0decision of who should lead the transatlantic alliance in the coming years. \u00a0\n\nNorway\u2019s Jens Stoltenberg, who took office in 2014, has already seen his term extended four times, and is due to step down on 1 October.\u00a0\n\nAllies have nearly converged on a choice, but there are still obstacles in the way.\u00a0\n\nTheir decision comes at a key time for the transatlantic military alliance, as it faces up to the threat of an increasingly belligerent Russia and a second Trump presidency. \u00a0\n\nHow does NATO select its Secretary General?\u00a0\u00a0\n\nThe Secretary General is NATO\u2019s top civil servant, selected by consensus of the military pact\u2019s members.\u00a0\n\nHe \u2013 and historically it always has been a man \u2013 chairs NATO\u2019s major committees, acts as spokesperson and recruits international staff. \u00a0\n\nIn practice selection for the role takes place via informal diplomatic channels \u2013 but finding a candidate amenable to all 32 allies isn\u2019t easy.\u00a0\n\nBy longstanding tradition that\u2019s now more or less formalised, the job is held by a European senior political figure, and the usual term length is four years.\u00a0\n\nWho are the candidates?\u00a0\n\nOne candidate is leading the field by far \u2013 Mark Rutte, who\u2019s been Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 2010.\u00a0\n\nHis candidacy has so far gained support from 29 of the defence alliance\u2019s 32 members, including the most influential, the US.\u00a0\n\nRutte will likely halt his day job pretty soon. After months of post-election talks among four coalition partners, former spy chief Dirk Schoof seems set to be named as the next Dutch Prime Minister \u2013 meaning Rutte could step down within weeks.\u00a0\n\nAs leader of the liberal VVD party, Rutte has successfully managed a series of tricky coalitions in the highly fractured world of Dutch politics \u2013 though VVD\u2019s latest decision to ally with Geert Wilder\u2019s far-right PVV is stoking controversy.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nBut he\u2019s not the only candidate out there. Romanian President Klaus Iohannis still has his name in the ring after putting himself forward in March \u2013 though he has far fewer backers than Rutte.\n\nOther potential nominees, including Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas\u00a0and the UK\u2019s then-Defence Minister Ben Wallace, have now counted themselves out of the race, and both now support Rutte.\n\nGoldilocks and the bear\n\nRutte\u2019s appointment would follow something of a trend for NATO leaders, of whom the previous three were from Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands, whose foreign minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer took up the post in 2004.\n\nWhile that may lead to protests from elsewhere in Europe, Rutte\u2019s northern European pedigree\u00a0may count in his favour.\n\nSome have worried that naming a NATO head who\u2019s too anti-Russian could further escalate tensions \u2013 a factor that may have counted against the likes of Kallas.\n\nRutte is pro-Ukraine. A decade ago, he favoured the EU signing an Association Agreement with its eastern ally, though the PVV successfully campaigned against it in a 2016 referendum that saw 61% of Dutch voters reject ratification.\n\nBut, neither too dovish nor hawkish, Rutte seems the Goldilocks candidate \u2013 in line with NATO consensus, but without risking provocation of the Russian bear.\n\nWhat are the remaining hurdles?\u00a0\u00a0\n\nWhile Rutte appears the favourite, there are also three significant holdouts still to be convinced \u2013 including Iohannis himself.\n\nAmong them is Hungary, whose far-right leader Viktor Orb\u00e1n has repeatedly vetoed EU aid for Ukraine and sanctions on Russia, and which views the West as stoking war.\n\nJust a few days ago, Hungarian foreign minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 confirmed he wouldn\u2019t support Rutte, favouring the eastern candidate.\n\nIt\u2019s also not clear how or when the third sceptic, Robert Fico, might get behind Rutte. The Slovakian Prime Minister suffered life-threatening injuries in a politically motivated attack in mid-May, and is currently recuperating in hospital. \u00a0\n\nWhat happens now?\u00a0\n\nThe Prague gathering may prove too politically junior to resolve the impasse. Hopes are more focused on a NATO Summit due to take place in Washington, DC in July, following a defence ministers\u2019 meeting in mid-June.\u00a0\n\nPushing a decision until after 9 June European elections makes it likely to get caught up in a wider series of EU top jobs decisions on the leadership of other Brussels institutions. \u00a0\n\nIohannis himself is sometimes tipped to lead the European Commission \u2013 though that job seems more likely to go to the incumbent, Germany\u2019s Ursula von der Leyen. \u00a0\n\nEqually, Kallas may be Estonia\u2019s pick for EU commissioner, or even end up heading the bloc\u2019s diplomatic service.\u00a0\n\nAs such, side-deals struck in EU summits due on 17 and 27 June may help unblock NATO\u2019s quandary. \u00a0\n\nAll eyes will be on US elections due in November, with some fearing the result might undermine the transatlantic alliance\u00a0entirely.\u00a0\n\nRepublican candidate Donald Trump has urged allies to reach agreed targets for military spending, and even called on Russia to attack those who don\u2019t.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Foreign ministers from NATO countries are gathering in Prague, Czechia, today and tomorrow (30-31 May).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Over them looms the major\u00a0decision of who should lead the transatlantic alliance in the coming years. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Norway\u2019s Jens Stoltenberg, who took office in 2014, has already seen his term extended four times, and is due to step down on 1 October.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Allies have nearly converged on a choice, but there are still obstacles in the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their decision comes at a key time for the transatlantic military alliance, as it faces up to the threat of an increasingly belligerent Russia and a second Trump presidency. \u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How does NATO select its Secretary General?<\/strong><\/h2><p>The Secretary General is NATO\u2019s top civil servant, selected by consensus of the military pact\u2019s members.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He \u2013 and historically it always has been a man \u2013 chairs NATO\u2019s major committees, acts as spokesperson and recruits international staff. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In practice selection for the role takes place via informal diplomatic channels \u2013 but finding a candidate amenable to all 32 allies isn\u2019t easy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By longstanding tradition that\u2019s now more or less formalised, the job is held by a European senior political figure, and the usual term length is four years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who are the candidates?<\/strong><\/h2><p>One candidate is leading the field by far \u2013 Mark Rutte, who\u2019s been Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 2010.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His candidacy has so far gained support from 29 of the defence alliance\u2019s 32 members, including the most influential, the US.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rutte will likely halt his day job pretty soon. After months of post-election talks among four coalition partners, former spy chief Dirk Schoof seems set to be named as the next Dutch Prime Minister \u2013 meaning Rutte could step down within weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As leader of the liberal VVD party, Rutte has successfully managed a series of tricky coalitions in the highly fractured world of Dutch politics \u2013 though VVD\u2019s latest decision to ally with Geert Wilder\u2019s far-right PVV is stoking controversy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But he\u2019s not the only candidate out there. Romanian President Klaus Iohannis still has his name in the ring after putting himself forward in March \u2013 though he has far fewer backers than Rutte.<\/p>\n<p>Other potential nominees, including Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas\u00a0and the UK\u2019s then-Defence Minister Ben Wallace, have now counted themselves out of the race, and both now support Rutte.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Goldilocks and the bear<\/strong><\/h2><p>Rutte\u2019s appointment would follow something of a trend for NATO leaders, of whom the previous three were from Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands, whose foreign minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer took up the post in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>While that may lead to protests from elsewhere in Europe, Rutte\u2019s northern European pedigree\u00a0may count in his favour.<\/p>\n<p>Some have worried that naming a NATO head who\u2019s too anti-Russian could further escalate tensions \u2013 a factor that may have counted against the likes of Kallas.<\/p>\n<p>Rutte is pro-Ukraine. A decade ago, he favoured the EU signing an Association Agreement with its eastern ally, though the PVV successfully campaigned against it in a 2016 referendum that saw 61% of Dutch voters reject ratification.<\/p>\n<p>But, neither too dovish nor hawkish, Rutte seems the Goldilocks candidate \u2013 in line with NATO consensus, but without risking provocation of the Russian bear.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the remaining hurdles?<\/strong><\/h2><p>While Rutte appears the favourite, there are also three significant holdouts still to be convinced \u2013 including Iohannis himself.<\/p>\n<p>Among them is Hungary, whose far-right leader Viktor Orb\u00e1n has repeatedly vetoed EU aid for Ukraine and sanctions on Russia, and which views the West as stoking war.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few days ago, Hungarian foreign minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 confirmed he wouldn\u2019t support Rutte, favouring the eastern candidate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1795166029384982962\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s also not clear how or when the third sceptic, Robert Fico, might get behind Rutte. The Slovakian Prime Minister suffered life-threatening injuries in a politically motivated attack in mid-May, and is currently recuperating in hospital. \u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What happens now?<\/strong><\/h2><p>The Prague gathering may prove too politically junior to resolve the impasse. 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It passed by a vote of 177-172 in the lower house with the conservative Popular Party and far-right Vox opposing it.\n\nThe amnesty could benefit former Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont, a fugitive from Spanish law in Belgium after fleeing his country following the failed breakaway bid that he led.\n\nIt should also help hundreds more people, including former government officials in Barcelona, average citizens who participated in the secession attempt or protests, and some police officers involved in the crackdown on an illegal independence referendum held by Puigdemont's government.\n\nHowever, the law does not immediately clear up the legal mess in which the separatists are embroiled.\n\nIt will likely face legal challenges and will be reviewed by higher courts. It also must be applied by courts on a case-by-case basis.\n\nSome experts question its constitutionality since they say it would create inequality between Spanish citizens by favouring some over others.\n\nHold together\n\nSince taking power in 2018, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez has focused on reducing tensions in northeast Catalonia. He argues that the amnesty is key to culminating that process.\n\nBut the amnesty was also a political necessity for S\u00e1nchez, who agreed to the act of pardon when he needed the support of the separatist lawmakers in Madrid to form a new national government in November.\n\nThe parliament's lower house initially approved it in March. The Senate, where right-wing parties hold a majority, rejected it earlier this month, but the lower house can push it through regardless.\n\nWhile the amnesty is popular in Catalonia, even among many unionists, the Popular Party and Vox have led protests against it in Madrid and other cities nationwide. 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It passed by a vote of 177-172 in the lower house with the conservative Popular Party and far-right Vox opposing it.<\/p>\n<p>The amnesty could benefit former Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont, a fugitive from Spanish law in Belgium after fleeing his country following the failed breakaway bid that he led.<\/p>\n<p>It should also help hundreds more people, including former government officials in Barcelona, average citizens who participated in the secession attempt or protests, and some police officers involved in the crackdown on an illegal independence referendum held by Puigdemont's government.<\/p>\n<p>However, the law does not immediately clear up the legal mess in which the separatists are embroiled.<\/p>\n<p>It will likely face legal challenges and will be reviewed by higher courts. 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EU ELEX FAR RIGHT","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"AfD fears losing voters over latest Russia and China spy scandals","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"AfD fears losing voters over latest Russia and China spy scandals","titleListing2":"AfD fears losing voters over latest Russia and China spy scandals","leadin":"Recent investigations linking top AfD members to Beijing and Moscow have rattled the far-right party voting base in the run-up to the European elections in June, causing doubts about their dedication to the patriotic cause \u2014 one of their main talking points.","summary":"Recent investigations linking top AfD members to Beijing and Moscow have rattled the far-right party voting base in the run-up to the European elections in June, causing doubts about their dedication to the patriotic cause \u2014 one of their main talking points.","keySentence":"","url":"afd-fears-voters-losing-patience-over-latest-russia-and-china-spy-scandals","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/05\/30\/afd-fears-voters-losing-patience-over-latest-russia-and-china-spy-scandals","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A series of scandals and spying allegations are jeopardising the election campaign of Germany's AfD party, despite expectations that it will be crowned as the far right's driving force in the next European Parliament.\n\nThe AfD's hopes of big gains, driven by its self-projected image of being the only true German patriots, have been all but dashed after the party suffered a series of blows to its legitimacy, including\u00a0allegations of spying for China.\n\nLast month, an assistant to Maximilian Krah, AfD's top candidate in the European elections, was arrested on suspicion of spying for Beijing, and the duo's Parliament offices were searched.\n\nThe aide, named as Jian G, was an \u201cemployee of a Chinese secret service,\" authorities in Berlin said. German media have alleged Krah has personal ties to China as well as Russia.\n\nMeanwhile, Petr Bystron, the second name on the party's list, is facing an investigation after denying allegations that he may have received money from a pro-Russian network.\n\nThen, AfD's troubles continued on Wednesday when Krah's former parliamentary assistant\u00a0Guillaume Pradoura had his home and offices searched as part of Belgian authorities' sprawling \"Russiagate\" probe into MEPs and their aides who were allegedly part of a Kremlin disinformation network in Europe.\n\nThe long line of scandals has rattled their voting base, causing doubts about their dedication to the patriotic cause, experts say.\n\n\u201cIn this election campaign, a central narrative of the AfD has been shaken, namely that it is the only patriotic force in Germany,\" said Johannes Hillje, a Berlin-based political consultant.\n\n\"But if it makes propaganda for Russia, if it has a spy from China in its own ranks, then that is anything but patriotic \u2014 it is actually a betrayal of its own fatherland in their own words,\" he added.\n\n\"Therefore, it already has to put up with this accusation as to whether it is actually a force that stands up for Germany or for foreign interests.\u201d\n\nThe AfD banned Krah from making campaign appearances after he told an Italian newspaper that \"not all members\" of the infamous Nazi SS unit, heavily involved in major war crimes during World War II, including the Holocaust, were war criminals.\n\nPreventing Krah from further damaging AfD's image wasn't enough to stop the hard-right Identity and Democracy (ID) group in the European Parliament from removing the German party from their bloc.\n\nOther scandals, including party co-leader Bjoern Hoecke's trial over using a Nazi slogan and massive protests against AfD in February for their involvement in a secret plan to deport tens of thousands, including naturalised German citizens, have further hurt the party's legitimacy.\n\nBut despite all that, AfD party co-leader Alice Weidel is out to convince voters in current AfD election campaigns that they are to the cause\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and that the party's supporters should remain loyal as well.\n\n\u201cWe are a patriotic party for our country, we are a patriotic party for Germany,\u201d she shouted at a campaign in Marl last weekend.\n\nRace for wavering voters continues\n\nAfD's core voters won't be put off by recent news, but those who are still undecided on who to cast their ballot for could still be swayed away from the far-right party in the wake of these scandals.\n\nEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recently argued against voting for AfD, underlining their links to Russia and China.\n\n\u201cWe have seen AfD politicians and lead candidates from AfD in Germany in the pockets of Russia,\" she said in Copenhagen earlier in May.\n\n\"They are selling their soul on Russian propaganda outlets and videos, a close collaborator of a far right politician was even arrested, accused of spying for China and giving information from the European parliament,\" von der Leyen added.\n\n\"The aim of all this is to divide our societies from within and it is this deeper impact on society which I\u2019m most concerned about,\" she stressed.\n\nThe European elections are taking place not only in the context of an economic crisis but also a government crisis. The German executive remains divided and bickering about several issues, including the next budget, and currently holds very poor approval ratings.\n\n\u201cThis means that voters could also use the European elections to teach the government a lesson because of their dissatisfaction with the government, to show that they are not happy with the policies at national level,\" Hillje says.\n\n\"European elections are often used for this purpose, not so much to vote on European issues and positions, but to give the national government a lesson. And that is a likely scenario in this European election in Germany.\u201d\n\nThe AfD still looks set to make gains from the 11% of the vote it took in the 2019 European election, though perhaps not as many as it had hoped for.\n\nSome 60.9 million German citizens are eligible to vote, along with 4.1 million residents from other EU countries who can decide whether to vote in Germany or their country of origin.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A series of scandals and spying allegations are jeopardising the election campaign of Germany's AfD party, despite expectations that it will be crowned as the far right's driving force in the next European Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The AfD's hopes of big gains, driven by its self-projected image of being the only true German patriots, have been all but dashed after the party suffered a series of blows to its legitimacy, including\u00a0allegations of spying for China.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, an assistant to Maximilian Krah, AfD's top candidate in the European elections, was arrested on suspicion of spying for Beijing, and the duo's Parliament offices were searched.<\/p>\n<p>The aide, named as Jian G, was an \u201cemployee of a Chinese secret service,\" authorities in Berlin said. German media have alleged Krah has personal ties to China as well as Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Petr Bystron, the second name on the party's list, is facing an investigation after denying allegations that he may have received money from a pro-Russian network.<\/p>\n<p>Then, AfD's troubles continued on Wednesday when Krah's former parliamentary assistant\u00a0Guillaume Pradoura had his home and offices searched as part of Belgian authorities' sprawling \"Russiagate\" probe into MEPs and their aides who were allegedly part of a Kremlin disinformation network in Europe.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8466006,8391950\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//04//23//after-russiagate-meps-rush-to-denounce-emerging-chinagate/">After Russiagate, MEPs rush to denounce emerging Chinagate<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//05//29//russian-influence-probe-police-search-eu-parliament-offices-and-staffer-home/">Russian influence probe: Police search offices and home of Dutch MEP's aide<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The long line of scandals has rattled their voting base, causing doubts about their dedication to the patriotic cause, experts say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this election campaign, a central narrative of the AfD has been shaken, namely that it is the only patriotic force in Germany,\" said Johannes Hillje, a Berlin-based political consultant.<\/p>\n<p>\"But if it makes propaganda for Russia, if it has a spy from China in its own ranks, then that is anything but patriotic \u2014 it is actually a betrayal of its own fatherland in their own words,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>\"Therefore, it already has to put up with this accusation as to whether it is actually a force that stands up for Germany or for foreign interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6640625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//81//10//808x535_cmsv2_5a8d9d8c-345d-5167-ae6a-3ba1730ae1e7-8468110.jpg/" alt=\"German far-right politician of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Bjoern Hoecke, centre, attends his trial in the state court in Halle, 18 April 2024\" 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(max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">German far-right politician of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Bjoern Hoecke, centre, attends his trial in the state court in Halle, 18 April 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Fabrizio Bensch\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The AfD banned Krah from making campaign appearances after he told an Italian newspaper that \"not all members\" of the infamous Nazi SS unit, heavily involved in major war crimes during World War II, including the Holocaust, were war criminals.<\/p>\n<p>Preventing Krah from further damaging AfD's image wasn't enough to stop the hard-right Identity and Democracy (ID) group in the European Parliament from removing the German party from their bloc.<\/p>\n<p>Other scandals, including party co-leader Bjoern Hoecke's trial over using a Nazi slogan and massive protests against AfD in February for their involvement in a secret plan to deport tens of thousands, including naturalised German citizens, have further hurt the party's legitimacy.<\/p>\n<p>But despite all that, AfD party co-leader Alice Weidel is out to convince voters in current AfD election campaigns that they are to the cause\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and that the party's supporters should remain loyal as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are a patriotic party for our country, we are a patriotic party for Germany,\u201d she shouted at a campaign in Marl last weekend.<\/p>\n<h2>Race for wavering voters continues<\/h2><p>AfD's core voters won't be put off by recent news, but those who are still undecided on who to cast their ballot for could still be swayed away from the far-right party in the wake of these scandals.<\/p>\n<p>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recently argued against voting for AfD, underlining their links to Russia and China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen AfD politicians and lead candidates from AfD in Germany in the pockets of Russia,\" she said in Copenhagen earlier in May.<\/p>\n<p>\"They are selling their soul on Russian propaganda outlets and videos, a close collaborator of a far right politician was even arrested, accused of spying for China and giving information from the European parliament,\" von der Leyen added.<\/p>\n<p>\"The aim of all this is to divide our societies from within and it is this deeper impact on society which I\u2019m most concerned about,\" she stressed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" 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The German executive remains divided and bickering about several issues, including the next budget, and currently holds very poor approval ratings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means that voters could also use the European elections to teach the government a lesson because of their dissatisfaction with the government, to show that they are not happy with the policies at national level,\" Hillje says.<\/p>\n<p>\"European elections are often used for this purpose, not so much to vote on European issues and positions, but to give the national government a lesson. And that is a likely scenario in this European election in Germany.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8463314,8462516\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//05//28//why-is-german-youth-so-easily-seduced-by-afds-ideas/">Why are German young people so easily seduced by AfD's ideas?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//28//far-right-afd-makes-gains-but-fails-to-win-outright-in-local-elections/">Far-right AfD makes gains but fails to win outright in local elections<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The AfD still looks set 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Some\u00a0\u20ac277\u00a0million of that was earmarked for energy security.\n\nMoldova, with about 2.5 million people, used to be entirely dependent on Russia for its natural gas supplies. It faced an acute energy crisis after Moscow dramatically reduced supplies in the winter of 2022. \n\nMoldova's energy woes worsened that year after it suffered temporary blackouts because its Soviet-era energy systems remained connected with Ukraine's, which were being hit hard by Russia's military.\n\nSandu thanked the US on Wednesday for its financial support, which she said has helped Moldova broaden its energy sources and bolster its economy.\n\n\u201cWe managed to strengthen our energy security from a total dependence on the Russian power resources,\u201d she said. \u201cToday, we source natural gas from several sources including the ones of the United States.\u201d\n\nMoldova has repeatedly accused Russia of conducting a \u201chybrid war\u201d against the country, meddling in local elections and running vast disinformation campaigns to try to topple the government and derail its path toward joining the EU.\n\n\u201cRussia is trying to undermine Moldova, undermine its democratic institutions, undermining its ability to make decisions about its own future using a whole variety of hybrid means,\u201d Blinken said. \n\n\u201cI think Moldova has done a remarkable job in countering many of those attacks.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>US secretary of state Antony Blinken pledged \u20ac124 million in aid to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//tag//moldova/">Moldova for energy security and to counter Russian disinformation on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken opened a short visit to eastern Europe with a stop in Chisinau, Moldova's capital, where he announced the assistance at a news conference with president Maia Sandu.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//tag//usa/">America's top diplomat said \u20ac78 million would go to bolster energy infrastructure and \u20ac46 million was aimed at overhauling the energy and farming industries and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//03//12//moldova-protests-russian-voting-stations-in-transnistria/">deterring disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat in turn will bolster the ability of Moldovans to resist Russian interference, to hold free and fair elections, to continue down the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//03//12//draft-framework-for-ukraine-moldovas-accession-talks-ready-says-eu-commission/">path to the European Union and Western integration, to create more economic opportunity,\u201d Blinken said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the other things that\u2019s so important is sharing information about disinformation and misinformation, which is one of the most potent hybrid tools that Russia uses \u2014 and that\u2019s something that we are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1795831060426862815\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Before Wednesday's announced aid, the US had provided Moldova with\u00a0\u20ac716\u00a0million in financial aid since the Ukraine war began in February 2022. 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It faced an acute energy crisis after Moscow dramatically reduced supplies in the winter of 2022. <\/p>\n<p>Moldova's energy woes worsened that year after it suffered temporary blackouts because its Soviet-era energy systems remained connected with Ukraine's, which were being hit hard by Russia's military.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1795968187718140262\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sandu thanked the US on Wednesday for its financial support, which she said has helped Moldova broaden its energy sources and bolster its economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe managed to strengthen our energy security from a total <a 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Here\u2019s why<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//04//05//eus-most-threatening-criminal-networks-enter-legal-economy/">EU's most threatening criminal networks enter legal economy<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cLaw enforcement authorities have managed to deal a significant blow to the cybercrime scene,\u201d Martina Link, vice president of Germany\u2019s Federal Criminal Police Office, said in a statement. \u201cThanks to intensive, international cooperation, six of the largest malware families were rendered harmless,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 law enforcement officers from Denmark, France, Germany and the United States coordinated hundreds of officers on the ground as well as several virtual command posts with Armenia, French, Portuguese and Ukrainian officers in the field.<\/p>\n<p>Laura Beccuau, France\u2019s public prosecutor, said in a statement that these types of malware attacks \u201cnumber in the hundreds every year,\u201d and are committed often against private companies, individuals and public buildings, like hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>From 2022 to 2023, the number of cyberattacks in France increased by 30 per cent, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Europol defines malware droppers, the type of technology seized in this operation, as a type of malicious software that lets cybercriminals bypass security measures on any device and lets them secretly install viruses, ransomware or spyware in its place.<\/p>\n<p>Droppers are also assigned to avoid being detected by security software by changing their code or impersonating legitimate software processes.<\/p>\n<p>Europol said the operation is not yet over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuspects involved in these and other botnets who have not yet been arrested, will be directly called to account for their actions,\u201d the law enforcement agency said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1717054974,"updatedAt":1717059335,"publishedAt":1717059331,"firstPublishedAt":1717059335,"lastPublishedAt":1717059331,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/83\/82\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_722268b4-d878-52ff-933f-5b828ded6ff0-8468382.jpg","altText":"A person's hand rests on an illuminated keyboard.","caption":"A person's hand rests on an illuminated keyboard.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Ted S. 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expert","titleListing2":"Belgium\u2019s far-right spends big on Meta ahead of EU elections, expert finds","leadin":"Vlaams Belang on the far right and Belgium\u2019s Workers Party on the far left are the biggest political advertising spenders in that country\u2019s social media campaign ahead of the European elections.","summary":"Vlaams Belang on the far right and Belgium\u2019s Workers Party on the far left are the biggest political advertising spenders in that country\u2019s social media campaign ahead of the European elections.","keySentence":"","url":"belgiums-far-right-spends-big-on-meta-ahead-of-eu-elections-expert-finds","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2024\/05\/30\/belgiums-far-right-spends-big-on-meta-ahead-of-eu-elections-expert-finds","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The account of Vlaams Belang, Belgium\u2019s Flemish nationalist party, posted an advertisement on April 26 with a video of young people fighting at a Geel bus stop. \n\n\u201cHave you also had enough of the \u2018enrichment\u2019 of the multicultural society?\u201d the caption reads in Dutch. \u201cOnly Vlaams Belang is talking about this\u2026and will restore law and order!\u201d \n\nFor between \u20ac600 to \u20ac800, Vlaams Belang got up to 125,000 Facebook impressions and 60,000 on Instagram from this ad, largely from their intended audience of 18 to 34-year-olds in Belgium\u2019s north, according to Meta Ad Library data. \n\nFor some, the social media campaign strategy of Vlaams Belang and party leader Tom Van Grieken is working. \n\nA Euronews\/Ipsos poll from March puts the party in the lead in Flanders with 23 per cent support there. \n\nVan Grieken's agenda includes: breaking up the country and establishing a Flemish republic with strict immigration regulations. \n\n\nThe story in Wallonia and Brussels is quite different, with the Belgian Socialist Party (PS) and the Belgian Reformist Movement (MR) parties in the lead in those respective areas.\u00a0 \n\nThis post is one example of how the Belgian far-right party has used extensive social media advertising, to win over online voters, who often skew younger. \n\nSpending hundreds of thousands on social media \n\nXavier Degraux, a digital marketing specialist in Charleroi, Belgium, used the Meta Ad Library platform to analyse the social media advertising of major Belgian political parties in the first three months of the election campaign starting February 10. \n\nHe found that Vlaams Belang spent the most of all Belgian parties, with just under \u20ac300,000 on sponsored Facebook and Instagram ads. \n\nThat outpaces the second-place party, the leftist Workers Party of Belgium (PVDA\/PTB), which spent \u20ac176,637. \n\nThat\u2019s just on the official party accounts: the party spent another \u20ac77,219 on the personal account of Vlaams Belang leader Van Grieken. \n\nFor the Workers Party, they spent \u20ac56,849 for leader\u00a0 Raoul Hedebouw. \n\nOverall, Degraux said he found that the extreme right is spending almost 10 times the amount per advertisement than the far left, which focuses more on microtargeting among certain key demographics. \n\nA separate Euronews analysis found that in Europe overall, while far-right parties such as Vlaams Belang and Hungary's Fidesz lead the field in social media ads, other parties are also spending large sums on Google ads ahead of the poll.\u00a0 \n\n\nDegraux found in Belgium that the spending of these two parties on Facebook and Instagram ads accounts for roughly 47 per cent of all the social media political advertising done in the country in the three months before the election. \n\nOnly political parties in Denmark and Sweden pay more per user on Facebook than those in Belgium, at \u20ac6.55 and \u20ac5.79, according to another analysis by Degraux. \n\nMeta\u2019s advertising standards say they\u2019ve restricted advertisements in EU countries that discourage people from voting in elections, call into question the legitimacy of an upcoming election, and prematurely claim an election victory. \n\nThe policy also includes advertisements about any current or future elections. It applies equally to elections where the results have not yet been finalised and officials have yet to be sworn into office. \n\nEuronews Next reached out to Vlaams Belang and the Workers Party of Belgium but did not receive a reply by publication. \n\nDegraux said he didn\u2019t notice any high advertising spending on TikTok by far-right parties in Belgium. \n\n\u2018They are storytelling all the time\u2019 \n\nIn March, Belgium\u2019s constitutional court ruled that 16 and 17-year-old teenagers have to vote in the upcoming European Elections or face a fine. \n\nWhat that means is parties like Vlaams Belang are taking to the digital campaign trail to win over the younger generation, and it is leading to a \u201cseparation\u201d in the political landscape, according to Degraux. \n\nThe extreme right \u201creally bet\u201d on social media to make a difference in their campaigns, Degraux continued, unlike moderate parties that are working with both traditional and new technologies to get to their voters. \n\n\u201cThey are humanising themselves a lot and are storytelling all the time,\u201d Degraux said. \n\n\u201cThey show themselves, they face the camera, they [are storytelling in] their day-to-day life\u2026it\u2019s normal for young people to be exposed to that content, so for [that audience] it could be a trick.\u201d \n\nTheir campaigns resemble that of former US President Donald Trump, the Republican Party\u2019s nominee for that country\u2019s 2024 elections, Degraux continued. \n\nVlaams Belang experiments with short, campaign catchphrases that that accelerate the content going viral. \n\nDespite both parties using similar storytelling techniques, Degraux said the far left invests much more in individual candidates than the far right, which is concentrated on elevating the platform of their president. \n\nAn informal agreement not to air far-right voices \n\nBelgium\u2019s far-right parties are also relying on social media during their campaign to get around a so-called \u201ccordon sanitaire,\u201d a long-standing, informal agreement between French-language broadcasters where legacy media will not give a platform to members or parties with racist or discriminatory views. \n\nThe cordon sanitaire was first mentioned when Flemish voters noticed the support behind Vlaams Blok (the precursor for Vlaams Belang) in the 1988 community elections, according to the Research Centre for socio-political information (Crisp). \n\nBut the agreement wasn\u2019t fully in force until 1991 when Vlaams Blok received 10.3 per cent of votes in Flanders and took 12 of the 212 seats in the country\u2019s chamber of representatives in what they refer to as \u201cblack Sunday\". \n\nPoliticians from the five major parties at the time signed another version of the agreement, where they consented to not creating political agreements with far-right parties. \n\nPascal Delwit, a political science professor at the University of Brussels, told the French newspaper Nouvel Obs that the cordon sanitaire is still efficient because the far-right parties are excluded from live-streamed leadership debates in French during the campaign, which gives them less visibility. \n\nThat was seen in the 2019 election, Delwit continued. \n\nBelgium\u2019s populist People\u2019s Party, although having a huge social media presence, had very little effect on their results on election day, where they did not break the five per cent vote threshold for any elected representatives in regional parliaments. The party was dissolved shortly after. \n\nDegraux pointed out, however, that there is no cordon sanitaire for social media or on established search platforms like YouTube or Google. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The account of Vlaams Belang, Belgium\u2019s Flemish nationalist party, posted an advertisement on April 26 with a video of young people fighting at a Geel bus stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you also had enough of the \u2018enrichment\u2019 of the multicultural society?\u201d the caption reads in Dutch. \u201cOnly Vlaams Belang is talking about this\u2026and will restore law and order!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For between \u20ac600 to \u20ac800, Vlaams Belang got up to 125,000 Facebook impressions and 60,000 on Instagram from this ad, largely from their intended audience of 18 to 34-year-olds in Belgium\u2019s north, according to Meta Ad Library data.<\/p>\n<p>For some, the social media campaign strategy of Vlaams Belang and party leader Tom Van Grieken is working.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8463564\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//05//28//revealed-the-far-right-eu-election-ads-flooding-social-media/">Revealed: the far-right EU election ads flooding social media<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////fr.euronews.com//2024//03//28//un-parti-separatiste-dextreme-droite-en-tete-des-sondages-electoraux-en-belgique/">Euronews//Ipsos poll<\/strong><\/a> from March puts the party in the lead in Flanders with 23 per cent support there. <\/p>\n<p>Van Grieken's agenda includes: breaking up the country and establishing a Flemish republic with strict immigration regulations. <\/p>\n<p>The story in Wallonia and Brussels is quite different, with the Belgian Socialist Party (PS) and the Belgian Reformist Movement (MR) parties in the lead in those respective areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This post is one example of how the Belgian far-right party has used extensive social media advertising, to win over online voters, who often skew younger.<\/p>\n<h2>Spending hundreds of thousands on social media<\/h2><p>Xavier Degraux, a digital marketing specialist in Charleroi, Belgium, used the Meta Ad Library platform to analyse the social media advertising of major Belgian political parties in the first three months of the election campaign starting February 10.<\/p>\n<p>He found that Vlaams Belang spent the most of all Belgian parties, with just under \u20ac300,000 on sponsored Facebook and Instagram ads.<\/p>\n<p>That outpaces the second-place party, the leftist Workers Party of Belgium (PVDA\/PTB), which spent \u20ac176,637.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s just on the official party accounts: the party spent another \u20ac77,219 on the personal account of Vlaams Belang leader Van Grieken. <\/p>\n<p>For the Workers Party, they spent \u20ac56,849 for leader\u00a0Raoul Hedebouw.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Degraux said he found that the extreme right is spending almost 10 times the amount per advertisement than the far left, which focuses more on microtargeting among certain key demographics. <\/p>\n<p>A <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//05//28//revealed-the-far-right-eu-election-ads-flooding-social-media/">separate Euronews analysis<\/strong><\/a> found that in Europe overall, while far-right parties such as Vlaams Belang and Hungary's Fidesz lead the field in social media ads, other parties are also spending large sums on Google ads ahead of the poll.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8455956,8453616\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//23//von-der-leyen-doubles-down-on-deal-with-giorgia-meloni/">EU elections debate: Von der Leyen doubles down on deal with Meloni<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//05//24//perro-sanxe-lives-on-spanish-pms-party-looks-for-youth-vote-in-european-elections-campaign/">'Perro Sanxe' and TikTok memes: Spanish PM's party seeks youth support in EU elections campaign <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Degraux found in Belgium that the spending of these two parties on Facebook and Instagram ads accounts for roughly 47 per cent of all the social media political advertising done in the country in the three months before the election.<\/p>\n<p>Only political parties in Denmark and Sweden pay more per user on Facebook than those in Belgium, at \u20ac6.55 and \u20ac5.79, according to another analysis by Degraux.<\/p>\n<p>Meta\u2019s advertising standards say they\u2019ve restricted advertisements in EU countries that discourage people from voting in elections, call into question the legitimacy of an upcoming election, and prematurely claim an election victory.<\/p>\n<p>The policy also includes advertisements about any current or future elections. It applies equally to elections where the results have not yet been finalised and officials have yet to be sworn into office.<\/p>\n<p>Euronews Next reached out to Vlaams Belang and the Workers Party of Belgium but did not receive a reply by publication.<\/p>\n<p>Degraux said he didn\u2019t notice any high advertising spending on TikTok by far-right parties in Belgium.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8407564\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//05//25//theres-a-lot-at-stake-young-academics-use-tiktok-to-educate-eu-voters-ahead-of-elections/">/u2018There/u2019s a lot at stake\u2019: Young academics use TikTok to educate EU voters ahead of elections<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>\u2018They are storytelling all the time\u2019<\/h2><p>In March, Belgium\u2019s constitutional court ruled that 16 and 17-year-old teenagers have to vote in the upcoming European Elections or face a fine.<\/p>\n<p>What that means is parties like Vlaams Belang are taking to the digital campaign trail to win over the younger generation, and it is leading to a \u201cseparation\u201d in the political landscape, according to Degraux.<\/p>\n<p>The extreme right \u201creally bet\u201d on social media to make a difference in their campaigns, Degraux continued, unlike moderate parties that are working with both traditional and new technologies to get to their voters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">\u201cThey show themselves, they face the camera, they [are storytelling in] their day-to-day life \u2026 it\u2019s normal for young people to be exposed to that content, so for [that audience] it could be a trick.\u201d<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Xavier Degraux, Belgian digital marketing specialist\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey are humanising themselves a lot and are storytelling all the time,\u201d Degraux said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey show themselves, they face the camera, they [are storytelling in] their day-to-day life\u2026it\u2019s normal for young people to be exposed to that content, so for [that audience] it could be a trick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their campaigns resemble that of former US President Donald Trump, the Republican Party\u2019s nominee for that country\u2019s 2024 elections, Degraux continued.<\/p>\n<p>Vlaams Belang experiments with short, campaign catchphrases that that accelerate the content going viral.<\/p>\n<p>Despite both parties using similar storytelling techniques, Degraux said the far left invests much more in individual candidates than the far right, which is concentrated on elevating the platform of their president.<\/p>\n<h2>An informal agreement not to air far-right voices<\/h2><p>Belgium\u2019s far-right parties are also relying on social media during their campaign to get around a so-called \u201ccordon sanitaire,\u201d a long-standing, informal agreement between French-language broadcasters where legacy media will not give a platform to members or parties with racist or discriminatory views.<\/p>\n<p>The cordon sanitaire was first mentioned when Flemish voters noticed the support behind Vlaams Blok (the precursor for Vlaams Belang) in the 1988 community elections, according to the Research Centre for socio-political information (Crisp).<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7669792\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//06//12//a-year-ahead-belgium-lowers-voting-age-to-16-for-the-european-elections/">A year ahead: Belgium lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But the agreement wasn\u2019t fully in force until 1991 when Vlaams Blok received 10.3 per cent of votes in Flanders and took 12 of the 212 seats in the country\u2019s chamber of representatives in what they refer to as \u201cblack Sunday\".<\/p>\n<p>Politicians from the five major parties at the time signed another version of the agreement, where they consented to not creating political agreements with far-right parties.<\/p>\n<p>Pascal Delwit, a political science professor at the University of Brussels, told the French newspaper Nouvel Obs that the cordon sanitaire is still efficient because the far-right parties are excluded from live-streamed leadership debates in French during the campaign, which gives them less visibility.<\/p>\n<p>That was seen in the 2019 election, Delwit continued.<\/p>\n<p>Belgium\u2019s populist People\u2019s Party, although having a huge social media presence, had very little effect on their results on election day, where they did not break the five per cent vote threshold for any elected representatives in regional parliaments. The party was dissolved shortly after.<\/p>\n<p>Degraux pointed out, however, that there is no cordon sanitaire for social media or on established search platforms like YouTube or Google.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716900424,"updatedAt":1717052508,"publishedAt":1717052445,"firstPublishedAt":1716908694,"lastPublishedAt":1717052445,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/41\/62\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4a076e38-be84-5847-ae11-d1d4bc9ccb65-8464162.jpg","altText":"Far-right leader and chairman of the Vlaams Belang Tom Van Grieken","caption":"Far-right leader and chairman of the Vlaams Belang Tom Van Grieken","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Virginia Mayo\/AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":4740,"height":3119}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"desmarais","title":"Anna 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was considered a likely pick to replace Cypriot Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides. \n\nThe health community was however caught by surprise when Fearne was charged by prosecutors in a national corruption scandal, resigned and asked for his nomination to the EU Commission to be withdrawn. \n\nInevitably new names have now started to circulate as possible contenders for the health portfolio, albeit very prematurely in view of the elections next week. \n\nThese are some names that recur in relation to the post among the Brussels health community, although these appointments are always complicated by numerous external factors, on the balance of the executive as to gender and geography for example. \n\nWhy it won\u2019t (likely) be Kyriakides \n\nThe odds of the outgoing EU health champion winning the portfolio race again are quite slim \u2013 but still exist and she has not clarified yet whether she wants to be re-appointed. \n\n\"Commissioner Kyriakides is continuing to focus her full 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Dombrovskis and Margrethe Vestager. \n\nThe Data Space twins \n\nA solid candidate appears to be Belgian Deputy PM and Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke , who currently chairs the health ministerial meetings for the rotating Council presidency held by Belgium. \n\nThe health programme of the Belgian presidency was unusually dense and ambitious, closer to a declaration of intent for health policymaking for the next five years rather than a six-month to-do list. \n\nVandenbroucke successfully concluded negotiations on the delicate Health Data Space file and launched the Critical Medicines Alliance to address the issue of drug shortages, earmarked to be a key topic in the next Commission. \n\nBelgium\u2019s Commissioner pick will depend on national elections in June though as, in general, top jobs like this or the Prime Minister\u2019s are agreed in coalition agreements through a complicated point system. \n\nHowever, in the event that no executive is up and running by the time Belgium is due to proffer a Commissioner\u2019s name (last time around, it took Belgium 494 days after the election to form a government) the current ruling coalition will do it. \n\nIn that case, Vandenbroucke stands a good chance of being appointed, considering he is a Flemish speaker and an informal rule provides for the post to alternate between the countries\u2019 language communities. \n\nVandenbroucke\u2019s counterpart on the Health Data Space file, Parliament\u2019s rapporteur Tomislav Sokol , is also rumoured to be a pick for Croatia if assigned to the health portfolio. \n\nAs an MEP, Sokol took an active part in some of the biggest health files of the mandate, including the update on the EU pharmaceutical legislation, and she was also a member of the parliament\u2019s health committee and the two special committees on cancer and the COVID-19 pandemic. \n\nThe two main problems standing between him and the Berlaymont are the current Croatian Commissioner Dubravka \u0160uica \u2013 who may be reappointed and may also get the health portfolio \u2013 and CroatianPM Andrej Plenkovi\u0107 who\u2019s rumoured to be the EPP\u2019s reserve choice for the Commission presidency if Ursula von der Leyen's candidacy fails. \n\n\u2018Impossible\u2019 picks \n\nOther names now doing the rounds seem less probable, however. \n\nFor instance, Chris Fearne\u2019s rumoured successor, Maltese environment minister Miriam Dalli was as an MEP active on health topics \u2013 particularly on the medicinal use of cannabis, on which Malta is a pioneer in Europe. However, energy topics are her forte, and she is more tipped for the transport portfolio. \n\nVlastimil V\u00e1lek , Czechia\u2019s deputy prime minister and minister of health in Petr Fiala\u2019s conservative government, is well-liked in the health community as he is a former radiologist and did a good job during the Czech presidency in 2022. \n\nAccording to an informal coalition agreement, Czechia\u2019s next Commissioner should however be picked between the Pirates or the liberal party, while Fiala\u2019s choice appears to be his trade minister Jozef S\u00edkela. \n\nEstonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas is tipped to be the next EU\u2019s high representative for foreign affairs, but if she were called to replace Charles Michel as European Council chair instead, health could be a good portfolio for the country which pioneered the use of health records and genomic research. \n\nRiina Sikkut , who has served as Estonian health minister since April 2023 and is a member of party the Kallas\u2019 coalition, is considered a good pick if this situation materialises. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Malta's official nominee for the next Commission, Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne - a surgeon and Europe's longest-serving health minister - was considered a likely pick to replace Cypriot Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides.<\/p>\n<p>The health community was however caught by surprise when Fearne was charged by prosecutors in a national corruption scandal, resigned and asked for his nomination to the EU Commission to be withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>Inevitably new names have now started to circulate as possible contenders for the health portfolio, albeit very prematurely in view of the elections next week.<\/p>\n<p>These are some names that recur in relation to the post among the Brussels health community, although these appointments are always complicated by numerous external factors, on the balance of the executive as to gender and geography for example.<\/p>\n<h2>Why it won\u2019t (likely) be Kyriakides<\/h2><p>The odds of the outgoing EU health champion winning the portfolio race again are quite slim \u2013 but still exist and she has not clarified yet whether she wants to be re-appointed.<\/p>\n<p>\"Commissioner Kyriakides is continuing to focus her full attention on her current work and the many important tasks and challenges to be addressed still during this mandate,\" a Commission source told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>Having weathered the pandemic, the Cypriot enjoys a good reputation on the health side \u2013 though she is perceived to have neglected her side-portfolio on food safety.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s also appreciated by von der Leyen and considered one of the best speakers of the current College, having <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//01//18//guardrails-needed-for-ai-in-healthcare-says-commissioner/">recently been sent to represent the Commission at international fora such as the Davos\u2019 World Economic Forum.<\/p>\n<p>Trickier for her re-appointment, however, is that despite being politically active in the centre-right European People\u2019s Party (EPP), her national Democratic Rally is no longer in the ruling coalition of Cyprus.<\/p>\n<p>It is also quite rare for an outgoing Commissioner to be reappointed to the same portfolio \u2013 two exceptions to this general rule were made in the current administration for seasoned heavyweights Valdis Dombrovskis and Margrethe Vestager.<\/p>\n<h2>The Data Space twins<\/h2><p>A solid candidate appears to be Belgian Deputy PM and Health Minister <strong>Frank Vandenbroucke<\/strong>, who currently chairs the health ministerial meetings for the rotating Council presidency held by Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>The health programme of the Belgian presidency was unusually dense and ambitious, closer to a declaration of intent for health policymaking for the next five years rather than a six-month to-do list.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8204860\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//01//30//belgian-minister-commits-to-framework-for-health-data-interview/">Belgian minister commits to framework for health data - 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scrapped the accord last year, reportedly because the third New Caledonian independence referendum\u00a0\u2014 marred by <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//12//13//uk-new-caledonia-independence-france/">controversy and boycotts<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2014 yielded another \"no\" victory in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Small said that these events signalled to the Kanak people that they \u201cdon\u2019t decide on anything\u201d, spurring them into open protest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrance decides,\u201d he said. \u201cFrance decided to pull the plug [on independence]. France pulled the plug because of colonisation.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Fire in the belly<\/h2><p>At the start of May, young people took to the palm-tree-lined streets to demonstrate against Macron\u2019s proposed changes. They were \u201cangry with France\u201d, Small said, and \u201cfrustrated\u201d with Kanak leaders whom they considered \u201ctoo conciliatory\u201d in their dealings with Paris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey could have accepted France if it delivered the goods, but now they have delivered nothing,\u201d he explained. \u201cIt's been really hard to restore that calm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Small points out that Kanak's standards of living are still extremely poor. According to the 2019 census, 32.5% of Indigenous Kanaks\u00a0\u2014 who make up 41% of the region\u2019s total population \u2014 live in poverty.\u00a0That is more than three times the poverty rate among New Caledonia's mostly Caucasian non-Kanak inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p>Kanak people are also <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.borgenmagazine.com//poverty-new-caledonia///">reportedly/u00a0far more likely to come into contact with the justice system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody knows people who have been in prison,\u201d Small said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//44//17//54//808x539_cmsv2_ec4eeb27-c435-53ae-adab-5e7533800287-8441754.jpg/" alt=\"A woman waves a Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) flag in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/17\/54\/384x256_cmsv2_ec4eeb27-c435-53ae-adab-5e7533800287-8441754.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/17\/54\/640x427_cmsv2_ec4eeb27-c435-53ae-adab-5e7533800287-8441754.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/17\/54\/750x500_cmsv2_ec4eeb27-c435-53ae-adab-5e7533800287-8441754.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/17\/54\/828x552_cmsv2_ec4eeb27-c435-53ae-adab-5e7533800287-8441754.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/17\/54\/1080x720_cmsv2_ec4eeb27-c435-53ae-adab-5e7533800287-8441754.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/17\/54\/1200x800_cmsv2_ec4eeb27-c435-53ae-adab-5e7533800287-8441754.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/17\/54\/1920x1281_cmsv2_ec4eeb27-c435-53ae-adab-5e7533800287-8441754.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A woman waves a Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) flag in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Nicolas Job\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 2011, New Caledonia was visited by the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples, James Anaya. After her nine-day excursion, she\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////cendoc.docip.org//collect//cendocdo//index//assoc//HASH7fbb//9457d139.dir//SRap_NCaledonie_2011.pdf/">reported/u00a0hearing \u201crepeated expressions of frustration\u201d from the Kanak people \u201cabout ongoing patterns of discrimination, limitations on the exercise of their customary rights, poor social and economic conditions, and [a] lack of adequate participation in decisions affecting them in many respects.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>What now?<\/h2><p>The French prosecutor in New Caledonia said authorities have opened an investigation into the unrest. This comes after Macron lifted the state of emergency to help facilitate dialogue between local parties and the French government about the future of the territory and to restore peace to its 270,000 inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-independence parties and Kanak leaders have also urged Macron to withdraw the electoral reform bill if France wants to bring the crisis to an end.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//71//30//808x539_cmsv2_565a141a-3f15-591c-b664-73326ed28139-8467130.jpg/" alt=\"French President Emmanuel Macron (right) walks past New Caledonia's President Louis Mapou (left) in Noumea, New Caledonia, Thursday, May 23, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/71\/30\/384x256_cmsv2_565a141a-3f15-591c-b664-73326ed28139-8467130.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/71\/30\/640x427_cmsv2_565a141a-3f15-591c-b664-73326ed28139-8467130.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/71\/30\/750x500_cmsv2_565a141a-3f15-591c-b664-73326ed28139-8467130.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/71\/30\/828x552_cmsv2_565a141a-3f15-591c-b664-73326ed28139-8467130.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/71\/30\/1080x720_cmsv2_565a141a-3f15-591c-b664-73326ed28139-8467130.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/71\/30\/1200x800_cmsv2_565a141a-3f15-591c-b664-73326ed28139-8467130.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/71\/30\/1920x1281_cmsv2_565a141a-3f15-591c-b664-73326ed28139-8467130.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">French President Emmanuel Macron (right) walks past New Caledonia's President Louis Mapou (left) in Noumea, New Caledonia, Thursday, May 23, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But Small warned that there is a \u201cshockingly right-wing racist core\u201d among the settler population in New Caledonia, which he estimates would make up at least two-thirds of the recent (96%) anti-independence referendum vote.<\/p>\n<p>As he sees it, these individuals are loyal to the European power and not the Indigenous population. They are the ones keeping New Caledonia within the colonial giant\u2019s grasp.<\/p>\n<p>But if the French government relies too heavily on these loyalists to obstruct the Kanak desire for self-determination, he said, \u201cthe chaos will remain\u201d.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716993503,"updatedAt":1717053615,"publishedAt":1717049050,"firstPublishedAt":1717008454,"lastPublishedAt":1717049050,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP","altText":"FILE - Burnt cars are lined up after unrest that erupted following protests over voting reforms in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday, May 15, 2024.","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"FILE - Burnt cars are lined up after unrest that erupted following protests over voting reforms in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday, May 15, 2024.","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/54\/78\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_33c9c7eb-377a-5561-a920-ffd265f95e33-8445478.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":683},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP","altText":"French President Emmanuel Macron (right) walks past New Caledonia's President Louis Mapou (left) in Noumea, New Caledonia, Thursday, May 23, 2024. 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a strong cheese traditionally produced in Lille that he'd carefully carved into a flower. \"It's a technique to make the cheese more appealing,\" Brisson says.\n\nLovely, but let's be honest: when it comes to cheese, most people don't need any floral flourishes to kickstart their salivary glands.\u00a0In fact, the uglier and stinkier the better.\n\nWhether grated, melted, baked, sliced or slabbed on a board, France in particular is a nation of fromage lovers that camembert a day without it.\n\nA report earlier this year ranked France the second cheesiest country in the world, which is understandable considering they're also its biggest global importers and produce\u00a0246 varieties in total.\n\nMany of the world's most famous cheeses are French: roquefort, brie, morbier, cantal, camembert and\u00a0\u00c9poisses de Bourgogne, the latter of which was crowned best cheese at\u00a0last year's so-called 'world cup of cheese'.\n\nIt seems surprising, then, that the gastronomical heaven of Paris is only just opening a museum dedicated to its dairy deities.\n\n\"I realised that lots of things were already organised in Paris to promote wine. Wine culture is developed in France. Cheese is also a big thing, but there were no places where people could learn more deeply about the processes of making cheese,\" Brisson tells Euronews Culture.\n\nAfter moving to Paris around 15 years ago, Brisson opened Paroles de Fromagers, a cheesemaking school. But he always dreamed of starting a museum that could not only educate, but also inspire people from all over the world to join the profession.\n\nNow, after a decade of saving and planning, the Mus\u00e9e du Fromage officially opens on 13 June.\n\n\"I put everything I have into this project, to finally have a place where everyone can come,\" Brisson says. \"The idea is to transmit the passion and the amazement [of cheesemaking].\"\n\nAt the heart of the new museum is its goal to celebrate traditional cheesemaking processes, a skill that has been in decline over recent decades as younger people move\u00a0 to cities instead for work.\n\nMeanwhile, economic and environmental issues continue to plague the industry, with French cheesemakers going on strike\u00a0just last year over proposed changes to camembert's wooden box storage due to it not being recyclable.\n\n\"More and more people are leaving the countryside, and also it's not an easy job. It's a job that is well paid, because a good cheesemaker earns well in life, no problem. But it's still a production job, so every day you produce the same produce, you have to follow very strictly the timing. You need to be very meticulous on the job.\" explains Brisson, who also notes that there's a high demand for traditionally made cheeses in the country, but less availability due to labour shortages.\n\nBrisson believes, however, that the cost of living crisis, and growing senses of disillusionment and detachment in modern-day work culture, might inspire more younger people to consider learning older, lucrative, agriculture-based skillsets.\n\n\"More and more people will understand that the wealthy life that our parents and our grandparents [might have] had will not be accessible for us. And it's time to come back to a more tough life. But a tough life doesn't have to be horrible. It could be a very happy life.\"\n\nTo prove this, Brisson has put cheesemaking demonstrations as his central exhibit, with the opportunity for visitors to take part in workshops and, yes, taste the finished products.\n\n\"People can see cheesemaking live and also talk to the cheesemaker, so that's an important part of what we do. We are working with many traditional farmers, so we want people [to feel like they're] kind of traveling when they taste the cheese. We are opening a little window in the heart of Paris to the rural side of France.\"\n\nHoused in a magnificent stone building that's over 500 years old, it's also an opportunity for visitors to reconnect with their ancestors, learning about the history of France's agriculture while realising exactly what goes into the food they're eating. This latter point has become of particular importance to an increasingly health-conscious and sceptical society looking to consume things more ethically.\n\n\"Cheesemakers and farmers are more aware of what people are sensitive to, and so they are trying to show the way they work. If you want to make a good cheese, you need to make a good milk. To make a very good milk, you need to have animals that are well treated,\" explains Brisson.\n\nMore than anything, the\u00a0Mus\u00e9e du Fromage is a reminder to cherish every bite of creamy cheese - and every human being that brought it into existence; the comfort of age-old processes that bring about specific results in a world of uncertainty and chaos.\n\n\"I'm always amazed at the fact that just milk makes so many different varieties of cheese. It's kind of magical,\" says Brisson.\n\n\"Now, we are able to know, thanks to science, a lot of things about cheese. But our ancestors, they didn't know all these details, but they still could make amazing cheese and develop very amazing skills of cheesemaking. So there is a know-how that's developed for centuries that we kind of inherited today.\u00a0We have a responsibility to keep this alive and to continue to pass to new generations the passion.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>It makes sense that the founder of a new cheese museum in Paris would have cheese as his profile picture on Whatsapp.<\/p>\n<p>The colour of\u00a0Cantaloupe, cheesemaker Pierre Brisson tells me it's Mimolette - a strong cheese traditionally produced in Lille that he'd carefully carved into a flower. \"It's a technique to make the cheese more appealing,\" Brisson says.<\/p>\n<p>Lovely, but let's be honest: when it comes to cheese, most people don't need any floral flourishes to kickstart their salivary glands.\u00a0In fact, the uglier and stinkier the better.<\/p>\n<p>Whether grated, melted, baked, sliced or slabbed on a board, France in particular is a nation of fromage lovers that camembert a day without it.<\/p>\n<p>A report earlier this year ranked France the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//03//05//worlds-cheesiest-nation-revealed-europeans-dominate-the-rankings-of-global-cheese-lovers/">second cheesiest country<\/strong><\/a> in the world, which is understandable considering they're also its biggest global importers and produce\u00a0246 varieties in total.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the world's most famous cheeses are French: roquefort, brie, morbier, cantal, camembert and\u00a0\u00c9poisses de Bourgogne, the latter of which was crowned <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//09//18//make-france-grate-again-the-best-cheese-in-the-world-has-been-crowned/">best cheese<\/strong><\/a> at\u00a0last year's so-called 'world cup of cheese'.<\/p>\n<p>It seems surprising, then, that the gastronomical heaven of Paris is only just opening a museum dedicated to its dairy deities.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8009726,8447364\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//11//12//we-are-seriously-french-and-totally-the-future-the-michelin-star-chef-turning-fine-dining-/">'We are seriously French and totally the future': The Michelin Star chef turning fine dining vegan<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//05//21//londons-new-museum-of-homelessness-has-storytelling-and-community-at-its-heart/">London/u2019s new Museum of Homelessness has storytelling and community at its heart<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5624470787468248\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//42//28//808x454_cmsv2_7a9f3c77-47c1-5a4b-b0d6-54df8d28050b-8464228.jpg/" alt=\"An early draft of what the museum would look like.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/384x216_cmsv2_7a9f3c77-47c1-5a4b-b0d6-54df8d28050b-8464228.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/640x360_cmsv2_7a9f3c77-47c1-5a4b-b0d6-54df8d28050b-8464228.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/750x422_cmsv2_7a9f3c77-47c1-5a4b-b0d6-54df8d28050b-8464228.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/828x466_cmsv2_7a9f3c77-47c1-5a4b-b0d6-54df8d28050b-8464228.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/1080x607_cmsv2_7a9f3c77-47c1-5a4b-b0d6-54df8d28050b-8464228.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/1200x675_cmsv2_7a9f3c77-47c1-5a4b-b0d6-54df8d28050b-8464228.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/1920x1080_cmsv2_7a9f3c77-47c1-5a4b-b0d6-54df8d28050b-8464228.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">An early draft of what the museum would look like.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Mus\u00e9e du fromage<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"I realised that lots of things were already organised in Paris to promote wine. Wine culture is developed in France. Cheese is also a big thing, but there were no places where people could learn more deeply about the processes of making cheese,\" Brisson tells Euronews Culture.<\/p>\n<p>After moving to Paris around 15 years ago, Brisson opened Paroles de Fromagers, a cheesemaking school. But he always dreamed of starting a museum that could not only educate, but also inspire people from all over the world to join the profession.<\/p>\n<p>Now, after a decade of saving and planning, the Mus\u00e9e du Fromage officially opens on 13 June.<\/p>\n<p>\"I put everything I have into this project, to finally have a place where everyone can come,\" Brisson says. \"The idea is to transmit the passion and the amazement [of cheesemaking].\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.498046875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//42//28//808x1206_cmsv2_3060c898-a15c-5d1a-92a3-899f802507c1-8464228.jpg/" alt=\"Pierre Brisson, founder of Paris&apos; new cheese museum.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/384x575_cmsv2_3060c898-a15c-5d1a-92a3-899f802507c1-8464228.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/640x959_cmsv2_3060c898-a15c-5d1a-92a3-899f802507c1-8464228.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/750x1124_cmsv2_3060c898-a15c-5d1a-92a3-899f802507c1-8464228.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/828x1240_cmsv2_3060c898-a15c-5d1a-92a3-899f802507c1-8464228.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/1080x1618_cmsv2_3060c898-a15c-5d1a-92a3-899f802507c1-8464228.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/1200x1798_cmsv2_3060c898-a15c-5d1a-92a3-899f802507c1-8464228.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/1920x2876_cmsv2_3060c898-a15c-5d1a-92a3-899f802507c1-8464228.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Pierre Brisson, founder of Paris&apos; new cheese museum.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Mitzi Yao and Thea McMillan<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At the heart of the new museum is its goal to celebrate traditional cheesemaking processes, a skill that has been in decline over recent decades as younger people move\u00a0 to cities instead for work.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, economic and environmental issues continue to plague the industry, with French cheesemakers <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//11//16//could-new-eu-recycling-laws-mean-the-end-of-camemberts-traditional-wooden-boxes/">going on strike<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0just last year over proposed changes to camembert's wooden box storage due to it not being recyclable.<\/p>\n<p>\"More and more people are leaving the countryside, and also it's not an easy job. It's a job that is well paid, because a good cheesemaker earns well in life, no problem. But it's still a production job, so every day you produce the same produce, you have to follow very strictly the timing. You need to be very meticulous on the job.\" explains Brisson, who also notes that there's a high demand for traditionally made cheeses in the country, but less availability due to labour shortages.<\/p>\n<p>Brisson believes, however, that the cost of living crisis, and growing senses of disillusionment and detachment in modern-day work culture, might inspire more younger people to consider learning older, lucrative, agriculture-based skillsets.<\/p>\n<p>\"More and more people will understand that the wealthy life that our parents and our grandparents [might have] had will not be accessible for us. And it's time to come back to a more tough life. But a tough life doesn't have to be horrible. It could be a very happy life.\"<\/p>\n<p>To prove this, Brisson has put cheesemaking demonstrations as his central exhibit, with the opportunity for visitors to take part in workshops and, yes, taste the finished products.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">We are opening a little window in the heart of Paris to the rural side of France.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Pierre Brisson\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n The Mus\u00e9e du Fromage founder\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"People can see cheesemaking live and also talk to the cheesemaker, so that's an important part of what we do. We are working with many traditional farmers, so we want people [to feel like they're] kind of traveling when they taste the cheese. We are opening a little window in the heart of Paris to the rural side of France.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//42//28//808x454_cmsv2_15955980-bba9-5563-a72a-8db8c005e718-8464228.jpg/" alt=\"Feeling un-brie-lievable levels of cheese cravings by now.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/384x216_cmsv2_15955980-bba9-5563-a72a-8db8c005e718-8464228.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/640x360_cmsv2_15955980-bba9-5563-a72a-8db8c005e718-8464228.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/750x422_cmsv2_15955980-bba9-5563-a72a-8db8c005e718-8464228.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/828x466_cmsv2_15955980-bba9-5563-a72a-8db8c005e718-8464228.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/1080x608_cmsv2_15955980-bba9-5563-a72a-8db8c005e718-8464228.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/1200x675_cmsv2_15955980-bba9-5563-a72a-8db8c005e718-8464228.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/1920x1080_cmsv2_15955980-bba9-5563-a72a-8db8c005e718-8464228.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Feeling un-brie-lievable levels of cheese cravings by now.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Canva<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Housed in a magnificent stone building that's over 500 years old, it's also an opportunity for visitors to reconnect with their ancestors, learning about the history of France's agriculture while realising exactly what goes into the food they're eating. This latter point has become of particular importance to an increasingly health-conscious and sceptical society looking to consume things more ethically.<\/p>\n<p>\"Cheesemakers and farmers are more aware of what people are sensitive to, and so they are trying to show the way they work. If you want to make a good cheese, you need to make a good milk. To make a very good milk, you need to have animals that are well treated,\" explains Brisson.<\/p>\n<p>More than anything, the\u00a0Mus\u00e9e du Fromage is a reminder to cherish every bite of creamy cheese - and every human being that brought it into existence; the comfort of age-old processes that bring about specific results in a world of uncertainty and chaos.<\/p>\n<p>\"I'm always amazed at the fact that just milk makes so many different varieties of cheese. It's kind of magical,\" says Brisson.<\/p>\n<p>\"Now, we are able to know, thanks to science, a lot of things about cheese. 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scrapped the accord last year, reportedly because the third New Caledonian independence referendum\u00a0\u2014 marred by <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//12//13//uk-new-caledonia-independence-france/">controversy and boycotts<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2014 yielded another \"no\" victory in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Small said that these events signalled to the Kanak people that they \u201cdon\u2019t decide on anything\u201d, spurring them into open protest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrance decides,\u201d he said. \u201cFrance decided to pull the plug [on independence]. France pulled the plug because of colonisation.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Fire in the belly<\/h2><p>At the start of May, young people took to the palm-tree-lined streets to demonstrate against Macron\u2019s proposed changes. They were \u201cangry with France\u201d, Small said, and \u201cfrustrated\u201d with Kanak leaders whom they considered \u201ctoo conciliatory\u201d in their dealings with Paris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey could have accepted France if it delivered the goods, but now they have delivered nothing,\u201d he explained. \u201cIt's been really hard to restore that calm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Small points out that Kanak's standards of living are still extremely poor. According to the 2019 census, 32.5% of Indigenous Kanaks\u00a0\u2014 who make up 41% of the region\u2019s total population \u2014 live in poverty.\u00a0That is more than three times the poverty rate among New Caledonia's mostly Caucasian non-Kanak inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p>Kanak people are also <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.borgenmagazine.com//poverty-new-caledonia///">reportedly/u00a0far more likely to come into contact with the justice system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody knows people who have been in prison,\u201d Small said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//44//17//54//808x539_cmsv2_ec4eeb27-c435-53ae-adab-5e7533800287-8441754.jpg/" alt=\"A woman waves a Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) flag in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/17\/54\/384x256_cmsv2_ec4eeb27-c435-53ae-adab-5e7533800287-8441754.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/17\/54\/640x427_cmsv2_ec4eeb27-c435-53ae-adab-5e7533800287-8441754.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/17\/54\/750x500_cmsv2_ec4eeb27-c435-53ae-adab-5e7533800287-8441754.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/17\/54\/828x552_cmsv2_ec4eeb27-c435-53ae-adab-5e7533800287-8441754.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/17\/54\/1080x720_cmsv2_ec4eeb27-c435-53ae-adab-5e7533800287-8441754.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/17\/54\/1200x800_cmsv2_ec4eeb27-c435-53ae-adab-5e7533800287-8441754.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/17\/54\/1920x1281_cmsv2_ec4eeb27-c435-53ae-adab-5e7533800287-8441754.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A woman waves a Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) flag in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Nicolas Job\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 2011, New Caledonia was visited by the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples, James Anaya. After her nine-day excursion, she\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////cendoc.docip.org//collect//cendocdo//index//assoc//HASH7fbb//9457d139.dir//SRap_NCaledonie_2011.pdf/">reported/u00a0hearing \u201crepeated expressions of frustration\u201d from the Kanak people \u201cabout ongoing patterns of discrimination, limitations on the exercise of their customary rights, poor social and economic conditions, and [a] lack of adequate participation in decisions affecting them in many respects.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>What now?<\/h2><p>The French prosecutor in New Caledonia said authorities have opened an investigation into the unrest. This comes after Macron lifted the state of emergency to help facilitate dialogue between local parties and the French government about the future of the territory and to restore peace to its 270,000 inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-independence parties and Kanak leaders have also urged Macron to withdraw the electoral reform bill if France wants to bring the crisis to an end.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//71//30//808x539_cmsv2_565a141a-3f15-591c-b664-73326ed28139-8467130.jpg/" alt=\"French President Emmanuel Macron (right) walks past New Caledonia's President Louis Mapou (left) in Noumea, New Caledonia, Thursday, May 23, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/71\/30\/384x256_cmsv2_565a141a-3f15-591c-b664-73326ed28139-8467130.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/71\/30\/640x427_cmsv2_565a141a-3f15-591c-b664-73326ed28139-8467130.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/71\/30\/750x500_cmsv2_565a141a-3f15-591c-b664-73326ed28139-8467130.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/71\/30\/828x552_cmsv2_565a141a-3f15-591c-b664-73326ed28139-8467130.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/71\/30\/1080x720_cmsv2_565a141a-3f15-591c-b664-73326ed28139-8467130.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/71\/30\/1200x800_cmsv2_565a141a-3f15-591c-b664-73326ed28139-8467130.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/71\/30\/1920x1281_cmsv2_565a141a-3f15-591c-b664-73326ed28139-8467130.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">French President Emmanuel Macron (right) walks past New Caledonia's President Louis Mapou (left) in Noumea, New Caledonia, Thursday, May 23, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But Small warned that there is a \u201cshockingly right-wing racist core\u201d among the settler population in New Caledonia, which he estimates would make up at least two-thirds of the recent (96%) anti-independence referendum vote.<\/p>\n<p>As he sees it, these individuals are loyal to the European power and not the Indigenous population. They are the ones keeping New Caledonia within the colonial giant\u2019s grasp.<\/p>\n<p>But if the French government relies too heavily on these loyalists to obstruct the Kanak desire for self-determination, he said, \u201cthe chaos will remain\u201d.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1716993503,"updatedAt":1717053615,"publishedAt":1717049050,"firstPublishedAt":1717008454,"lastPublishedAt":1717049050,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP","altText":"FILE - Burnt cars are lined up after unrest that erupted following protests over voting reforms in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday, May 15, 2024.","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"FILE - Burnt cars are lined up after unrest that erupted following protests over voting reforms in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday, May 15, 2024.","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/44\/54\/78\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_33c9c7eb-377a-5561-a920-ffd265f95e33-8445478.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":683},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP","altText":"French President Emmanuel Macron (right) walks past New Caledonia's President Louis Mapou (left) in Noumea, New Caledonia, Thursday, May 23, 2024. 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a strong cheese traditionally produced in Lille that he'd carefully carved into a flower. \"It's a technique to make the cheese more appealing,\" Brisson says.\n\nLovely, but let's be honest: when it comes to cheese, most people don't need any floral flourishes to kickstart their salivary glands.\u00a0In fact, the uglier and stinkier the better.\n\nWhether grated, melted, baked, sliced or slabbed on a board, France in particular is a nation of fromage lovers that camembert a day without it.\n\nA report earlier this year ranked France the second cheesiest country in the world, which is understandable considering they're also its biggest global importers and produce\u00a0246 varieties in total.\n\nMany of the world's most famous cheeses are French: roquefort, brie, morbier, cantal, camembert and\u00a0\u00c9poisses de Bourgogne, the latter of which was crowned best cheese at\u00a0last year's so-called 'world cup of cheese'.\n\nIt seems surprising, then, that the gastronomical heaven of Paris is only just opening a museum dedicated to its dairy deities.\n\n\"I realised that lots of things were already organised in Paris to promote wine. Wine culture is developed in France. Cheese is also a big thing, but there were no places where people could learn more deeply about the processes of making cheese,\" Brisson tells Euronews Culture.\n\nAfter moving to Paris around 15 years ago, Brisson opened Paroles de Fromagers, a cheesemaking school. But he always dreamed of starting a museum that could not only educate, but also inspire people from all over the world to join the profession.\n\nNow, after a decade of saving and planning, the Mus\u00e9e du Fromage officially opens on 13 June.\n\n\"I put everything I have into this project, to finally have a place where everyone can come,\" Brisson says. \"The idea is to transmit the passion and the amazement [of cheesemaking].\"\n\nAt the heart of the new museum is its goal to celebrate traditional cheesemaking processes, a skill that has been in decline over recent decades as younger people move\u00a0 to cities instead for work.\n\nMeanwhile, economic and environmental issues continue to plague the industry, with French cheesemakers going on strike\u00a0just last year over proposed changes to camembert's wooden box storage due to it not being recyclable.\n\n\"More and more people are leaving the countryside, and also it's not an easy job. It's a job that is well paid, because a good cheesemaker earns well in life, no problem. But it's still a production job, so every day you produce the same produce, you have to follow very strictly the timing. You need to be very meticulous on the job.\" explains Brisson, who also notes that there's a high demand for traditionally made cheeses in the country, but less availability due to labour shortages.\n\nBrisson believes, however, that the cost of living crisis, and growing senses of disillusionment and detachment in modern-day work culture, might inspire more younger people to consider learning older, lucrative, agriculture-based skillsets.\n\n\"More and more people will understand that the wealthy life that our parents and our grandparents [might have] had will not be accessible for us. And it's time to come back to a more tough life. But a tough life doesn't have to be horrible. It could be a very happy life.\"\n\nTo prove this, Brisson has put cheesemaking demonstrations as his central exhibit, with the opportunity for visitors to take part in workshops and, yes, taste the finished products.\n\n\"People can see cheesemaking live and also talk to the cheesemaker, so that's an important part of what we do. We are working with many traditional farmers, so we want people [to feel like they're] kind of traveling when they taste the cheese. We are opening a little window in the heart of Paris to the rural side of France.\"\n\nHoused in a magnificent stone building that's over 500 years old, it's also an opportunity for visitors to reconnect with their ancestors, learning about the history of France's agriculture while realising exactly what goes into the food they're eating. This latter point has become of particular importance to an increasingly health-conscious and sceptical society looking to consume things more ethically.\n\n\"Cheesemakers and farmers are more aware of what people are sensitive to, and so they are trying to show the way they work. If you want to make a good cheese, you need to make a good milk. To make a very good milk, you need to have animals that are well treated,\" explains Brisson.\n\nMore than anything, the\u00a0Mus\u00e9e du Fromage is a reminder to cherish every bite of creamy cheese - and every human being that brought it into existence; the comfort of age-old processes that bring about specific results in a world of uncertainty and chaos.\n\n\"I'm always amazed at the fact that just milk makes so many different varieties of cheese. It's kind of magical,\" says Brisson.\n\n\"Now, we are able to know, thanks to science, a lot of things about cheese. But our ancestors, they didn't know all these details, but they still could make amazing cheese and develop very amazing skills of cheesemaking. So there is a know-how that's developed for centuries that we kind of inherited today.\u00a0We have a responsibility to keep this alive and to continue to pass to new generations the passion.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>It makes sense that the founder of a new cheese museum in Paris would have cheese as his profile picture on Whatsapp.<\/p>\n<p>The colour of\u00a0Cantaloupe, cheesemaker Pierre Brisson tells me it's Mimolette - a strong cheese traditionally produced in Lille that he'd carefully carved into a flower. \"It's a technique to make the cheese more appealing,\" Brisson says.<\/p>\n<p>Lovely, but let's be honest: when it comes to cheese, most people don't need any floral flourishes to kickstart their salivary glands.\u00a0In fact, the uglier and stinkier the better.<\/p>\n<p>Whether grated, melted, baked, sliced or slabbed on a board, France in particular is a nation of fromage lovers that camembert a day without it.<\/p>\n<p>A report earlier this year ranked France the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//03//05//worlds-cheesiest-nation-revealed-europeans-dominate-the-rankings-of-global-cheese-lovers/">second cheesiest country<\/strong><\/a> in the world, which is understandable considering they're also its biggest global importers and produce\u00a0246 varieties in total.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the world's most famous cheeses are French: roquefort, brie, morbier, cantal, camembert and\u00a0\u00c9poisses de Bourgogne, the latter of which was crowned <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//09//18//make-france-grate-again-the-best-cheese-in-the-world-has-been-crowned/">best cheese<\/strong><\/a> at\u00a0last year's so-called 'world cup of cheese'.<\/p>\n<p>It seems surprising, then, that the gastronomical heaven of Paris is only just opening a museum dedicated to its dairy deities.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8009726,8447364\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//11//12//we-are-seriously-french-and-totally-the-future-the-michelin-star-chef-turning-fine-dining-/">'We are seriously French and totally the future': The Michelin Star chef turning fine dining vegan<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//05//21//londons-new-museum-of-homelessness-has-storytelling-and-community-at-its-heart/">London/u2019s new Museum of Homelessness has storytelling and community at its heart<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5624470787468248\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//42//28//808x454_cmsv2_7a9f3c77-47c1-5a4b-b0d6-54df8d28050b-8464228.jpg/" alt=\"An early draft of what the museum would look like.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/384x216_cmsv2_7a9f3c77-47c1-5a4b-b0d6-54df8d28050b-8464228.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/640x360_cmsv2_7a9f3c77-47c1-5a4b-b0d6-54df8d28050b-8464228.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/750x422_cmsv2_7a9f3c77-47c1-5a4b-b0d6-54df8d28050b-8464228.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/828x466_cmsv2_7a9f3c77-47c1-5a4b-b0d6-54df8d28050b-8464228.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/1080x607_cmsv2_7a9f3c77-47c1-5a4b-b0d6-54df8d28050b-8464228.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/1200x675_cmsv2_7a9f3c77-47c1-5a4b-b0d6-54df8d28050b-8464228.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/1920x1080_cmsv2_7a9f3c77-47c1-5a4b-b0d6-54df8d28050b-8464228.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">An early draft of what the museum would look like.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Mus\u00e9e du fromage<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"I realised that lots of things were already organised in Paris to promote wine. Wine culture is developed in France. Cheese is also a big thing, but there were no places where people could learn more deeply about the processes of making cheese,\" Brisson tells Euronews Culture.<\/p>\n<p>After moving to Paris around 15 years ago, Brisson opened Paroles de Fromagers, a cheesemaking school. But he always dreamed of starting a museum that could not only educate, but also inspire people from all over the world to join the profession.<\/p>\n<p>Now, after a decade of saving and planning, the Mus\u00e9e du Fromage officially opens on 13 June.<\/p>\n<p>\"I put everything I have into this project, to finally have a place where everyone can come,\" Brisson says. \"The idea is to transmit the passion and the amazement [of cheesemaking].\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.498046875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//42//28//808x1206_cmsv2_3060c898-a15c-5d1a-92a3-899f802507c1-8464228.jpg/" alt=\"Pierre Brisson, founder of Paris&apos; new cheese museum.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/384x575_cmsv2_3060c898-a15c-5d1a-92a3-899f802507c1-8464228.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/640x959_cmsv2_3060c898-a15c-5d1a-92a3-899f802507c1-8464228.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/750x1124_cmsv2_3060c898-a15c-5d1a-92a3-899f802507c1-8464228.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/828x1240_cmsv2_3060c898-a15c-5d1a-92a3-899f802507c1-8464228.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/1080x1618_cmsv2_3060c898-a15c-5d1a-92a3-899f802507c1-8464228.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/1200x1798_cmsv2_3060c898-a15c-5d1a-92a3-899f802507c1-8464228.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/1920x2876_cmsv2_3060c898-a15c-5d1a-92a3-899f802507c1-8464228.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Pierre Brisson, founder of Paris&apos; new cheese museum.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Mitzi Yao and Thea McMillan<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At the heart of the new museum is its goal to celebrate traditional cheesemaking processes, a skill that has been in decline over recent decades as younger people move\u00a0 to cities instead for work.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, economic and environmental issues continue to plague the industry, with French cheesemakers <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//11//16//could-new-eu-recycling-laws-mean-the-end-of-camemberts-traditional-wooden-boxes/">going on strike<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0just last year over proposed changes to camembert's wooden box storage due to it not being recyclable.<\/p>\n<p>\"More and more people are leaving the countryside, and also it's not an easy job. It's a job that is well paid, because a good cheesemaker earns well in life, no problem. But it's still a production job, so every day you produce the same produce, you have to follow very strictly the timing. You need to be very meticulous on the job.\" explains Brisson, who also notes that there's a high demand for traditionally made cheeses in the country, but less availability due to labour shortages.<\/p>\n<p>Brisson believes, however, that the cost of living crisis, and growing senses of disillusionment and detachment in modern-day work culture, might inspire more younger people to consider learning older, lucrative, agriculture-based skillsets.<\/p>\n<p>\"More and more people will understand that the wealthy life that our parents and our grandparents [might have] had will not be accessible for us. And it's time to come back to a more tough life. But a tough life doesn't have to be horrible. It could be a very happy life.\"<\/p>\n<p>To prove this, Brisson has put cheesemaking demonstrations as his central exhibit, with the opportunity for visitors to take part in workshops and, yes, taste the finished products.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">We are opening a little window in the heart of Paris to the rural side of France.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Pierre Brisson\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n The Mus\u00e9e du Fromage founder\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"People can see cheesemaking live and also talk to the cheesemaker, so that's an important part of what we do. We are working with many traditional farmers, so we want people [to feel like they're] kind of traveling when they taste the cheese. We are opening a little window in the heart of Paris to the rural side of France.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//46//42//28//808x454_cmsv2_15955980-bba9-5563-a72a-8db8c005e718-8464228.jpg/" alt=\"Feeling un-brie-lievable levels of cheese cravings by now.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/384x216_cmsv2_15955980-bba9-5563-a72a-8db8c005e718-8464228.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/640x360_cmsv2_15955980-bba9-5563-a72a-8db8c005e718-8464228.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/750x422_cmsv2_15955980-bba9-5563-a72a-8db8c005e718-8464228.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/828x466_cmsv2_15955980-bba9-5563-a72a-8db8c005e718-8464228.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/1080x608_cmsv2_15955980-bba9-5563-a72a-8db8c005e718-8464228.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/1200x675_cmsv2_15955980-bba9-5563-a72a-8db8c005e718-8464228.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/46\/42\/28\/1920x1080_cmsv2_15955980-bba9-5563-a72a-8db8c005e718-8464228.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Feeling un-brie-lievable levels of cheese cravings by now.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Canva<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Housed in a magnificent stone building that's over 500 years old, it's also an opportunity for visitors to reconnect with their ancestors, learning about the history of France's agriculture while realising exactly what goes into the food they're eating. This latter point has become of particular importance to an increasingly health-conscious and sceptical society looking to consume things more ethically.<\/p>\n<p>\"Cheesemakers and farmers are more aware of what people are sensitive to, and so they are trying to show the way they work. If you want to make a good cheese, you need to make a good milk. To make a very good milk, you need to have animals that are well treated,\" explains Brisson.<\/p>\n<p>More than anything, the\u00a0Mus\u00e9e du Fromage is a reminder to cherish every bite of creamy cheese - and every human being that brought it into existence; the comfort of age-old processes that bring about specific results in a world of uncertainty and chaos.<\/p>\n<p>\"I'm always amazed at the fact that just milk makes so many different varieties of cheese. It's kind of magical,\" says Brisson.<\/p>\n<p>\"Now, we are able to know, thanks to science, a lot of things about cheese. 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