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On Tuesday, Parliament held an extraordinary plenary session with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, marking 1000 days since Russia’s full-scale invasion.
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On Tuesday, Parliament held an extraordinary plenary session with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, marking 1000 days since Russia’s full-scale invasion.
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On Tuesday, Parliament held an extraordinary plenary session with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, marking 1000 days since Russia’s full-scale invasion.
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AMENDMENTS 1 - 88 - Draft report Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024
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David McAllister

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Commission v Czech Republic
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Citizenship of the Union: denying EU citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals the right to become a member of a political party infringes EU law

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I was fortunate enough to receive a UACES microgrant to help fund a month of conducting PhD fieldwork and research in Spain. I am pleased to say the trip was a success, and I gathered not only crucial archival evidence but also managed to establish key original strands of investigation through such findings, which will prove vital in shaping the argument at the crux of my thesis.

The trip was predominantly centred around making use of a number of Spain’s archivos estatales, however I also managed to integrate attending a conference in my very field of research into the stay, which would not have been possible without this financial backing. The Archivo Histórico Nacional in Madrid was my main base during the stay, and I used the PARES portal to find relevant archives and document them in relation to my key research questions. I particularly wanted to find out why a particular type of Spanish literature, known as the picaresque, was re-emerging in modern times – most notably in Spain’s postwar period, and here I found ample evidence that the popularity and trend of this type of writing was not only resurfacing, but being used as a tool for political defiance and a guise for the hypocritical bemusement of a generation marred by the depravity and austerity of a Civil War. The Archivo General de la Administración in nearby Alcalá de Henares also archived a return of the picaresque in not only a literary outlet, but through film, proving of its capability to adapt to the times and transcend boundaries. However, one key theme remained – despite European emulations of such work, it remained inherently Spanish. But why?

A breakthrough in my research trip came from my time spent at the Centro Documental de la Memoria Histórica in Salamanca, where the knowledgeable staff were able to discuss gaps in my research with me, leading to the discovery of a wealth of resources which could frame Spain’s postwar inwardness in stark contrast to the wider outfacing dynamic of Europe during this watershed period of war and enmity. I also made ample use of the digitalised archive collection to grasp a better understanding of conditions within Spain during this time, and the ties these had with the picaresque as not only a mere literary genus, but also as a watershed way of feeling, thinking and acting; ergo a trait of intrinsicality to the contemporary Spaniard. Following on from this part of my fieldwork, I then travelled to León to attend a conference specifically on the picaresque which was organised by the University of León in conjunction with the academic organisation CELPYC. At this event I was able to not only become familiar with current research being undertaken in my field, but also share my recent findings with like-minded academics, who have asked me to present my research at their upcoming congress in Santander in June 2025.

Sarah Ellis, Department of Languages Cultures and Film, University of Liverpool

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A Parliament delegation arrives in Baku today to participate in the COP29 climate change conference, which aims to define a new collective goal for financing climate action.
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A Parliament delegation arrives in Baku today to participate in the COP29 climate change conference, which aims to define a new collective goal for financing climate action.
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Extraordinary plenary session, Commission hearings, committee and political groups meetings

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MEPs demand more targeted EU sanctions against Russia’s so-called ‘shadow fleet’, which provides a key financial lifeline for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
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MEPs demand more targeted EU sanctions against Russia’s so-called ‘shadow fleet’, which provides a key financial lifeline for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
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MEPs demand more targeted EU sanctions against Russia’s so-called ‘shadow fleet’, which provides a key financial lifeline for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
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Parliament adopted its demands for the UN Climate Change Conference COP29, which aims to define a new collective goal for financing climate action.
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Parliament adopted its demands for the UN Climate Change Conference COP29, which aims to define a new collective goal for financing climate action.
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EU deforestation obligations will be postponed one year so that companies can comply with the law that ensures products sold in the EU are not sourced from deforested land.
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EU deforestation obligations will be postponed one year so that companies can comply with the law that ensures products sold in the EU are not sourced from deforested land.
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Thursday, 14 November

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Thursday, 14 November

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