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Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov repeated Russia's claims that the war in Ukraine is a denazification operation on the Italian TV channel Rete4 on Sunday evening. Referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, he drew a comparison with Hitler and his purported Jewish ancestry. Israel reacted indignantly. Commentators warn of dangerous tendencies that also affect specific EU countries.

Given the circumstances, the European Union's economy is doing reasonably well. However, this success currently relies on the EU circumventing its own rules, putting into question how sensible they are in the first place.

Many Britons living in the EU feel disconnected from and embarrassed by their country since Brexit, according to new research published on Wednesday.

The French presidency of the EU Council has made a series of proposals regarding the enforcement of the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act, in a new compromise text seen by EURACTIV.

Ministre de la Transition écologique and Premier ministre (Responsabilité de l’État pour la pollution de l’air)
Environment and consumers
Advocate General Kokott: Member States may be liable for health damage caused by excessive air pollution

London Steam-Ship Owners’ Mutual Insurance Association
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Advocate General Collins: An arbitral award judgment may be a relevant judgment for the purposes of the Regulation on recognition and enforcement of judgments

Subdelegación del Gobierno en Toledo (Séjour d’un membre de la famille - Ressources insuffisantes)
Citizenship of the Union
A relationship of dependency capable of justifying the grant of a derived right of residence to the parent, who is a non-EU national, of a minor, who is a Union citizen, is presumed where that parent lives on a stable basis with the other parent, who is a Union citizen, of that minor

Victorinox
Approximation of laws
A trader who offers, on websites such as Amazon, goods which he has not himself produced must inform the consumer of the manufacturer’s guarantee if that guarantee has been made a central or essential element of the offer

BPC Lux 2 and Others
DFON
The Portuguese legislation which provides the basis for the resolution action in respect of Banco Espírito Santo is compatible with the right to property

Thursday, 5 May

Source : © European Union, 2022 - EP

Thursday, 5 May

Source : © European Union, 2022 - EP

Polls open across the UK on Thursday (5 May) in local and regional elections that could prove historic in Northern Ireland and heap further pressure on embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Albanian healthcare workers fleeing en masse while the government remains unphased, Nordic countries supporting a fast Swedish and Finnish NATO ratification period, and so much more.