JK Rowling, Joe Rogan and Elon Musk are fuming over Scotland’s hate crime law (www.politico.eu)
It was no April Fool’s joke....
It’s not just boomers, young people are voting far right too (www.politico.eu)
Ahead of the European election, striking data shows where Gen Z and millennials’ allegiances lie....
European car safety body is coming for touchscreens. The European New Car Assessment Programme mandates that key controls need physical buttons or switches (www.politico.eu)
Carmakers are equipping their latest models with fancy touchscreens, but that could cause problems with Europe’s largest car safety authority....
Putin ‘wins’ rigged Russian election with 88% of the vote, early results show (www.politico.eu)
Musk given 24 hours to address graphic images of Hamas attacks (www.politico.eu)
Elon Musk has until the end of Wednesday to respond to demands from Brussels to remove graphic images and disinformation linked to the violence in Israel from his social network X — or face the full force of Europe’s new social media rules....
The science is clear. So why can’t governments agree on vaping? (www.politico.eu)
France votes to ban ‘forever chemicals,’ exempting frying pans (www.politico.eu)
The French National Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted a bill aimed at restricting the manufacture and sale of products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — also known as PFAS or “forever chemicals.” The MPs, backed by the government, voted to exclude kitchen utensils from the scope of the text....
Far-right leader Geert Wilders wins Dutch election: Exit poll (www.politico.eu)
The anti-Islam, euroskeptic radical Geert Wilders is projected to be the shock winner of the Dutch election....
Ukraine blows up main railway connection between Russia and China (www.politico.eu)
Ukraine’s security service blew up a railway connection linking Russia to China, in a clandestine strike carried out deep into enemy territory, with pro-Kremlin media reporting that investigators have opened a criminal case into a “terrorist attack.”...
EU ministers fume as ‘outrageous’ Hungary yet again blocks military aid for Ukraine (www.politico.eu)
A large number of EU resolutions on Ukraine are being blocked by Hungary, said Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis....
Most Brits reckon Brexit has failed, new poll finds (www.politico.eu)
World Bank’s climate plan: Pricier red meat and dairy, cheaper chicken and veggies (www.politico.eu)
“We have to stop destroying the planet as we feed ourselves,” a World Bank official said, as red meat and dairy drive CO2 emissions....
Democracy in decline worldwide, new report says (www.politico.eu)
Let them eat burgers! Austrian chancellor says low-income families should eat at McDonald’s (www.politico.eu)
Fighting against the USSR didn’t necessarily make you a Nazi (www.politico.eu)
Everybody knows that a lie can make it halfway around the world before the truth has even got its boots on....
Israel slams UN chief for saying Hamas attack ‘did not happen in a vacuum,’ calls for his resignation (www.politico.eu)
Exit polls show Swiss anti-immigrant party on track for record election showing (www.politico.eu)
The Swiss People’s Party (SVP), which centered its campaign on anti-immigrant rhetoric, is projected to win 29 percent of the vote, up from 25.6 percent four years ago and higher than pre-election polls. It has been the country’s largest party since 2003.
It’s time Europe reduced its defense reliance on the US, Czech president says (www.politico.eu)
Hydroxychloroquine could have caused almost 17,000 deaths in six countries during COVID, study finds (www.politico.eu)
Twitter to ditch bird logo, Musk says (www.politico.eu)
German far right’s Höcke wants to kick disabled kids out of regular schools (www.politico.eu)
France orders ban on all pro-Palestinian protests (www.politico.eu)
US accuses China of backing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (www.politico.eu)
Beijing is “picking a side” and can’t claim to be neutral any more, the US ambassador to NATO tells POLITICO....
Donald Trump won’t give ‘a penny’ to Ukraine if elected, Orbán says (www.politico.eu)
Hungarian leader praised Republican front-runner as a “man of peace.”...
West urges Israel to show restraint amid escalation fears (www.politico.eu)
