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Taras Kachka, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration, emphasised the need for “fast, merit-based, full membership” in the European Union, rejecting alternative proposals such as associate membership. He urged for the opening of all negotiation clusters by June to expedite Ukraine’s EU accession process.

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Spain’s National Police searched former prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s office, uncovering jewellery, hard drives, and documents linked to the Plus Ultra case. The jewellery, reportedly inherited and gifted items, was seized alongside items potentially involving influence-peddling related to a Venezuelan airline bailout.

Thousands of people across Germany took to the streets on Saturday to protest the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, just weeks before the general election on February 23. Demonstrators in Berlin gathered at the Brandenburg Gate, lighting up their phones, blowing whistles, and singing anti-fascist songs, while in Cologne, protesters carried banners condemning the AfD.  

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