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President von der Leyen at the European Council Summit, Brussels, December 2024
  • Press release

EU leaders gathered in Brussels to talk over the EU’s role in the world. Their focus was on Ukraine and on the situation in the Middle East, following the fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime. They also exchanged on the situation in Moldova and Georgia, as well as on the latest progress on enlargement.

Venezuela’s Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado with President Metsola
  • Press release

The European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2024 has been awarded to Venezuela’s Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado. They were praised for their pursuit of justice and democracy in Venezuela following contested presidential elections there in July.

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