AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoProtests: Youth-led demonstrations over living costs, housing and public services continued across Europe. France, Germany and Portugal reported clashes and arrests, while French students resumed school blockades. Political Crises: Belgium’s Prime Minister Bart De Wever offered his government’s resignation after coalition talks failed to agree on €10 billion in budget savings. In Poland, Brussels backed parliament’s authority to appoint Constitutional Tribunal judges, intensifying the clash between Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Karol Nawrocki. Bulgaria: Iliana Iotova won the presidency with 57.5% of the vote, ahead of pro-Western challenger Andrey Gyurov, in a contest shaped by the war in Ukraine and Black Sea security. Trade: The EU’s safeguard probe into rising hybrid-car imports drew objections from the UK, Japan, South Korea and Türkiye; China had already secured more favourable export arrangements. Research: Nestlé and BirdLife Europe will study how regenerative farming affects wildlife, with projects starting in Spain and Poland. Europe’s farmland bird populations fell 58% between 1980 and 2024, according to monitoring data.
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