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The far-left La France Insoumise Motion of Censure against the Lecornu II Government has failed. With 271 votes in favour, the vote failed by only 18 votes. This means PM Sébastien Lecornu is now entirely dependent on support from the Parti Socialiste.

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Always great to chat with @anchalvohra! "Viktor Orban is clear that he wants more authoritarian, anti-democratic, pro-Russian actors in the European political sphere," said Julien Hoez, editor of The @FrenchDispatch and a geopolitical consultant #Georgia dw.com/en/eu-says-viktor-orb…

France has summoned Israel’s ambassador after the military strikes on UNIFIL

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Oh hey, isn’t this nice! 🍾 #EUinfluencer

And to round off a good night: #18 in the unified ZN #EUInfluencer rankings. Now I just have to keep up the good work 😁

I’ve apparently had a very, very good year according to the lovely folks at @ZNConsulting, and I’m looking forward to continuing my work educating the public and fighting for a stronger European Union 🇪🇺

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🚨BREAKING Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, has been charged on 12 criminal counts by the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office. These charges include: 🛜Complicity – web-mastering an online platform in order to enable an illegal transaction in organized group, 💬Refusal to communicate, at the request of competent authorities, information or documents necessary for carrying out and operating interceptions allowed by law 🚸Complicity – possessing pornographic images of minors 🚸Complicity - distributing, offering or making available pornographic images of minors, in organized group 🤪Complicity - acquiring, transporting, possessing, offering or selling narcotic substances 🔧Complicity - offering, selling or making available, without legitimate reason, equipment, tools, programs or data designed for or adapted to get access to and to damage the operation of an automated data processing system 💰Complicity – organized fraud, Criminal association with a view to committing a crime or an offense punishable by 5 or more years of imprisonment 💰Laundering of the proceeds derived from organized group’s offences and crimes 🖥️Providing cryptology services aiming to ensure confidentiality without certified declaration 🔏Providing a cryptology tool not solely ensuring authentication or integrity monitoring without prior declaration 🔏Importing a cryptology tool ensuring authentication or integrity monitoring without prior declaration.

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