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The European Parliament passed stricter migration and asylum rules in the European Union on Wednesday, after years of internal dispute and against the backdrop of rising EU asylum applications. "It has been more than 10 years in the making," the EU legislature's President Roberta Metsola said on X, formerly Twitter. "But we kept our word." At a press conference later, Metsola spoke of a package that is "fair with those eligible for protection, that is firm with those who are not, and that is strong against the traffickers and the networks preying on the most vulnerable of people." A packed and......

Senior figures from the Green and liberal factions in the European Parliament have spoken in favour of including the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, echoing a call by French President Emmanuel Macron. Green parliamentary group leader Terry Reintke and Valérie Hayer, who is the leader of the liberal Renew group, spoke to Germany's RND media group for an interview published on Sunday. "The right to safe abortion belongs in the EU Charter as a fundamental right," Reintke, a German politician who has served as a member of the European Parliament since 2014, told RND. The......