How to bypass unruly MEPs
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On Politico Europe’s Brussels Playbook podcast, Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart explain how the European Parliament can advance controversial legislation by sidestepping a full vote of all 720 MEPs. Cross-party leaders worry shifting plenary alliances, especially with the far right’s rise, could undo deals struck in committees—a route that may matter for the EU’s next long-term budget. The episode also covers NATO allies weighing their biggest military planning overhaul in at least 20 years, prioritising Russia while deprioritising more distant conflicts, and the EU’s new Digital Fairness Act for online consumers, which NGO Finance Watch says falls short on protecting people from fin-fluencers.
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