French labour unions have slammed the use of 45,000 volunteers scheduled to work at the upcoming Paris Summer Olympics, labelling it “disguised employment”. buff.ly/4aIHLqR

Italy’s Parliament has voted to let pro-life activists be present in clinics that offer consultations about abortions. buff.ly/4aJMgSe

COMMENT: Europe’s right must think positive if it wants to win, writes Laurie Wastell. buff.ly/4aL1oPl

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is a student of “narco-chavist dictatorships”, the leader of Spain’s VOX party, Santiago Abascal 🇪🇸, has claimed. buff.ly/3vSvmSp

The EU still cannot do without Russian liquefied natural gas, despite it being two years since the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU Agency for the Co-operation of Energy Regulators has claimed. buff.ly/49M9oOv

Three German nationals have been arrested on suspicion of working with the Chinese secret service to hand over technologies that could be used for military purposes. buff.ly/49V35Zm

Brussels is pushing Chinese internet technology company ByteDance on whether it is respecting EU transparency and child-protection rules with its newly released app, TikTok Lite. buff.ly/3W7w9t6

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has come under fire in Parliament for allegedly failing to act when Brussels mayors wanted to cancel the National Conservatism conference. buff.ly/4b0QQLx

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has sparked controversy by proposing new measures aimed at cracking down on youth violence in France. buff.ly/49LKjDv

Greece’s ruling conservatives have announced that they will run a jailed Albanian politician as one of its candidates for the upcoming European Parliament elections. buff.ly/4aWtdnk

EU-funded textbooks helped to radicalise Gazans in the lead-up to the October 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel, the European Parliament has stated in a resolution. buff.ly/4aHGBfi

A French proposal to further integrate the European Union’s capital markets has drawn opposition from a majority of member states, who attacked it as a Brussels power grab. buff.ly/449jY18

COMMENT: Forget turning the other cheek; Israel should teach Iran a lesson, writes Conrad Black. buff.ly/49IWT6g

COMMENT: Western tech may have beaten Iran’s air attack, but greater challenges are to come, writes Gabriel Elefteriu FRAeS. buff.ly/447Z5TP

The threat of Russian “interference” in the upcoming EU elections is a serious risk, the European Commission’s Vera Jourová has warned. buff.ly/49Dm3U4

The Belgian army’s stocks of ammunition are dangerously depleted and are currently at just 7 per cent of the level required by NATO, Belgian MP Theo Francken MP has claimed. buff.ly/44moLwl

Moldova’s leftist opposition leader has urged voters to boycott a referendum on backing the country’s drive to join the EU, saying pro-European President Maia Sandu was using the plebiscite to help her win re-election. buff.ly/49L9WEz

Polish President Andrzej Duda had dinner with former US president Donald Trump over which they discussed the wars in Ukraine and Middle East as well as NATO members’ defence spending. buff.ly/3W11Cgv

Just 51 per cent of Poles have a positive image of the European Union, according to the latest poll conducted by international think-tank More in Common. buff.ly/4b3zCxf

A near-record 40 per cent of the Flemish population supports the region's independence from Belgium, a new poll backed by one of the country's biggest news groups has found. buff.ly/49HOjF7