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BERLIN | WARSAW In a run-off election with arch-conservative Friedrich Merz, North Rhine-Westphalian leader Armin Laschet won the race for CDU chair. Laschet – considered to be the moderate in the race and ran largely on a platform of continuing Merkel’s legacy – now has the best chance of becoming the country’s next chancellor after the Bundestag election set for 26 September.  In the meantime at the EU level, Laschet will have to deal with the headache of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, which is part of the European People’s Party (EPP). EPP chief Donald Tusk briefly welcomed d...

Portugal’s Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva is hoping the first tranche of EU recovery fund will reach member states “in the first half of 2021”, saying Portugal aims to reach the end of its EU Council presidency with “all national plans approved”. The complex process of ratifying the increase in the own-resources ceiling – which is essential for the European budget for 2021-2027 to come into force –  should be “as short as possible,” Santos Silva told Lusa in an interview. This is to fulfill the objective of completing the presidency with the multi-annual financial fr...