Nathalie Weatherald
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Nathalie Weatherald
@nweatherald.bsky.social
News Editor at POLITICO Europe
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Senior management at the EU’s asylum agency bypassed staff regulations to promote a “friendly circle” into senior positions, a confidential investigation by the EU’s anti-fraud watchdog OLAF found.
EU asylum agency bosses favored ‘friendly circle’ for promotions, watchdog finds
Fraud watchdog probes favoritism and mismanagement at agency tasked with implementing EU asylum law.
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May 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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The lobbying budgets of the largest European defense companies surged around 40 percent between 2022 and 2023, a data investigation by POLITICO found. 👉 www.politico.eu/article/eu-d...
March 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Bashar Assad’s fall was met with delight by many Syrians across Europe.

But the news had barely broken before politicians began talking about Syrian refugees returning home en masse.

🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
December 12, 2024 at 8:00 AM
ain’t no party like a party with news reporters

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December 13, 2024 at 10:48 PM
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🚨 BREAKING: Romania’s top constitutional court has annulled the country’s presidential election, after security services warned the vote had been distorted by a mass Russian influence campaign to favor a far-right candidate.
Romanian court cancels presidential election amid Russian influence fears
Constitutional court throws Romanian politics into turmoil, 2 days before runoff vote was due to take place.
www.politico.eu
December 6, 2024 at 1:36 PM