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Politico (12 November 2025)

Max Griera

Center-right lawmaker Jörgen Warborn’s subtle handshake with center-left René Repasi on the way out of the European Parliament hemicycle on Wednesday afternoon marked a nail in the coffin of Ursula von der Leyen’s coalition.

With that handshake, the European People’s Party and the Socialists and Democrats groups' negotiators halted talks to find a last-minute agreement on a package to slash green corporate rules for businesses.

“This is what I would interpret as the end of the negotiations,” said Repasi after his chat with Warborn.

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