In a year dominated by the rhetoric of defending democracy, EU democracy support policies were adjusted in important ways to align with the new geopolitical context. However, the union also seemed to treat commitments in this area as second-order priorities compared to security.
inevitably, there are more questions for mr zahawi to answer. ultimately, those questions come back to the man who lives in there, the prime minister, who appointed him as conservative party chairman. we are told this morning he talked to the propriety and ethics committee and nothing was said to stop mr zahawi s appointment going ahead. the prime minister is going to face those questions about when he found out about all of this and of the level of detail he knows. how much pressure is on rishi sunak? i do think it is a significant amount of pressure to talk about the details of this case. he will inevitably be asked in the next day or so about the situation with richard sharp, the bbc chairman, some of the accusations in the sunday times yesterday. yes, there are denials about a conflict of interest. but i think a lot of people want to know the level of scrutiny that that appointment had