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Weimar Triangle sings ‘unity’ song in rebuke of Trump’s NATO claims

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-13 06:38
Donald Trump took flak on Monday from heads of government and foreign ministers of the ‘Weimar Triangle’, consisting of France, Germany, and Poland, for his claims he would not intervene if a NATO member were to be attacked by Russia.
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Trump’s NATO remarks likely election bluff, says Czech EU minister

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-13 06:36
US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments on abandoning alliance partners are a potential “bluff” ahead of the elections, according to Czech European Affairs Minister Martin Dvořák, who believes no US president would abandon the US’s role as a global leader.
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EU’s waffling on climate goals is allowing far-right to piggyback to power

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-13 06:33
To stop the far-right piggybacking to power this year, the EU must stop giving ground on hard-won climate rules, writes Isabel Schatzschneider.
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EU, UK urge scientists to join research programme after Brexit concerns

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-13 06:26
EU and UK science chiefs on Monday (12 February) launched a push to attract scientists to Europe's €95,5-billion Horizon research programme after warnings of high costs and red tape in Britain.
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EU takes a step closer to using frozen Russian assets profits for Ukraine

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-13 05:30
The EU on Monday (12 February) adopted legislation to set aside windfall profits made on frozen Russian central bank assets, in a first concrete step towards the bloc's aim of using the money to finance Ukraine's reconstruction.
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Herbivorous Europe finally turns into a more muscular actor

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-13 05:25
Europeans must scale up the efforts to provide Ukraine with all the support it needs to stand up to Russia, whether or not the US will continue to back up Kyiv, write Fabrizio Tassinari and Teona Giuashvili.
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EU’s Borrell urges Israel allies to stop sending weapons

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-13 04:45
EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell on Monday (12 February) urged allies of Israel - primarily the United States - to stop sending it weapons as "too many people" are being killed in Gaza.
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Forked tongues. Will sustained dialogue seed Europe’s farms?

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-13 04:23
Farmers blocking roads and torching political hubris. February got off to a blazing start. Belgium, France, and Germany came to a standstill, as President von der Leyen lauded their essential economic role. A high-stakes game of chicken has ensued.
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Talent, tech, and the unicorn farm… in conversation with EIT’s Adam Rottenbacher

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-13 03:11
EURACTIV spoke with the Head of Operations of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Adam Rottenbacher to learn about Europe’s largest innovation network, startup hub and unicorn farm.
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Drug mountain rising, expired medicines pile up in Slovak pharmacies

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-13 01:24
Slovak pharmacies are struggling to store large stocks of expired and returned medicines. With no current public contract for the retrieval and disposal of medicines, the drug mountain is growing.
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Czechia lacks a vaccination strategy, pharma package could bring focus says MP

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-13 01:07
Czechia has no clearly defined vaccination strategy, but a new impetus for change could come from the new EU pharmaceutical package, Czech MP tells Euractiv.
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Pharma innovation incentives, medicines shortages, challenge Belgium’s option paper progress

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-13 00:45
Revision of the EU's pharmaceutical legislation is the health priority for the Belgian presidency of the Council of the EU, but Belgium's efforts to complete the text remain challenged by the complexity of innovation incentives and medicines shortages.
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Former Dutch vaccines envoy says EU pharma framework should focus on innovation

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-13 00:18
Accelerating access to innovation for patients, and providing predictability in the high-risk environment of drug making is critical, a former Dutch vaccines envoy has told Euractiv, adding that the current EU pharmaceutical framework is unsustainable in the long term.
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Athens rolling out home delivery of medicines for patients with serious diseases

EURACTIV News - Mon, 2024-02-12 23:48
To improve patient access to pharmaceutical products, a Greek Health Ministry decision is rolling out home delivery of high-cost medicines to patients suffering from serious diseases.
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Munich Security Report: Perceived threat of cyberattacks reaches all-time high

EURACTIV News - Mon, 2024-02-12 18:29
Ahead of the Munich Security Conference, the Munich Security Report 2024 was published on Monday (12 February) revealing that for G7 countries cyberattacks on their country are considered the second most important risk, following extreme weather and forest fires.
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France’s former energy minister will support Agriculture Ministry

EURACTIV News - Mon, 2024-02-12 16:51
France's former minister for energy transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, has been appointed 'minister delegate' to the Agriculture Ministry to support Marc Fesneau, the minister already in place, in the midst of a major crisis in the sector.
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The Brief – Russian gas to Europe changes route

EURACTIV News - Mon, 2024-02-12 16:20
Russia's aggression against Ukraine produces images of Armageddon-type destruction: Mariupol, Bakhmut, now Avdiivka. But against this background, there is a place in Ukraine that seems heavenly secure.
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Šuica: Commission to revamp its online citizen engagement platform

EURACTIV News - Mon, 2024-02-12 15:53
The European Commission will release a revamped version of its Have Your Say online citizen’s engagement portal this month, Commission Vice-President Dubravka Šuica told Euractiv.
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Austria’s dependence on Russian gas rises to 98%, two years after Ukraine war

EURACTIV News - Mon, 2024-02-12 14:26
Austria’s dependence on Russian gas has grown from 80% to 98% in two years, prompting the country’s energy minister to ring the alarm bell ahead of a national election in the Autumn.
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Climate-change-driven migration seen as bigger threat than Russia – MSC report

EURACTIV News - Mon, 2024-02-12 12:35
Respondents fear climate-change-driven migration more than the security threat posed by Russia, according to a fresh survey for the Munich Security Conference (MSC) published on Monday (12 February).
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