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Spain’s VOX counts on Trump, Meloni, Milei to boost EU election message

Thu, 2024-05-02 06:38
Spain's far-right VOX party is counting on the support of former US president and Republican candidate Donald Trump, Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni and Argentina’s President Javier Milei, among others, to boost its message of a Europe of sovereign nations ahead of the European elections in June.
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Britain rolls out post-Brexit plans for authorising EU investment funds

Thu, 2024-05-02 06:33
Britain set out its "roadmap" for authorising investment funds from the EU to offer products in the UK, a post-Brexit milestone that reflects how most funds sold to retail investors in the country are still listed in the EU.
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French far-right party unveils long list of EU election candidates

Thu, 2024-05-02 06:31
France's far-right Rassemblement party, which is currently leading opinion polls in France ahead of the EU elections, has unveiled the first 35 names on its list of candidates for the June vote, including outgoing MEPs, historic leaders, several youn g people, and supporters of Marine Le Pen.
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Malta’s energy minister warns: The energy crisis isn’t over

Thu, 2024-05-02 06:30
In an interview with Euractiv, the Maltese energy minister warned against considering the European energy crisis over and laid out a vision of her island nation becoming the power connection between Europe and North Africa.
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Why engagement with Indo-Pacific region is important for OECD, Europe’s future

Thu, 2024-05-02 06:30
Sixty years after its accession to the OECD, Japan sees an active role for the organisation in Southeast Asia, where bolstering sustainable growth standards will benefit the economies and resilience of Europe, Southeast Asia and beyond, writes Yoko Kamikawa.
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Contrails – Plane to see

Thu, 2024-05-02 06:30
Contrails, as these stripes are called, are caused by jet engine exhaust. They are worse for the climate than aviation’s CO2 emissions. Cutting contrails is the quickest, cheapest path for the airline industry to reduce its climate impact.
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German left alarmed by spike in attacks on election campaigners, blame far right

Thu, 2024-05-02 06:16
Germany’s left-wing parties are accusing the far-right of creating a “climate of fear” after several incidents of physical attacks on left-wing campaigners were reported since the left-wing parties officially launched their EU election campaigns.
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Sweden’s Social Democrats chief wants harsher EU rules for countries who ‘don’t behave’

Thu, 2024-05-02 06:10
The European Union must become “democracy-secure” and be able to expel countries that move in the opposite direction, former prime minister and Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson told a press conference ahead of her Labour Day speech.
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Tusk promises Poles will soon be richer than Brits

Thu, 2024-05-02 06:08
Poland’s GDP per capita could be higher than the UK’s in five years’ time, according to the latest World Bank data, which Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk vowed to make a reality on Wednesday – the day Poland celebrated 20 years as part of the European Union.
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Czechia’s ANO launches EU campaign, distances itself further from EU liberals

Thu, 2024-05-02 06:04
The Czech ANO party launched its EU election campaign on Wednesday, with the fight against the EU Green Deal and the migration pact being among its top priorities, further distancing itself from its European partners in the liberal Renew Europe group.
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Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, ALDE’s unconventional candidate

Thu, 2024-05-02 06:00
Controversial and popular in Germany, but relatively unknown in Brussels, Marie Agnes Strack Zimmermann nomination to lead candidate of the liberal party ALDE has taken most by surprise.
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Possible to enlarge and deepen EU at the same time, Barroso says

Thu, 2024-05-02 06:00
Contrary to the current European Union reform debate, it is possible to have the enlargement process and deeper EU integration run parallel, former European Commission president José Manuel Barroso told Euractiv. “A very important lesson learned from then is that...
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Wimbledon aims to serve environmental ace [Advocacy Lab Content]

Wed, 2024-05-01 23:47
Wimbledon, the only Grand Slam still played on grass, is intent on becoming genuinely green. Organisers of the event have set ambitious, clear goals on how to achieve that. Their game plan is all about taking a high level view.
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Investing in Europe’s future – how private equity and venture capital is building European resilience [Advocacy Lab Content]

Wed, 2024-05-01 23:31
A report by Invest Europe reveals that €130bn was invested by private equity and venture capital in 2022, marking the second-highest year for investment. More than 9000 companies were backed, helping drive innovation, jobs and green growth.
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German Chancellor Scholz, unions hit back at calls for longer working hours, pension reform

Wed, 2024-05-01 11:03
On International Workers’ Day, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD/S&D) and trade union representatives have voiced opposition to calls by business leaders and pro-business parties for longer working hours and to increase the retirement age.
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Health inequalities persist 20 years after the 2004 enlargement

Wed, 2024-05-01 09:30
For the 10 countries that joined the EU in 2004, the economic transformation has been impressive but significant disparities remain to this day and this is particularly the case when it comes to health.
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UN warns Israel assault on Gaza’s Rafah on ‘immediate horizon’

Wed, 2024-05-01 08:25
The United Nations on Tuesday (30 April) warned that an Israeli assault on Rafah in the Gaza Strip was "on the immediate horizon" and that "incremental" progress by Israel on aid access to the enclave could not be used to prepare for or justify an operation.
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Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters in Columbia University raid

Wed, 2024-05-01 08:00
New York City police raided Columbia University late on Tuesday (30 April) to arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, some of whom had seized an academic building.
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Britain starts physical checks on fresh food imports from the EU

Wed, 2024-05-01 07:45
Britain launched physical checks on fresh food products imported from the European Union on Tuesday (30 April) some three years after it left the bloc's single market and eight years after it voted to leave the EU.
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Palestinians throw stones at EU diplomats’ car in West Bank protest over war

Wed, 2024-05-01 07:32
A group of Palestinian students disrupted a meeting of EU diplomats in the West Bank and attacked some of their cars with stones, to protest against the war in Gaza, witnesses said.
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