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Spanish Parliament will continue talks on amnesty law after rejection by Catalan separatists
The Spanish Parliament will resume negotiations on a draft amnesty law for Catalan independence supporters responsible for the 2017 secession attempt after it was rejected by the lower house on Tuesday (January 30) when the Catalan party Junts demanded that its scope be broadened.
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Images of Italian teacher chained in Budapest court spark debate in Italy
Images of an Italian woman being shackled and chained at a court hearing in Budapest have sparked a huge debate in Italy, with leaders urged to do something about the situation, even though her family say they have already complained about the conditions of her year-long detention.
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German Greens push to water down EU party’s climate targets
The European Green Party is set for an internal battle over climate targets at a party congress this weekend, with the German Greens pushing to postpone the climate neutrality goals by five years and scrap parts of the gas and oil phase-out policies.
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‘Will remain unignorable’: German climate activists abandon street blockades
German climate activist group “Last Generation” will refrain from gluing themselves to the streets as their main form of protest, instead opting for bigger events and more targetted interference.
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Sweden boosts military ties with France as Macron repeats EU sovereignty call
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and French President Emmanuel Macron signed agreements to strengthen military ties on the first day of Macron’s two-day visit to the country, during which he has already repeated his call for greater EU sovereignty amid increasingly tense geopolitics and the chance of Donald Trump returning to the White House.
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Parliament, member states strike deal on ‘breakfast directive’ to combat food fraud
The Parliament and member states struck a deal on the so-called breakfast directive, which includes measures improving the transparency on the origin of the bees’ product. Honey is one of the most adulterated foods.
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Cars v cows: German automakers call to split EU-Mercosur deal to bypass French ‘non’
The EU-Mercosur trade agreement should be split into two distinctive parts to circumvent French resistance based on agricultural issues, the German car industry has proposed, in a bid to boost export markets other than China.
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EU raids target top tyre firms over suspected cartel
The European Commission said on Tuesday (30 January) it had launched surprise inspections of tyre companies in several EU countries after suspicions of price collusion.
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Majority of EU Parliament groups seek to preserve committee setup
Following the European Commission's proposal to revise the European Parliamentary committees' setup, most political groups prefer to keep the existing structure, a source from the European Parliament close to the matter told Euractiv.
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France ‘hypocritical’ to blame Brussels for farmers’ problems – experts
In deflecting blame for farmers' malaise to Brussels, by pointing the finger at the EU's trade policy and 'red tape', the French government runs the risk of coming across as “hypocritical”, with little political gain.
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Hurdles remain as EU looks to pledge more military support to Ukraine
While EU member states are expected to pledge continued military support to Ukraine this week, hurdles for a future funding scheme remain.
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EU’s diplomatic service faces staffing, feedback challenges, auditors say
EU diplomats working in Brussels and abroad face staffing challenges, not receiving enough guidance from headquarters and struggle with intelligence and information sharing due to slow and opaque computer systems, according to a new report by the bloc's internal auditors.
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