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Year of Skills shows rail’s future is tied to Europe’s destiny [Promoted content]

Thu, 22/06/2023 - 07:00
If Europe’s Green Deal, future growth and digital capabilities hinge on the future of rail, the European Year of Skills must prioritise the industry’s needs.
Categories: European Union

UK could have avoided lockdown, says former health secretary

Thu, 22/06/2023 - 06:58
The UK could have avoided the COVID-19 lockdown had it been better prepared, former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt told the COVID-19 public inquiry on Wednesday. Hunt, the current Chancellor of the Exchequer, faced the public inquiry for the first time...
Categories: European Union

Disappointment in the Netherlands as Agricultural Accord falls through

Thu, 22/06/2023 - 06:57
Neither farmer’s representatives nor the cabinet hid their disappointment on Wednesday after negotiations on the long-debated Agricultural Accord were ultimately laid to rest late on Tuesday night, following the exodus of agrarian business association LTO Nederland. As part of the...
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Austria unveils ‘Friends of the Western Balkans’ group, wants speedy EU accession

Thu, 22/06/2023 - 06:56
Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will present the “Friends of the Western Balkans”, a group of seven EU member states keen to speed up EU accession for Western Balkan states during the Europa-Forum Wachau in Lower Austria on Friday, his...
Categories: European Union

French government dissolves environmental group that clashed with police

Thu, 22/06/2023 - 06:56
The French government dissolved the environmental group, Les Soulèvements de la Terre, on Wednesday, citing the group’s violent clashes with the police as the group sought to stop constructing a water reservoir in western France on 24 March. The government’s...
Categories: European Union

Ireland starts reflection on how to define its neutrality

Thu, 22/06/2023 - 06:45
Dublin is set to launch a four-day-long public consultation to review the neutral's country posture on the international scene on Thursday (22 June), after Russia's war in Ukraine has reshuffled Europe's security architecture.
Categories: European Union

Lessons from Portugal: How the EU’s green industrial policy can benefit all member states

Thu, 22/06/2023 - 06:40
When it comes to countering economic and industrial imbalances with the Green Deal Industrial Plan, the EU could have a lot to learn from the Portugal case, write Aleksandra Waliszewska and Artur Patuleia. 
Categories: European Union

Regional PP candidate rules out governing with ‘sexist’ VOX

Thu, 22/06/2023 - 06:37
With less than a month to go before the general elections in Spain, the candidate of centre-right Partido Popular (PP) for president of the autonomous region of Extremadura, María Guardiola, ruled out a future government with what she called a...
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Germany’s emboldened far-right shoots for chancellorship

Thu, 22/06/2023 - 06:36
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) will have a candidate run in the chancellorship race for the first time in 2025, party co-leader Alice Weidel confirmed as the emboldened party soars in the polls. Traditionally, only the parties with the...
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Former Hungarian diplomat: Corruption is next decades’ biggest security challenge

Thu, 22/06/2023 - 06:35
Political corruption will be one of the next decade’s biggest security challenges for intergovernmental organisations like NATO, and will further jeopardise the work of international organisations going forward, Zsolt Rábai, the former Foreign Policy Adviser to the Hungarian president, writes....
Categories: European Union

G7 data protection authorities point to key concerns on generative AI

Wed, 21/06/2023 - 18:56
The privacy watchdogs of the G7 countries are set to detail a common vision of the data protection challenges of generative AI models like ChatGPT, according to a draft statement seen by EURACTIV.
Categories: European Union

EU greenlights 11th Russia sanctions package, mostly targeted at stuffing loopholes

Wed, 21/06/2023 - 18:15
After weeks of wrangling, EU ambassadors on Wednesday (21 June) agreed to an 11th package of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, designed to prevent third countries and companies from circumventing the bloc's existing measures.
Categories: European Union

Wholesale response needed to Europe’s decade of media crises – report

Wed, 21/06/2023 - 18:01
European media face an increasingly challenging environment and while there have been positive efforts, a holistic approach is needed to ensure they can continue to play their vital democratic role, according to a new report. 
Categories: European Union

Making a geopolitical case for EU-Africa climate cooperation

Wed, 21/06/2023 - 16:58
The EU is trying to catch up in the green tech space, while Africa is trying to catch up in its industrialisation. Can green industry partnerships kill two birds with one stone? Poorva Karkare and Alfonso Medinilla say yes. 
Categories: European Union

Let’s build a fairer Erasmus now

Wed, 21/06/2023 - 16:57
Grants for the Erasmus student exchange programme are not keeping pace with inflation, pricing out many poorer students - that needs to change, write Nicu Stefanuta and Juan Rayon Gonzalez.
Categories: European Union

Travel platform rules: EU Parliament hones in on registration, authorisation

Wed, 21/06/2023 - 16:50
Amid broad consensus in the European Parliament on the new regulation for short-term rental platforms, political discussion amongst EU lawmakers has focused on the extent of compliance by design and interactions between authorisation and registration schemes.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – Don’t say the C-word

Wed, 21/06/2023 - 16:20
While it is becoming clear that the EU's approach to China is that of limiting potential risks over fully cutting ties, the bloc will still struggle to achieve a coherent strategy if it does not get its communication right.
Categories: European Union

Fostering Europe-China Trust for Global Economic Growth [Promoted content]

Wed, 21/06/2023 - 16:00
Amid Brussels' China recalibration and unveiling of economic security strategy, businesses stress vital role of nurturing mutual trust in fostering global trade and investment.
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Commission ‘annihilated symbolic value’ of EU Sovereignty Fund, leading MEP says

Wed, 21/06/2023 - 15:17
The EU's new 'STEP' funding platform is unambitious and runs the risk of internal market fragmentation, French centrist Renew MEP Valérie Hayer, who co-leads the Parliament’s work on the EU budget and own resources, told EURACTIV in an interview.
Categories: European Union

France targets Russian and Wagner disinformation in Africa

Wed, 21/06/2023 - 15:14
After armed men killed nine Chinese nationals at a gold mine in Central African Republic, a video circulated on the internet saying France had secretly ordered the attack and planned to discredit Russian mercenary group Wagner in the country.
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