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Tens of thousands demonstrated in Germany against the EU's planned copyright reform on Saturday. The new directive is due to be passed by the EU Parliament on Tuesday. Critics fear that it will lead to censorship. Article 13, according to which online platforms will no longer be able to direct users to copyrighted content, is the main source of concern. Not all commentators agree with this criticism.

Estonia commemorates today, Monday, the mass deportations from the Baltic which took place under Stalin 70 years ago. Between 25 and 28 March, 1949, roughly 90,000 people were arrested and deported to Siberia, including around 20,000 from Estonia. Journalists and researchers call for appropriate processing and commemoration of the atrocities.

Judicial statistics 2018: the Court of Justice and the General Court establish record productivity with 1,769 cases completed

Special Counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence of collusion between US President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia in the 2016 election, but left unresolved the issue of whether Trump obstructed justice by undermining the investigations that have dogged his presidency.

The management of Germany's Commerzbank has a clear strategy about the planned merger with Deutsche Bank and is "working hard" in order to reach a decision as quickly as possible, CEO Martin Zielke said in an internal e-mail sent to the bank’s employees and seen by EURACTIV.

In light of the rise of extreme-right populism, S&D has been pushing progressive political forces across Europe to stick together ahead of the crucial EU elections in May.

Romania will move its embassy to Jerusalem, its prime minister has said, shattering the EU line on the Arab-Israeli conflict while the country holds the EU rotating presidency.

Malaysia may retaliate against an EU plan to curb palm oil use by purchasing new fighter jets from China instead of European arms companies, its leader said Sunday (24 March).

Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orban insisted in an interview on public radio on Sunday that he would continue "information campaigns" ahead of the European elections. The European People's Party (EPP) voted last week to suspend Orban's Fidesz party over violations of EU rule of law, and previous controversial posters of EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker. "We have exposed them and, naturally, they are angry," Orban said.

Carlo Calenda, a prominent liberal democrat affiliated to centre-left Partito Democratico (PD), wants his new platform 'Siamo Europei' to help create a single pro-EU list for the upcoming elections. EURACTIV.com spoke with him on the sidelines of his platform's manifesto launch in Brussels last week (19 March).

British prime minister Theresa May is "effectively out of power", Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon said after last week's EU summit. "I would like to see article 50 revoked. That would be preferable to crashing out with no deal," she told the Scotsman. Sturgeon joined hundreds of thousands of people marching in London on Saturday demanding a second Brexit referendum.

Pressure on British prime minister Theresa May to resign is growing, UK media reported, after an EU summit offered a short extension for the UK to approve May's deal on Brexit. May is set to update ministers on her Brexit strategy at a cabinet meeting on Monday. Rejected twice by British MPs by record margins, it remains unclear whether a third vote on the deal will be held this week.

More than one million people marched on Saturday to the UK parliament demanding a second referendum on Brexit in one of the biggest marches of the century, according to the BBC. Meanwhile a petition on the UK parliament website for the government to revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU reached record five million signatures. Parliament considers all petitions that get more than 100,000 signatures for a debate.