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Trump says summit with North Korea’s Kim ‘better than anybody expected’

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/12/2018 - 07:47
US President Donald Trump said a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday (12 June) had gone “better than anybody could have expected”, and they would sign a document following talks on ways to end a nuclear standoff on the Korean peninsula
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Poland aims to be ‘keystone’ between diverging EU and US, says PM

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/12/2018 - 07:21
Poland's rightwing prime minister has said the growing rift between the EU and the United States is a "great opportunity" for his country, which he hopes will be a "keystone" between them as trade tensions escalate.
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Lagarde says global economic outlook darkening by the day

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/12/2018 - 07:03
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde led an attack by global economic organisations on US President Donald Trump's "America First" trade policy on Monday, warning that clouds over the global economy "are getting darker by the day".
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EU parliament’s ‘gravy train’ hits the buffers

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/12/2018 - 06:42
Hundreds of European lawmakers and officials were left stranded for hours on Monday when an electrical fault halted their train to the EU parliament in the eastern French city of Strasbourg.
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How do we make a net-zero carbon economy the new normal?

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/12/2018 - 06:33
As the EU Talanoa Dialogue and the Petersburg Dialogue kicks off a busy month for EU climate action, Eliot Whittington explains why now is the time for the EU to show its colours on legislation currently under consideration and make a net-zero carbon economy the new normal.
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Germany, France voice cautious hope on reviving Ukraine peace process

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/12/2018 - 06:29
Germany and France voiced cautious optimism Monday that Russia and Ukraine will take steps to revive the long-stalled peace process in the smouldering Ukraine war that has claimed 10,000 lives.
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Why tracking the movement of plastic litter in the oceans is crucial

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/12/2018 - 06:15
Five countries at the last G7 summit in Canada signed a Plastics Charter, recognising the need to speed up global action on marine plastics pollution. An IPCC-type framework is now needed to address the issue, writes Dr. Erik van Sebille.
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Andriukaitis: SPC manufacturing waiver does not damage pharma innovation

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/12/2018 - 06:13
The European Commission’s proposal to add an SPC manufacturing waiver on exports will not damage innovation, as the pharma industry claims, and only intends to support small and medium generic drug companies, according to EU Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis.
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Europe should not forget Iran’s imperialist agenda despite the crumbling of JCPoA

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/12/2018 - 06:10
Despite its rich history, traditions and achievements, Iran still considers itself an underdog, a revolutionary, and an active force that wants to reshape its neighbourhood. It feels the deck is stacked against it as it positions itself as the perennial challenger to unfair forces keeping it down, writes Kacper Rekawek.
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Agenda - The Week Ahead 11 – 17 June 2018

European Parliament - Mon, 06/11/2018 - 19:14
Plenary - Strasbourg

Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP
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[Exclusive] Basque region offers to host rescued Aquarius migrants

Euobserver.com - Mon, 06/11/2018 - 18:38
The Basque government have offered to host the refugees rescued by the Aquarius humanitarian ship. "We are willing to welcome the people onboard that ship, that is the commitment of the Basque country," said Inigo Ukrullu, Basque president.
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Future of Europe debates: Parliament hosts Heads of State or Government

Written by Silvia Kotanidis and Ralf Drachenberg,

Participants in Future of Europe debates in the European Parliament, 2018

Against the background of the many challenges which the European Union has faced in recent years, the European Parliament has taken the lead in launching and hosting a series of high-profile debates on the Future of Europe, intended to run for the whole of 2018. While the Heads of State or Government of countries holding the rotating presidency of the Council – this year, Boyko Borissov of Bulgaria and Sebastian Kurz of Austria – routinely debate with MEPs in plenary, the leaders of other EU Member States are now able to set out publicly their vision for Europe’s future in a dialogue with the only directly elected European institution, during its plenary sittings.

This process is all the more important at a time when the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the next seven years is being discussed: the choices surrounding the MFF and the direction in which the EU decides to develop are intrinsically linked.

So far, at the invitation of its President, Antonio Tajani, the European Parliament has hosted the leaders of six Member States in the context of these ‘Future of Europe’ debates, welcoming the prime ministers of Ireland (Taoiseach), Leo Varadkar; Croatia, Andrej Plenković; and Portugal, António Costa; the President of France, Emmanuel Macron; and the prime ministers of Belgium, Charles Michel; and Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel.

This Briefing provides an overview of where the Future of Europe debate stands in a number of key policy areas, such as economic and monetary union (EMU), the EU’s social dimension, migration policy, security and defence, and broader institutional issues. It takes stock of the views expressed by those EU Heads of State or Government who have intervened in the debate so far, on how these areas might develop in the future.

Read this briefing on ‘Future of Europe debates: Parliament hosts Heads of State or Government‘ on the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

Overview of topics addressed by each Head of State or Government

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Spain to receive rescue boat with 629 migrants after Italy, Malta refuse

Euractiv.com - Mon, 06/11/2018 - 17:05
Spain's new prime minister ordered the authorities on Monday (11 June) to receive a rescue vessel carrying 629 migrants that has remained at sea in the Mediterranean after both the Italian and Maltese governments, the two nearest European territories, refused it permission to disembark. EURACTIV’s partner efe-epa reports.
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The Brief – Trump’s horror show

Euractiv.com - Mon, 06/11/2018 - 16:51
The “horror” summit finally happened. But contrary to what European Commission top official Martin Selmayr expected two years ago, Donald Trump was enough to throw decades of Western Alliance down the drain.
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Time for Europe to fill US vacuum, says ex-Danish PM

Euobserver.com - Mon, 06/11/2018 - 16:43
Donald Trump's isolationism is Europe's "new next opportunity," said Helle Thorning-Schmidt - while calling on EU leaders to find solutions to citizens concerns on migration.
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Thorning-Schmidt makes Brussels appearance, promotes conservative social-democracy

Euractiv.com - Mon, 06/11/2018 - 16:36
Former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, who was also the leader of the Social Democrats in her country from 2005 to 2015, made an appearance in Brussels today (11 June) offering her views how the EU should better makes it case globally and improve internally.
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Johnson and Davis isolated as key Brexit Tory MPs opt for pragmatism

Euractiv.com - Mon, 06/11/2018 - 15:42
On the eve of the second anniversary of the Brexit plebiscite, nothing but nothing is clear on what the UK government’s policy is, still less on what the official opposition’s policy is. All the enthusiasm for Brexit has disappeared from political life in Britain, writes Denis MacShane.
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Germany pours cold water on EU’s clean energy ambitions

Euractiv.com - Mon, 06/11/2018 - 15:16
Voters across Europe have lost faith in politics partly because of “unachievable targets” on renewable energy, said German Energy Minister Peter Altmaier, rejecting calls from a group of other EU countries to boost the share of renewables to 33-35% of the bloc’s energy mix by 2030.
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[Ticker] Spain to accept stranded migrant boat

Euobserver.com - Mon, 06/11/2018 - 15:08
Valencia in Spain will open its port to the boat with more than 600 people on board that neither Italy nor Malta want to accept. "It's our duty to help and avoid a humanitarian disaster", Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez said in a statement on Monday. Earlier in the day, the European Commission has said that taking care of the people on board was a "humanitarian imperative".
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[Ticker] Canete: Italy and Spain now 'more ambitious' on climate

Euobserver.com - Mon, 06/11/2018 - 15:07
EU climate commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said the recent changes in government in Spain and Italy were noticeable in the Energy Council, held on Monday. "In the past their positions were less ambitious and now they have supported the more ambitious position taken by the parliament," said the Spaniard. Canete added that this ambition was in relation to the headline targets, but less clear about the details of the regulations.
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