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‘Special place in hell’ for Brexiteers with no plan, says Tusk

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 16:43
Brexiteers with no plan of how to deliver on their exit plans deserve a "special place in hell", EU Council President Donald Tusk said on Wednesday (6 February), sparking a new war of words with UK politicians bent on leaving the bloc this March.
Categories: European Union

‘Citizens do not see Europe as an answer to social challenges’

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 16:06
In the run-up to the European elections, the social dimension of Europe remains a great unknown to European citizens. EURACTIV France reports.
Categories: European Union

North Macedonia takes big step toward NATO accession at London summit

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 15:23
NATO signed the accession protocol with North Macedonia on Wednesday (6 February). The military alliance also decided to hold a summit in London in December, when North Macedonia could officially join the alliance.
Categories: European Union

Tanzanian opposition leader – The EU is ‘finished’ with Magufuli

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 14:20
Nearly 18 months after falling under a shower of bullets outside his parliamentary residence in Dodoma, opposition leader Tundu Lissu, the most persistent thorn in the side of Tanzanian President John Magufuli plans to re-enter the political fray.
Categories: European Union

Carbon-capture ‘feasibility’ splits MEPs in 2050 planning

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 13:51
EU lawmakers are divided over how much the bloc’s climate planning should rely on carbon removal technologies, after a draft appraisal of the European Commission’s 2050 strategy questioned their “feasibility”.
Categories: European Union

Romania’s Kovesi in pole position for European Chief Prosecutor

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 10:59
Laura Codruţa Kövesi, the former chief prosecutor of Romania’s anti-corruption agency (DNA), is ranked first among three candidates shortlisted for the position of the first-ever chief prosecutor of the European Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO).
Categories: European Union

European Commission compares e-cigarettes to ‘poison’

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 09:29
The European Commission is "reluctant" to sit with the tobacco industry at the same table to discuss novel tobacco products such as e-cigarettes, a high-ranking EU official has said.
Categories: European Union

Trump boasts ‘economic miracle’ in State of the Union speech

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 09:23
President Donald Trump vowed in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday (5 February) to build a border wall, which is a source of a deep partisan divide, and said Democratic attempts at “ridiculous partisan investigations” could damage US prosperity.
Categories: European Union

EU’s future global industry leadership

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 09:20
Addressing the Industry Days conference on Tuesday (5 February), European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker highlighted the importance of ensuring that the EU stays at the forefront of developments in economy and society, if it is to lead the way in the global industrial marketplace.
Categories: European Union

‘It’s complicated’: EU offers political backing but no funding for CCS

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 08:58
The European Commission has backed carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a one of the seven key technologies to enable deep decarbonisation of Europe’s economy by mid-century. But it’s still tangled in bureaucracy when it comes to funding.
Categories: European Union

Greece, Turkey vow to defuse tensions through dialogue

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 08:48
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stressed Tuesday (5 February) they planned to resolve disputes between their two countries through dialogue.
Categories: European Union

May and Varadkar visit Brussels in search of Brexit solution

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 08:36
Prime Minister Theresa May will travel to Brussels on Thursday (7 February) to tell European Union leaders they must accept legally binding changes to the Irish border arrangements of Britain’s divorce deal or face the prospect of a disorderly no-deal Brexit.
Categories: European Union

Russia plans new missile systems to counter US by 2021

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 08:34
Russia will race to develop two new land-based missile launch systems before 2021 to respond to Washington’s planned exit from a landmark nuclear arms control pact, it said on Tuesday (5 February).
Categories: European Union

EU food alert system exposed to antimicrobial resistant contamination

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 08:25
On 25 October 2018, the European Parliament adopted a new legislative framework for veterinary medicinal products and medicated feed, which are a step forward in preventing the rise in antibiotic resistance.
Categories: European Union

US warns EU allies not to use Chinese gear for 5G networks

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 08:20
The United States sees the European Union as its top priority in a global effort to convince allies not to buy Huawei equipment for next-generation mobile networks, a US State Department Official said on Tuesday (5 February).
Categories: European Union

Airlines should prepare for Brexit, Brussels insists

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 08:15
Thousands of flights by carriers such as Iberia or Vueling could be grounded because of their non-EU ownership, in the case of the UK's no-deal exit from the EU. But the European Commission stressed on Tuesday (5 February) that airlines have been warned to prepare.
Categories: European Union

France and Germany to launch first contracts on future combat jets

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 07:55
France and Germany will on Wednesday (6 February) announce a 65 million euros contract financed equally by both countries over two years as the first act of the joint programme to design a next-generation combat jet, a French army source said.
Categories: European Union

In support of Venezuela, Mexico bets for diplomacy

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 07:37
It is not of our competence to decide the political destiny of Venezuela, it is the right of Venezuelans to do so, Maximiliano Reyes writes.
Categories: European Union

Mobile network operator’s body GSMA considers crisis meeting over Huawei

Tue, 02/05/2019 - 17:10
Mobile communications industry body GSMA has proposed its members discuss the possibility that Chinese network vendor Huawei is excluded from key markets, amid concerns such a development could set operators back by years.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – Don’t mix EU elections and referendums!

Tue, 02/05/2019 - 16:45
It’s quite likely that Emmanuel Macron will use the European elections to ask voters to have their say on various domestic issues covered as part of the “great debate” he recently initiated. But this is risky business.
Categories: European Union

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