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Courts, enforcement and pricing deals complicate Washington's tariff plans

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The Commission's new security strategy is extremely similar to its Strategic Compass and other recent ideas

Doctors groups says an expansion of primary care and long-term solutions to reduce waiting times should be at the forefront of systemic healthcare changes as Sweden enters an election year

Boris Vujcic, 61, is head of the Croatian National Bank, a role he has been in since 2012

A medicine reserve plan via wholesalers merely delays the real solution of boosting local production over finite stockpiles, industry leader warns

Showing commitment to the Arctic, instead of engaging in rhetorics could send a clear sign to the other side of Washington 

The Parliament will renovate the Paul-Henri Spaak building in Brussels to bring it up to latest environmental, technical and security standards.

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The Parliament will renovate the Paul-Henri Spaak building in Brussels to bring it up to latest environmental, technical and security standards.

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For the proposal to be anything other than an exercise on paper, troops need to either be drawn down from elsewhere or newly recruited

US pressure fuels debate over NATO role in Greenland

President Metsola on opening the January plenary session: “EU supports Denmark and the people of Greenland and we do so united in our resolve”.

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President Metsola on opening the January plenary session: “EU supports Denmark and the people of Greenland and we do so united in our resolve”.

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In an era where might makes right, Macron's foresight doesn't win us any points. But we'd be fools to keep ignoring his rallying cry

Key road, rail and waterway projects face soaring costs, decades-long delays

To avoid the fate of his predecessor François Bayrou, Lecornu has stepped up concessions to the Socialists

OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the EU – Commission for the financial year 2024
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Evin Incir

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MEPs warn biodiversity funding risks dilution in broader budget

Compromise amendments to MEPs' text, obtained by Euractiv, also take aim at AI-generated deepfakes

Written by Marc Jütten with Angelos Delivorias.

Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro

Nicolás Maduro assumed the Presidency of Venezuela on 8 March 2013, following Hugo Chávez’s death on 5 March. In the subsequent presidential elections on 14 April 2013, Maduro, who represented the governing Socialist Unified Party of Venezuela (Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela/PSUV), won narrowly over Henrique Capriles, the candidate of the opposition coalition, Democratic Unity Roundtable (Mesa de la Unidad Democrática/MUD).

Since Maduro took power, the country has been suffering from the effects of a deep economic, political, social and humanitarian crisis. Hyperinflation (over 130 000 % in 2018) and large shortages of essential goods were the results of the economic policies and governmental mismanagement under Chávez and Maduro, combined with declining oil production, the global drop in oil prices in 2014, corruption and the impact of US sanctions. As a result, in recent years, 7.9 million Venezuelans have left the country, seeking safety and better opportunities, with more than 6.9 million people (85 %) being hosted in Latin America and the Caribbean. According to the European Commission, around 56 % of the population live in extreme poverty; 40 % of the population experience moderate to severe food insecurity; around 62 % of the population does not have regular access to water; and 70 % of the population have lost access to health system services.

Read the complete study on ‘The US military intervention in Venezuela and the regional and geopolitical context‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.