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EU pledges €700 million to Greece, Bulgaria’s Borissov obtains ‘compliments’

Wed, 03/04/2020 - 07:21
European Union officials on Tuesday (3 March) promised more cash for Greece during a visit to its border with Turkey which tens of thousands of migrants and refugees have been trying for days to breach. The officials urged Turkey to...
Categories: European Union

Media freedom and pluralism ‘key’ to Democracy Action Plan

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 19:10
The EU has launched a €5.1m package designed to promote media freedom and pluralism in Europe, the Commission announced on Monday. The announcement comes ahead of the presentation of the Commission's Democracy Action Plan, which will attempt to safeguard elections from malicious interference online.
Categories: European Union

The Brief, powered by EVA – Europe’s broken border politics

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 16:46
With migrants trapped in no-man’s-land at the Turkey-Greece border, there are probably few tougher jobs in Europe these days than being a Greek border guard. With the world’s eyes upon them, whatever course of action the guards take, even if...
Categories: European Union

G7 countries postpone coordinated action against coronavirus impact

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 16:45
The ‘Group of 7’ wealthy countries committed on Tuesday (3 March) to adopt stimulus packages to address the fallout of the coronavirus, but decided not to take coordinated action at this stage.
Categories: European Union

EU leaders tell Erdogan Europe will stay united, to his disappointment

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 16:09
The leaders of the European Commission, Parliament and Council visited Greece on Tuesday (3 March) and sent a strong message to Ankara, saying Europe will not bow to the migration pressure at its external borders.
Categories: European Union

IOC confident of Tokyo Olympic Games success despite coronavirus

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 16:07
The International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s president and executive board gave further strong backing on Tuesday (3 March) to this summer’s Tokyo Olympics, with no talk of a postponement or move due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Categories: European Union

Don’t forget those 2020 targets

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 15:08
The EU Green Deal discussion is focused on 2030 and 2050, but it overlooks some important deadlines that are looming large, writes Emmanuel Desplechin.
Categories: European Union

Fact check: Is this a refugee crisis?

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 15:04
For many, the dramatic events at the Greek-Turkish border resemble the 2015 refugee crisis, when more than a million refugees, mostly from Syria, crossed into Europe across the Mediterranean or overland. But is this really so? EURACTIV takes a closer...
Categories: European Union

A just transition needs workers‘ voice [Promoted content]

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 13:00
Workers‘ voice must be part and parcel of the ‘just transition’ of the EU economy. European works councils can ensure that the effects of digitalisation and decarbonisation on decent work and incomes in the European single market are always taken...
Categories: European Union

Making car CO2 standards fit for the electric age

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 12:59
Under the current fleet standard regulation, the allowed emissions of combustion-powered cars are getting out of control as more and more zero-emission vehicles enter the fleet, writes Günter Hörmandinger.
Categories: European Union

UK to consider opposition to digital tax in pursuit of U.S. trade deal

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 12:39
Britain said on Monday (2 March) it would consider opposition to its plan to impose a new digital tax on big tech companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon as part of its ambition to agree a free trade deal with the United States.
Categories: European Union

Erdogan is bullying Europe because Trump gave him the green light

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 12:30
The show which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is playing now with the migrant crisis is, to a great extent, the result of the green light he got from Trump last October when the US troops withdrew from Syria.
Categories: European Union

VW gets honest, Alitalia inquest & the divine path

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 11:04
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Categories: European Union

Italy seeks extension of CAP deadlines due to coronavirus

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 10:48
Italy's agriculture minister Teresa Bellanova has asked the European Commission for a postponement of some of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)'s administrative procedures to relieve Italian farmers stricken by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency.
Categories: European Union

EU-Africa: in search of a genuine partnership

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 10:48
The European Commission is pursuing a renewed and ambitious relationship with the African continent. The new relationship is intended to treat Africa as an equal partner to Europe, as opposed to policy priorities being dictated to African partners. However, there...
Categories: European Union

Ex-boxer mayor seeks EU green funds to get Polish coal town off the ropes

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 08:48
As a teenager, Mariusz Wołosz was a promising boxer in Bytom in southern Poland, where his club was funded by one of the city's many coal mines.
Categories: European Union

US-UK trade pact offers only slim pickings

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 08:38
The Capitals brings you the latest news from across Europe, through on-the-ground reporting by EURACTIV’s media network. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. Before you start reading today’s edition of the Capitals, we invite you to read the story...
Categories: European Union

BELGRADE – Serbia will buy arms from Israel and open Mission in Jerusalem

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 08:36
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday that Serbia intends to buy weapons from Israel, stating that it will ‘not be a small delivery’. In an interview for the Jerusalem Post, Vucic said Serbia also plans to open a diplomatic...
Categories: European Union

HELSINKI – Sámi people setting up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 08:32
The Sámi are the only indigenous people living in the European Union. Currently there are some 75,000 – 100,000 Sámi people spread out in the northern parts of Sweden, Finland, Norway and Russia. Since the start of 1996, the roughly...
Categories: European Union

DUBLIN – Fine Gael out of government talks

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 08:31
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has confirmed that his Fine Gael party is not in talks with any other parties on forming a prospective programme for government. “We had an election last month, the opposition parties and opposition independents won over 120...
Categories: European Union

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