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Finnish FM: Europe will focus on Africa, Latin America after Brexit

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:52
In today's edition of the Capitals find out about French President Emmanuel Macron's first day in Poland, Bulgaria protecting its coal industry, Ireland's Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil both leading in the polls in front of Leo Vardakar's party in the run-up to elections, and so much more.
Categories: European Union

PRIŠTINA – Finally a coalition

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:51
Albin Kurti, leader of Self Determination (Vetevendosje) and Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo (DSK) signed on Sunday (2 February) an agreement to create a new government four months after Kosovo held early elections on 6 October...
Categories: European Union

ZAGREB – Cultural dispute

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:49
Someone who had not yet taken the office ”doesn’t have right to interfere”, said PM Andrej Plenković on Sunday (2 February) calling the comments of newly elected president Zoran Milanović “trivial”. Milanovic, who is due to take office on 19...
Categories: European Union

EU should stop ‘subsidising undermining democracy,’ warns NGO boss

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:49
The EU should "stop subsidizing undermining democracy within the EU," Kenneth Roth,  Executive Director of Human Rights Watch told EURACTIV in an interview, arguing that the negotiations over the next 7-year budget will not just be about money but about fundamental rights.
Categories: European Union

SOFIA – Coal guard

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:48
On Friday (31 January) the parliament ordered the government to take action to protect the production capacity of its coal plants, regardless of the European Commission’s position on the matter, meaning that despite huge losses Bulgaria will keep its coal...
Categories: European Union

Russia not target in US army’s massive Europe deployment: NATO

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:47
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg insisted Monday (3 February) that a massive transfer of US and allied troops to Eastern Europe as part of a military exercise was not aimed at Russia.
Categories: European Union

MADRID – ‘EU fiscal pact does not correspond to Spain’s reality’

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:46
Spanish vice-president for Economy, Nadia Calviño, said in an interview with La Vanguardia that the EU’s Stability and Growth Pact “does not correspond to the economic reality” of the country and that some of its methodological aspects are “questionable.” Calviño...
Categories: European Union

DUBLIN – Republican Sinn Féin rise in polls

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:45
Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil are leading the polls with 24% each in the run-up to this week’s general election, a new opinion poll over the weekend reveals. Leader of the republican Sinn Féin party, Mary Lou McDonald, welcomed the...
Categories: European Union

BRUSSELS – New turn

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:44
After the king ended the mandate of informers Joachim Coens (CD&V) and Georges-Louis Bouchez (MR), he sent Koen Geens (CD&V) into the field to find a way out of the federal government stalemate. “The King has determined that the talks...
Categories: European Union

PARIS- Letter to British friends

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:43
French President Emmanuel Macron will grant the city of London the Legion d’Honneur in May to celebrate the 80th anniversary of General Charles de Gaulle’s appeal to the French Resistance from the UK capital on 18 June 1940. This was...
Categories: European Union

Europe braces for negotiation storm in 2020

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:42
The EU's negotiating skills and unity will be put to a series of tests this year as the bloc seeks to thrash out a deal with the UK and minimise the impact of Brexit, conclude a trade agreement with the US, and finalise its long-term budget for 2021-2027.
Categories: European Union

CSU launched campaign against speed limits on the Autobahn

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:42
The Christian Social Union (CSU) began its campaign against speed limits on the Autobahn. The issue has resurfaced in German politics in light of growing environmental concerns and recent studies that indicate that introducing a speed limit could save lives...
Categories: European Union

Renew Europe vows to break ‘taboos’ in EU agriculture

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:41
The centrist Renew Europe group in the European Parliament aims to “break taboos” in the agricultural sector, according to one of its Czech deputies, Martin Hlaváček.
Categories: European Union

BERLIN – Climate activists occupy prominent coal-fired power plant

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:39
Around 120 environmental activists broke into Datteln 4, a coal-fired power plant north of Dortmund, on Sunday morning (2 February), and proceeded to unfurl banners on two loading facilities. In the afternoon, police began evacuating the protestors, which occurred peacefully. ...
Categories: European Union

VIENNA – Kurz threatens to veto EU budget and Operation Sophia

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:38
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) said in a radio interview on Saturday (1 February) that Austria would veto the current proposal for the EU’s multiannual financial framework (MFF), saying that it was “unacceptable” for Austria to pay more than 1%...
Categories: European Union

London attacker served prison term for terrorism offences, police say

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:37
A man shot dead after stabbing two people on a busy street in south London on Sunday (2 February 2020) in what police described as a terrorist incident is Sudesh Amman, a former convict who was recently released from prison....
Categories: European Union

Finnish FM: Europe will focus on Africa, Latin America after Brexit

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:37
The Finnish Foreign Minister, Pekka Haavisto (Greens) said he believes that the importance of Africa and Latin America to the European Union is going to increase after Brexit because France and Spain are expected to have stronger roles in the...
Categories: European Union

In Portugal, 15 ‘cohesion countries’ call for stronger EU budget

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:34
Fifteen EU member states insisted on Saturday (1 February) that the EU budget for 2021-2027 should maintain the level of the previous one "in real terms". EURACTIV’s partner Lusa reports.
Categories: European Union

Germany floats draft hydrogen strategy ahead of EU Presidency

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:33
Germany's draft hydrogen strategy envisages the use of CO2-free gas for the industry and transport sector, as well as millions for research. Under the draft plan, a large part of the country's hydrogen will be purchased from abroad. EURACTIV Germany reports.
Categories: European Union

Days after Brexit, Macron visits Poland amid frosty ties

Mon, 02/03/2020 - 08:25
French President Emmanuel Macron visits Poland on Monday and Tuesday (3-4 February) in an effort to reset frosty ties at a time when the departure of Britain from the European Union is reshaping political alliances in the 27-member bloc.
Categories: European Union

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