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Croatia will send weapons worth €16.5 million to #Ukraine and provide health care to refugees from the country, and the necessary medical assistance to the wounded, 🇭🇷 #defence and health ministers said.
@trkanjec reports.
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The EU should adopt a firm stance against China’s recent plans for national security legislation in Hong Kong by hurrying to establish a ‘Magnitsky-style’ framework for human rights abuses, leading pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong said.
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Austria will assist its neighbouring states in dealing with the expected influx from #Ukraine following Russia’s military attack by admitting Ukrainian refugees despite its general restrictive migrant policy.
By @NKurmayer and @noyan_oliver. eurac.tv/9VO0
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.@GretaThunberg made an impassioned plea for the planet at the European Parliament today, urging MEPs to “start panicking about climate change” rather than “waste time arguing about Brexit”.
Full story: eurac.tv/9Qah
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📺 Three Catalan MEPs-elect are not permitted to sit in the European Parliament. One remains in prison in Spain, two are in self-imposed exile in Belgium.
What next in this Spanish stand-off?
Watch EURACTIV's report by @BrianMaguireEU.
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Canada to be EU’s 28th member? Nearly half of Canadians say yes: The European Commission isn't strictly ruling it out either. dlvr.it/TJTprm
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EU strikes deal on 32% renewable energy target and palm oil ban after all-night session bit.ly/2HMWXoE
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As the last #EPplenary week wraps up, MEP @lojzepeterle took the opportunity for a short musical interlude...
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If you’re a journalist from Ukraine, Belarus, or Russia, and the actions of Putin or Lukashenka have forced you to flee your country and you need a safe productive place to write: we’re open to freeing up some desks in our offices in Brussels, Paris, & Berlin.
DM us if useful.
Dozens of independent Russian journalists are seeking a job in Europe at the moment. They are high-qualified and all have good reputation. But it’s Marina Ovsyannikova who gets a job at Die Welt. With all due respect it wasn’t her who risked safety working in Putin’s Russia
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There is no point in talking to Vladimir Putin if we really want him to understand he is isolated, Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas told EURACTIV in what can be seen as a thinly veiled criticism of French President Emmanuel Macron's largely unsuccess… ift.tt/h2uFzHW
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Bluesky attracts millions as users leave Musk’s X after Trump win
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EU seals long-stalled Mercosur trade deal
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🇸🇰 Russian Foreign Minister #Lavrov has claimed Slovakia sending its #S300 air defence system to #Ukraine would be a violation of a 1990 agreement between Czechoslovakia & the Soviet Union. Slovakia has made no decision as yet. 👇
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EXCLUSIVE: Another MEP and journalist the latest victims of ‘Greek Watergate’ ift.tt/I7wQTXH
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, former leader of French far-right, dead at 96 eurac.tv/9XIv
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Draghi: EU must become a state dlvr.it/SzY8KN
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🚨 BREAKING: Following the police raid of their offices this week in Belgium, the @EPP has called off its meeting in Warsaw.
Read more👇
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Another Greek opposition lawmaker victim of Predator ift.tt/u5BKVGp
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"Because I am Republican and Catalan, I am also a European federalist," writes Oriol Junqueras (@junqueras), who argues that Europe faces a crossroads: on the one hand, an increasingly extreme right, and on the other, a modern European federalist left.
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🇺🇦 President @ZelenskyyUa blamed former Chancellor Angela Merkel and ex-President @NicolasSarkozy for fourteen years of failed diplomacy vis a vis #Russia, which only emboldened Moscow to be more aggressive.
✍️ @alex_owski
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#Belarus opposition activist Vitold Ashurak died last week in a penal colony of cardiac failure, according to @nashaniva news.
“People are not just suffering, people die because of the regime in Belarus,” exiled opposition leader @Tsihanouskaya wrote.
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Critics say Borrell has skeletons in his closet that might impact the shape of the EU’s future foreign policy.
@Alex_owski has the story in today's The Brief.
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Don’t extradite Assange, European human rights chief urges UK ift.tt/myAC5pg
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#COVID19 latest from across Europe:
- Italy extends country-wide lockdown until 13 April
- Spain overtakes Italy as country with second most COVID-19 cases worldwide
- UK PM Boris Johnson hospitalised
- Ireland‘s PM-doctor Leo Varadkar joins front line
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Spain violated Catalan independentist leader’s political rights, UN rules #TheCapitals dlvr.it/SpGZ2K
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🇧🇦 Russian ambassador threatens Bosnia-Herzegovina over a potential accession to @NATO.
This follows similar threats to Sweden & Finland, threats which have pushed their populations to be more in favour of NATO membership than ever before. 👇
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🇩🇪 With German chancellor Olaf #Scholz increasingly caught in a crossfire over his hesitancy to assist #Ukraine, foreign minister @ABaerbock stressed on Wednesday that the shipment of heavy weaponry would now be on the table, reports @noyan_oliver. bit.ly/3v1KMR0
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Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland are calling on the EU "to prohibit the road freight transport," from and to #Russia and #Belarus, reports @alex_owski.
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The jailed Catalan pro-independence leader Oriol @Junqueras has the right to immunity as a result of being elected to the European Parliament in May, the EU Advocate General Maciej Szpunar said today.
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🇬🇷 Amid the prosecution of two journalists over #Novartis scandal, the 🇪🇺 Commission has again urged the #Greek government to integrate into national law a directive on the protection of persons who report breaches of corruption, @SarantisMich reports.
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Croatia's government has joined at least 10 member states openly supporting candidate status for #Ukraine
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Candidacy and membership are both voted on by the member states. Alignment usually takes years, and is difficult, but these are unprecedented times.
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Lawmakers reintroduce nuclear in EU’s net-zero industry list
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No alliance with Le Pen: German conservatives threaten to kick Les Republicains out of EPP dlvr.it/T87m6f
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Thousands take to Georgia’s streets as uncertainty grips country after contested polls dlvr.it/TFqnQH
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With #Serbia’s triple elections taking place on Sunday, the removal of such a high number of ethnic Albanians from voter lists could change the outcome of votes, writes @Aliceinalbania. ⤵️
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In a potentially surprising move, Kazakhstan will not help Russia in its war against #Ukraine. It does not recognise any of the separatist claims for Donetsk & Luhansk, and it will send humanitarian assistance to Ukraine on 3 March.
@GeorgiGotev has more: euractiv.com/section/central…
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The EU's decision on #sanctions today, as confirmed by @JosepBorrellF means that #Putin joins an exclusive club of heads of government personally sanctioned by the Union.
1. Bashar Al-Assad
2. Alyaksandr Lukashenka
3. Vladimir Putin
EURACTIV has more: euractiv.com/section/europe-… 🇪🇺
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🇸🇪 With 52% of EU citizens in favour of increasing defence spending now, the Swedes have come out as new hawks, at 78% supporting such an increase. 👇
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🇪🇪🇨🇳: 70 members from the academic, cultural and media elite wrote a public letter warning of the “growing and expanding global influence activity of the People’s Republic of China.”
By Pekka Vanttinen.
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“There is a large bloc from Macron to Tsipras that, even with different shades, wants to pursue a project of a united Europe and there is another bloc that wants to blow Europe up," former Italian minister @CarloCalenda said. 📝 @gerardofortuna
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🚨 BREAKING: Belgian police raids @EPP headquarters in Brussels
Read more 👇
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The Faroe Islands leads the way in the percentage of population tested and has to date reported no #COVID19 deaths.
Why does such a small country have such high testing capacity? A viral epidemic among its fish, reports @SamJamesMorgan.
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🇸🇪 🇫🇮 While Russia threatens Sweden & Finland over any potential @NATO accession, Lithuanian Foreign Minister @GLandsbergis says coming together under the NATO umbrella would have a stabilising, deterrent effect. 👇
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Euractiv has obtained a draft list of all the initiatives in the European Commission work programme for 2025, set for release next week.
✍️@nicolettaionta
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🇺🇦 In today’s daily diary entry from the ground I. #Ukraine read about Russia’s attempt to establish a pseudo-legal basis on which to justify the illegal annexation of #Kherson and yet another planned ‘referendum’. 👇
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France says nuclear power is ‘non-negotiable’ dlvr.it/SqP4qX
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The day before Russia declared war on #Ukraine, @JJansaSDS & @MorawieckiM asked #EUCO to 'be bold' & provide EU candidate status.
Days later, the phrase: "if the EU is not enlarging, somebody else is," now reads as prophetic.
The original story here: euractiv.com/section/politic…
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🇺🇦 Opinion: @GresselGustav of the @ecfr calls on the democratic West to deliver more weapons to #Ukraine, 'before it is too late'. 👇
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West’s coming war with Russia will be triggered by Arctic climate breakdown dlvr.it/T26X0B
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“You don’t have to choose between fighting the virus and protecting privacy,” EU’s digital chief Margrethe Vestager told EURACTIV in an attempt to allay privacy fears over the use of coronavirus apps in Europe.
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Tweets of the Week is out! 🇪🇺🐦
In this very special episode we look back at the tweets of the Year 2019!
#EUtweets
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EU drafts measures against Serbia as Belgrade’s involvement in terrorist attack is under scrutiny dlvr.it/SxDGk0
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Albanian Prime Minister congratulates Serbia for aligning the western Balkans with Europe following this week's UN adopted resolution calling for a withdrawal from #Ukraine
EURACTIV's @AliceinAlbania has more:
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Musk considers removing X platform from Europe over EU law dlvr.it/Sxdxxb
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European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides “completely failed” in the way they handled the #COVID-19 vaccine contracts with the pharmaceutical industry, MEP Dimitirs Papadimoulis said.
@SarantisMich reports.
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Montenegro supports Kosovo joining Council of Europe ift.tt/cVe91CF
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#ICYMI - Ethnic Albanians in the Presevo Valley in southern #Serbia are suffering under “silent ethnic cleansing” following elections that were “neither free nor democratic,” Kosovo’s PM @albinkurti has said.
✏️ @Aliceinalbania
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Washington rejects Putin’s call to make Turkey Europe’s gas hub ift.tt/v1aefYk
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Rumours in Finland that socialists push for Sanna Marin as Commission chief ift.tt/ysU0mlj
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New Czech President Pavel to end international isolation ift.tt/2kdgytr
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🇬🇷 Six international organisations for the freedom of the press have published a report accusing ruling New Democracy party (@neademokratia) of trying to control media, reports @SarantisMich. euractiv.com/section/media4e…
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The conservative CDU/CSU Union has voted against excluding Huawei from Germany’s #5G network.
@EURACTIVBerlin has more.
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Best stories of 2023:
Draghi: EU must become a state
Read more here: eurac.tv/9WMS
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We have some good news to share this #EuropeDay. We’re excited to welcome the new @EURACTIVitalia! euractiv.it
Auguri to our friends in Italy who have worked so hard to get the new site off the ground, despite the circumstances. 👏
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Stella Assange: EU must take more action against criminalisation of journalists ift.tt/MijcOr5
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EURACTIV is celebrating 20 years of free, independent reporting with European values at its core.
Learn more: 20.euractiv.com
#VisionForEurope
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Western Balkans to agree free movement between themselves ift.tt/PkLDGJi
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The #Pegasus cyber-surveillance scandal shows that the cybersecurity battlefield is moving from communications to devices, and emphasises the need for encrypted messaging, @andyyen, CEO of @ProtonMail, tells our reporter @BertuzLuca.
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EU’s waffling on climate goals is allowing far-right to piggyback to power dlvr.it/T2gJMZ
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Since the Late-April projections:
- EPP now predicted to win 182 seats (-1)
- S&D down to 134 seats (-6)
- Renew at 85 seats (-1)
- ECR (-3) & ID (-1) tied for 4th place with 83 seats each
- Greens/EFA now at 54 seats (+6)
- The Left projected to lose 1 seat, now at 43
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#NATO leaders would like to avoid ‘a new Cold War’ with #China, reports @alex_owski.
Although "we need to address the challenges China poses to our security,” urged @jensstoltenberg, the summit’s final communiqué will avoid calling it an adversary.
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Leaked documents show that Germany sides with Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic in their refusal to commit to climate neutrality by 2050. 📝 @FredSimonEU
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Car-free day in Brussels saw pollution drop as much as 30%. Now mayors want all of Europe to hold an annual empty streets festival to combat air pollution. But should it be more frequent than that? bit.ly/2NHyGYr
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📣 Press freedom in Europe: Another Greek journalist, Costas Vaxevanis, has said on social media there is a death contract out against him.
@SarantisMich reports.
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Today in The Capitals:
🇩🇪Berlin seeks greater EU role for Poland, Italy and Spain
🇮🇹Close to a new government.
🇷🇴Coalition collapses.
🇫🇷Tech giant deal.
🇧🇬Head of anti-corruption body sent as consul in Spain.
🇬🇷Capital controls are over.
🇳🇱Brexit dividend.
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Serbia's President @avucic claims (without evidence) that Kosovo's request for accelerated @NATO membership is an idea of EU & US lobbyists.
Kosovo joined EU sanctions against Russia. Serbia & Belarus are the only two European countries that have not.
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#Exclusive: @joanmariapique Chief communicator of the Catalan Govt @catalangov: "The referendum was not illegal." euractiv.com/section/future-…
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European prime ministers urge Belgium not to free convicted Iranian diplomat ift.tt/qZWTdNw
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🇵🇱 🇺🇦 The #StandUpForUkraine fundraising campaign organised by @GlblCtzn has raised over €10 billion for refugees from #Ukraine, with its final conference taking place in Warsaw's Łazienki royal palace.
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“I want to be crystal clear: fossil fuels have no viable future,” EU climate chief @TimmermansEU told participants at a gas industry conference. “And that also goes for fossil gas, in the longer run,” he added.
@FredSimonEU on EU's decarbonisation plan
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Top stories of this week:
Greece 🇬🇷 sends more armoured vehicles to Ukraine 🇺🇦 ift.tt/vTc8DH6
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Green voters in France broadly supportive of nuclear power: survey ift.tt/EuiUrfq
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Commission set to suspend Hungary’s recovery funds ift.tt/6lygbKI
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'We are here to recall that the Catalan crisis is not an internal affair, it is a European one,' former president of #Catalonia Carles Puigdemont told reporters in Strasbourg.
@BeaRios_ reports.
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Tweets of the Week is out! 🇪🇺🐦
#Soleimani airstrike causes international strain,
@vonderleyen heads to London by taking a plane,
and Harry and Meghan decide being Royal’s a pain. #Megxit
#EUtweets
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🔴Liveblog: European Commissioner Hearings
On day three of the hearings, six candidates are facing questions from the European Parliament.
Stay up-to-date with Euractiv's liveblog: eurac.tv/9XqH
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🇸🇮 Diplomats will be returning to Kyiv from Slovenia as a symbolic statement of belief in the future of #Ukraine. This follows last week where Prime Minister @JJansaSDS and the leaders of Poland & Czechia visited the Ukrainian capital. 👇
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INTERVIEW: Slovenian Prime Minister @JJansaSDS spoke with @EURACTIV's @alex_owski following the call he issued with Poland's @MorawieckiM for candidate status to #Ukraine, a call that is now gaining traction.
Read more: euractiv.com/section/europe-…
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🔴 @EURACTIV & @EuropeElects are thrilled to announce their new partnership! From now on, Europeans across the continent will have the keys to understand election dynamics outside of their own. Be ready for step one: the German parliamentary elections.
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Far right is biggest threat to global climate financing deal for world’s poorest dlvr.it/SyYYCc
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NATO’s Stoltenberg calls for more weapons for Ukraine ift.tt/J8dGBOM
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Iranian refugees in Iraq face humanitarian crisis ow.ly/31HArB
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Serbia refuses to sign EU-backed dialogue agreements at Berlin Process Summit dlvr.it/SxXpKX
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The EU has been slow to respond to China’s repeated attacks on democracy in #HongKong. It is time it started catching up with the US and others, writes Reinhard Bütikofer (@bueti) in a @EURACTIV opinion piece today.
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Green nuclear power is good – will Denmark dare to admit it? ift.tt/paejs6J
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Christa Wirthumer-Hoche, senior official at EMA, urged 🇪🇺 members to be cautious about 'Sputnik V' vaccine authorisation. “We need documents that we can review. We also don’t at the moment have data...about vaccinated people," she said at a talk show.
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Our second #EUtweets episode is out, featuring @EmmanuelMacron, #EuropeDay, the nomination of @GabrielMariya, and more.
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