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Italy will not be able to reach the defence spending target of 2% of the country’s GDP as required by the NATO alliance unless it is unbundled from budget constraints, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto (Fratelli d’Italia/ECR) told parliament on Wednesday....

Bulgaria’s ruling coalition parties have proposed ending a concession controlling the Black Sea oil port of Burgas, through which Lukoil brings Russian oil via tankers to be processed, hoping this will help Bulgaria secure Schengen membership as early as autumn....

Germany wants to intensify the relationship with India to counter Chinese influence and lessen supply dependencies, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck stressed ahead of his visit to Delhi. Habeck and Hubertus Heil, his fellow minister in charge of labour, are...

Many European nations have failed to deliver justice to survivors of child sexual assault by not abolishing their statute of limitations for prosecuting childhood sexual violence and not delivering justice, according to a report published by The Brave Movement and...

Nicosia is lobbying to appoint a special envoy for Cyprus in the hope of restarting talks with Turkey and moving toward a settlement on the divided island, using the EU accession process as an incentive, EURACTIV has learnt.

The new leader of Moldova's region of Gagauzia expressed gratitude at her inauguration on Wednesday (19 July) to a wealthy magnate convicted in absentia for fraud and stood by her calls for closer ties with Russia.

The European Commission is laying the groundwork for a legislative initiative to regulate the use of algorithms for managing, monitoring and recruiting workers.

Tunisian security forces have been committing serious abuses against black African migrants, says leading NGO Human Rights Watch. The findings comes against the backdrop of a EU-Tunisia deal to stem migration flows.

Unemployment levels remain at record lows, but household incomes and living conditions are deteriorating sharply in many European countries. Even holidays, or certain foods, have become a luxury.

OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/1020
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Miriam Lexmann

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Members of the AFET Committee will meet on :

Wednesday and Thursday, 30-31 August 2023

The meeting will be webstreamed with the exception of items held "in camera".

AFET-SEDE-DROI meetings 2023
Meeting documents
Webstreaming
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Ten Members of the European Parliament asked the European Commission on Wednesday (19 July) for a moratorium on tracking users online, and more details on how it intends to apply the EU's new digital rules in this domain.

In the sweltering, record-breaking temperatures afflicting Southern Europe, the frightening face of climate change is now apparent.

The Romanian government is under increasing pressure to reign in its soaring budget deficit, risking punitive measures by the EU Commission if the budget deficit is not brought back under control before the end of the year.

Work has begun on a €2.8 billion project to build the first power cable linking Britain and Germany, said NeuConnect Interconnector, which is leading the move to connect two of Europe’s largest energy markets for the first time.

MEPs in the budget committee have backed the decision to acquire yet another building in Strasbourg — a move dubbed "insane", expensive and unnecessary by other MEPs.

The United States needs "Kissinger-style diplomatic wisdom" in its policies towards China, top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi told the former US state secretary in Beijing on Wednesday (19 July), as bilateral ties languished at historic lows.

The EU's border agency Frontex may shift some of its resources in Greece towards other regions more in demand. Separately, it may also withdraw the use of EU-financed Frontex vessels by Greek authorities in response to alleged abuses.

Russia has become "totally unsafe" for foreign investors, the EU foreign service has warned in reaction to the daylight robbery of Carlsberg and Danone.

New cyber resilience rules adopted on Wednesday will establish a uniform set of cybersecurity requirements for all digital products in the European Union.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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