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The new migration deal that will be used to ‘solve’ the migration crisis was presented by Prime minister Alexander De Croo and Asylum and Migration State Secretary Nicole de Moor during a press conference on Wednesday. Belgium was previously condemned...

In a bid to further the EU's energy independence, the European Commission has announced an action plan in the coming months to boost the manufacturing and deployment of heat pumps in Europe.

EU migration ministers have vowed to agree a common position on two key files in the proposed Immigration and Asylum Pact in a bid to finally overhaul the bloc’s rules before next May’s European elections. 

Mary Lawlor, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, says she has "serious concerns" about Greek criminal investigations into people who help migrants and asylum seekers.

Spokespersons for Parliament and for political groups will hold a briefing on the 13 - 16 March plenary session on Friday at 11.00, in Parliament’s Anna Politkovskaya press room.

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Spokespersons for Parliament and for political groups will hold a briefing on the 13 - 16 March plenary session on Friday at 11.00, in Parliament’s Anna Politkovskaya press room.

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Germany will “acknowledge and not oppose” plans to recognise the contribution nuclear energy is making to the EU’s decarbonisation objective, a special advisor to the German Chancellor said on Thursday (9 March).

The emergency use of all banned plant protection products in the EU could soon be a thing of the past, according to the European Commission’s initial reading of the recent EU court ruling involving specifically bee-toxic pesticides.

Newsletter - 13-16 March 2023 - Strasbourg plenary session

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The European Parliament's Industry committee voted Thursday (9 March) in favour of MEP Henna Virkkunen’s draft report proposing introducing common cybersecurity standards across EU institutions, paving the way for starting trilogue negotiations.

Belarus is clearly a co-belligerent country in Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine. But why is the EU so soft on Aleksander Lukashenko, often labelled Europe’s "last dictator"?

France and the UK are set to meet in a bid to mend relations between Western Europe's biggest military and diplomatic powers after years of post-Brexit tensions and animosity over the AUKUS security pact between the UK, US, and Australia.

In Brussels, the European elections started earlier this year. But it was practically only here, in the capital of the European Institutions, that this was noticed. In the member states few are aware of the various movements taking place, with the exception of those who want to be part of the lists and of those who decide who is in and who stays out.

Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In this edition, we explain how the uses of the Temporary Protection...

Speakers highlighted that while the EU managed to save energy and diversify its supply, it now has to develop its own production and adapt to a new energy reality.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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Speakers highlighted that while the EU managed to save energy and diversify its supply, it now has to develop its own production and adapt to a new energy reality.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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The Council of Europe’s (CoE) annual report on the safety of journalists highlighted 'continuous backsliding' of press freedoms in both EU member states and third countries, citing violence, use of spyware, and "strategic lawsuits" against journalists as key problems.

The United Kingdom on Thursday (9 March) announced the rollout of an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme, with visitors from Qatar the first to use it from October.

DRAFT REPORT on the 2022 Commission Report on Albania
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Isabel Santos

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