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Weekly schedule of President Charles Michel

European Council - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 11:49
Weekly schedule of President Charles Michel 13-19 April 2020
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Tackling COVID-19: Council adopts amended EU budget for 2020

European Council - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 11:49
The Council has adopted by written procedure two proposals which amend the EU budget for 2020 in order to free up funds to respond to the COVID-19 crisis.
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German EU-Presidency: Empty wording on the Green Deal

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 11:26
The first draft programme of Germany's EU Presidency contains mainly empty wording. There are no concrete goals for the Green Deal, with new initiatives only in the case of hydrogen. The coronavirus pandemic is to blame. EURACTIV Germany reports.
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Press release - Erasmus+ students during Covid-19: MEPs call for more support and clarity

European Parliament - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 11:23
The 165 000 current Erasmus+ exchange students and 5000 EU volunteers need reassurance that they will be reimbursed and retain their status, MEPs say.
Committee on Culture and Education

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Press release - Erasmus+ students during Covid-19: MEPs call for more support and clarity

European Parliament (News) - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 11:23
The 165 000 current Erasmus+ exchange students and 5000 EU volunteers need reassurance that they will be reimbursed and retain their status, MEPs say.
Committee on Culture and Education

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Regulation against fake news ‘very important,’ Reynders says

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 10:59
The European Parliament and Council should work with the Commission to consider how best to implement a potential legal clampdown on fake news online, the EU's Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders has said.
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Press release - MEPs debate support for EU farmers to deal with COVID-19

European Parliament (News) - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 10:03
Ways to help farmers in supplying food during the COVID-19 pandemic will be debated by the Agriculture Committee and Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski on Wednesday from 15.00.
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

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Press release - MEPs debate support for EU farmers to deal with COVID-19

European Parliament - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 10:03
Ways to help farmers in supplying food during the COVID-19 pandemic will be debated by the Agriculture Committee and Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski on Wednesday from 15.00.
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

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EU Parliament’s big four back ‘recovery bonds’ to tackle COVID-19 crisis

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 09:53
The European Parliament’s largest political groups back the issuing of 'recovery bonds' guaranteed by the EU budget to help tackle the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis, according to document seen by EURACTIV.com.
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Poland to begin easing coronavirus curbs from Sunday with eye on 10 May vote

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 08:56
Poland will gradually lift lockdown measures imposed to contain the new coronavirus from Sunday, the government said on Tuesday (14 April) as the nation prepares for a presidential election on 10 May.
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French court slaps Amazon over workers’ security amid COVID-19 crisis

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 08:46
Amazon was asked by a French court to restrict its deliveries to essential goods only until an assessment of the epidemic risks can be carried out.
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Spain marks month in lockdown as recession warnings grow

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 08:43
Spain’s one-month lockdown milestone was met with foreboding news of an economic recession from the International Monetary Fund but authorities insisted the urgent focus remained on saving lives.
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BELGRADE – US congressman, senator seek additional pressure on Serbia over Kosovo

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 08:42
US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, a Democrat, and New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez, the most senior Democrat of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, have asked the US administration to pursue its diplomatic support to resolve the conflict...
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IMF sees Romania economy falling 5% in 2020

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 08:41
The International Monetary Fund expects the Romanian economy to contract by 5% in 2020, a much harsher prediction than its ”sister” organisation, the World Bank, made just last week. However, the IMF estimates the recession will not last, as the...
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BUCHAREST – Police forces to deliver Holy Fire

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 08:40
While still a couple of weeks away from the projected peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Romanian authorities have decided that the Holy Week is a proper time to ease the restrictions imposed on free movement. People will still be...
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Czech beer gardens to resume on 25 May

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 08:40
The Czech government will allow stores and restaurants to reopen gradually over the next two months to reawaken an economy paralysed by the coronavirus lockdown, officials said on Tuesday (14 April). In March, the nation of 10.7 million people imposed...
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EU dismisses industry calls to lift ban on single-use plastics

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 08:38
Deadlines have to be respected, says the European Commission in response to calls by industry to lift an EU-wide ban on some single-use plastic items because of health and hygiene concerns raised during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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SOFIA – Bulgarians are not coming home

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 08:38
Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has said hundreds of thousands of Bulgarians are returning to the country from abroad because of the COVID-19 spread in Western Europe and the US. However, a EURACTIV.bg survey based on official data suggests that this...
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PRAGUE – Exit strategy revealed

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 08:37
Czech government has published a COVID-19 exit plan that would gradually ease measures in five phases between 20 April and 8 June. From 20 April, farmers markets and craftsmen can open their businesses under strict hygiene conditions. On 27 April,...
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BRATISLAVA – Timing is everything

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 08:36
Government plans to present a plan on how to open certain businesses next Monday (20 April). Prime Minister Igor Matovič made it clear that the decision will be based on the input from epidemiologists, not economists. According to the President...
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