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Investors caution cement, steel firms on EU climate lobbying

Euractiv.com - Fri, 04/10/2020 - 06:42
Cement and steel companies are being warned by investors over their lobbying on planned European Union carbon costs, saying they are effectively asking to be compensated twice over.
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Remarks by Mário Centeno following the Eurogroup videoconference of 9 April 2020

European Council - Fri, 04/10/2020 - 06:22
Remarks by Mário Centeno following the Eurogroup videoconference of 9 April 2020 on the comprehensive economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Report on the comprehensive economic policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic

European Council - Fri, 04/10/2020 - 06:22
On 9 April 2020, the Eurogroup in inclusive format endorsed a report on the comprehensive economic policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Declaration by the High Representative Josep Borrell on behalf of the EU on the release of the first report of the OPCW Investigation and Identification Team

European Council - Fri, 04/10/2020 - 06:22
The EU issued a declaration welcoming the release of the first report of the OPCW Investigation and Identification Team, and noted with great concern its conclusions.
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COVID-19 outbreak: Council approves measures to help the most deprived EU citizens

European Council - Thu, 04/09/2020 - 18:19
The Council approved new rules to help the most deprived EU citizens during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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COVID-19: Council gives go-ahead to further use of cohesion resources

European Council - Thu, 04/09/2020 - 18:19
The EU is taking further measures to refocus cohesion policy resources on tackling the effects of the pandemic.
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Media advisory - Online press conference by Nina Obuljen Koržinek, Croatian Minister of Culture, after the video conference of culture and media ministers, 8 April 2020

European Council - Thu, 04/09/2020 - 18:19
Media advisory - Online press conference by Nina Obuljen Koržinek, Croatian Minister of Culture, after the video conference of culture and media ministers, 8 April 2020
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EU trade: Council agrees its position on revamped enforcement regulation

European Council - Thu, 04/09/2020 - 18:19
The Council agreed its position on a legislative proposal amending the EU enforcement regulation in trade.
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[Opinion] Why Europe must act now, and on a big scale

Euobserver.com - Thu, 04/09/2020 - 16:47
It is still very likely that Europe will face a new deadly spread of the virus next autumn or winter. Until a reliable vaccine and cure are in place, we all have to live in this new reality.
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Coronavirus: why the EU must protect people with mental ill-health

Euractiv.com - Thu, 04/09/2020 - 16:40
Demand for mental health support is likely to rise sharply in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. The EU must act to protect and support its people, writes Claudia Marinetti.
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The Brief – Body and mind

Euractiv.com - Thu, 04/09/2020 - 16:21
Everybody is affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. By its end, millions of Europeans will have lost a friend or a loved one. Millions more face a period of uncertainty about their job and finances. And all while confined to their...
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Eurocommerce boss: ‘no food shortages’ in EU provided everyone plays by the rules

Euractiv.com - Thu, 04/09/2020 - 16:08
Despite the agri-food chain have been under pressure in the past few weeks in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, there is no risk of food shortage provided that people behave appropriately, the head of the food retailers lobby told EURACTIV.
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Italy PM warns virus puts EU project at stake

Euractiv.com - Thu, 04/09/2020 - 16:00
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte warned Thursday (9 April) that the European integration project was at risk if EU member states do not find an economic response to the coronavirus crisis.
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Global Europe Brief: To Ease or Not To Ease?

Euractiv.com - Thu, 04/09/2020 - 15:35
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Global Europe Brief, your weekly update on the EU in the global perspective from our foreign affairs news team: Georgi Gotev and Alexandra Brzozowski.
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[Ticker] IMF: Pandemic crisis will be worse than great depression

Euobserver.com - Thu, 04/09/2020 - 15:16
The coronavirus pandemic will turn global economic growth "sharply negative" in 2020, triggering the worst crisis since the 1930s great depression, with only a partial recovery seen in 2021, International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday. Georgieva said governments had already taken fiscal stimulus measures of $8 trillion, but more would be needed. She said the crisis would hit emerging markets and developing countries hardest, Reuters reported.
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Digital Brief: One App to Rule Them All?

Euractiv.com - Thu, 04/09/2020 - 15:00
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.    “Given all these divergences, the European Data Protection Supervisor calls for a pan-European model ‘COVID-19 mobile application’, coordinated at...
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Greece’s lenders ask for immediate property auctions despite coronavirus crisis

Euractiv.com - Thu, 04/09/2020 - 14:52
Although the coronavirus pandemic has shaken the entire eurozone and Europe's economic outlook seems uncertain, Greece’s international lenders do not seem prepared to make any fresh concessions to the country that is still recovering from years of austerity.
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Leak: Capitals call for ‘ambitious’ use of bank regulation to help with coronavirus

Euractiv.com - Thu, 04/09/2020 - 14:07
EU governments want the European Commission and regulators to take an “ambitious” approach when interpreting the flexibility of banking rules in the coronavirus period, to ensure that money flows to the real economy, according to a draft statement seen by EURACTIV.com.
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[Ticker] German economy minister expects progress on EU deal

Euobserver.com - Thu, 04/09/2020 - 13:08
German economy minister Peter Altmaier said Thursday he expected EU finance ministers meeting later in the day to make progress towards agreeing the €500bn coronavirus rescue package. Talks earlier in the week failed. "I have confidence that [German finance minister] Olaf Scholz, with his colleague [French finance minister] Bruno Le Maire, can push this forward today and we are all working on that together," he said.
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[Ticker] Italian PM: EU is at risk if no deal on recovery plan

Euobserver.com - Thu, 04/09/2020 - 13:06
Italian premier Giuseppe Conte said Thursday that the EU's failure to agree on a recovery plan for after the pandemic risks the existence of the bloc. "It's a big challenge to the existence of Europe," Conte said. "If Europe fails to come up with a monetary and financial policy adequate for the biggest challenge since World War Two, not only Italians but European citizens will be deeply disappointed," he added.
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