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Carve out Brexit deal on citizens’ rights, UK urges Barnier

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/18/2019 - 22:16
The UK’s Brexit minister has urged the EU’s Michel Barnier to have a reciprocal agreement guaranteeing citizens’ rights in the event of a No Deal Brexit.
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[Ticker] New socialist group leader to push for Timmermans

Euobserver.com - Tue, 06/18/2019 - 17:52
Spanish MEP and newly-elected group leader for the Socialists and Democrats group in the European Parliament, Iratxe Garcia, said Tuesday she will push for Dutch commissioner Frans Timmermans to head the next EU commission. "Timmermans is the best candidate for the European Commission and we will support him," she told journalists after the vote, adding that she sought to open negotiations with other pro-EU groups in the parliament.
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EU urges Swiss to move on talks or face sanction

Euobserver.com - Tue, 06/18/2019 - 17:44
The EU commission tells Switzerland that clarifications to the draft deal are possible - but not renegotiations. The message is clear to 'Brexit' Britain as well: the Swiss model is over, there are no special agreements.
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The Brief, powered by ADF International – The Union not forever?

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/18/2019 - 16:45
Pollsters YouGov have taken time out from examining how voters look at the field of Conservative leadership candidates, to survey the party’s activists and the scale of their commitment to Brexit. The results are striking. By roughly 60-30 margins, Tory members...
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The future of EU agriculture innovation

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/18/2019 - 16:34
The next European Parliament and Commission will have to deal with a number of important issues related to the future of the European agricultural sector.
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EU expert group drives sustainable finance’s mainstreaming two steps ahead

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/18/2019 - 16:09
European sustainable finance got an additional boost on Tuesday (18 June), following the release of three reports by the Technical Expert Group on sustainable finance (TEG) focusing on taxonomy, green bonds standards and climate benchmarks.
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Europeans have chosen to protect the environment and EU leaders should listen

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/18/2019 - 15:58
The European Council should take the result of the European elections seriously and ensure that the EU's goals and budget are future-oriented, with a particular emphasis on sustainability and environment, write Dr Raphael Weyland and Konstantin Kreiser.
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Frontex transparency dispute goes to EU court

Euobserver.com - Tue, 06/18/2019 - 15:53
The General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg will next month hold a public hearing on the refusal by Frontex, the EU's border agency, to release documents concerning its border control and surveillance operation known as Triton.
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Commission goes easy on scant national climate plans

Euobserver.com - Tue, 06/18/2019 - 15:28
Environmental NGOs immediately denounce member states' draft plans as a "climate fail", while EU commissioners refrained from "naming-and-shaming".
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Brexit party at ‘high risk’ of donor fraud, says UK elections regulator

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/18/2019 - 15:13
The UK’s Electoral Commission said on Tuesday (18 June) Nigel Farage’s Brexit party must account for all donations it has received since it was set up in March because it was open to a "high risk" of fraudulent donations.
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Biofuel expert: In Europe, facts don’t win over theories

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/18/2019 - 15:11
Europe’s demonstrated preference for ideology over science explains why Europe is both the most vocal climate proponent on the world stage and also the most wasteful and ineffective one, Eric Sievers, director of investments at Ethanol Europe, told EURACTIV.com in an interview.
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Main takeaways from the Moldovan political crisis

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/18/2019 - 15:06
Although the new coalition comes with risks, Moldova is now in a unique position to restore its democratic track record and recommit to its path of pro-European reforms, write Cristina Gherasimov and Iulian Groza.
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Hungary backs 2050 climate neutrality goal, bringing EU total to 22

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/18/2019 - 13:03
Hungary quietly lent its support to the EU’s 2050 carbon neutrality goal on Monday (17 June). It is now among 22 countries to do so, but its support comes with a caveat: Budapest sees nuclear power as the main way of meeting the target.
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[Ticker] Romanian ex-PM frontrunner to head new liberal group

Euobserver.com - Tue, 06/18/2019 - 12:29
Romanian ex-prime minister and former EU commissioner Dacian Ciolos has emerged as frontrunner in the race to lead the new liberal alliance in the European Parliament, according to sources in the group. Ciolos's USR-PLUS is the third-largest delegation in the Renew Europe group, with eight MEPs. His bid received a boost after the largest delegation, France, backed him. The vote will take place on Wednesday morning.
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Debate: Iran poised to breach nuclear deal

Eurotopics.net - Tue, 06/18/2019 - 12:29
The Iranian government has threatened to breach key points of the nuclear agreement. A spokesman announced that the country will exceed the uranium stockpile limit stipulated in the deal by the end of June. With this step Iran is increasing the pressure on other countries to take steps to preserve the nuclear deal. Since its unilateral withdrawal from the agreement in May 2018 the US has imposed new sanctions on Iran. How can a further escalation be avoided?
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