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Seven prominent Labour MPs have quit their party citing its current course on Brexit, dissatisfaction with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and "systematic anti-Semitism and racism" as the reasons for their departure. They now plan to form a new group and gain third party status in the House of Commons and have also invited Conservative politicians to join them. Will Brexit be Labour's downfall?

The new European Chief Prosecutor is to take office in 2020. The leading candidate for the post is the former chief prosecutor of Romania's anti-corruption agency (DNA), Laura Codruța Kövesi. But in Bucharest attempts to foil her bid for the office are underway, including investigations for abuse of office, corruption and perjury. Commentators see Romania in a battle with the EU.

Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini has tried to placate Sardinian farmers ahead of regional elections this week, sending Italy's agriculture minister to Brussels to get the green light to introduce support measures that set a fixed price for sheep milk.

European Union negotiators hauled the first ever set of rules for heavy vehicle CO2 emissions across the line early on Tuesday morning (19 February), rounding off the current generation of climate laws.

The EU is strengthening the cooperation and coordination between liaison officers deployed to third countries by member states or the EU to deal with immigration-related issues.

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