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Debate: Latvia moving closer to Russia?

Eurotopics.net - Fri, 10/05/2018 - 12:04
16 parties and electoral alliances will run in the Latvian parliamentary elections on Saturday. According to the latest polls, the Social Democratic and pro-Russian party Saskaņa (Harmony) is in the lead. Many Latvians fear the country could move closer to Russia. But such worries are exaggerated, Latvian commentators believe.
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West should watch closely the Latvia elections

Euractiv.com - Fri, 10/05/2018 - 11:55
In the light of growing Russian disinformation campaigns, we should watch the parliamentary elections in Latvia tomorrow (6 October) closely, writes Harry Nedelcu.
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Trans-Europe Express – Is there anybody down there?

Euractiv.com - Fri, 10/05/2018 - 11:52
Hello Portugal? Italy? Spain? Bulgaria? Croatia? Romania? Slovenia? Greece? Or even... France? Does anyone down there even care about European politics?
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Austrian Chancellor Kurz visits Russia

Euractiv.com - Fri, 10/05/2018 - 11:16
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz paid a visit to Russia on Wednesday (3 October), where, in his own words, he wants to act once again as a bridge builder, in coordination with Brussels. EURACTIV Germany reports from Vienna.
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How long can you ignore three million people? Romanians to vote on marriage, finally

Euractiv.com - Fri, 10/05/2018 - 10:51
Not too long ago, Romania was a country where voting was a mere impossibility. Romanian citizens did not enjoy this privilege. They could not make their voices heard and had no say on important aspects of their society. But things have changed in Romania, writes Adina Portaru.
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Currency crisis comes to Uzbekistan

Euractiv.com - Fri, 10/05/2018 - 10:29
A weak currency could have negative implications for Uzbekistan’s still struggling economy, such as reversing some of the progress made by the reforms, writes Ekaterina Zolotova for Geopolitical Futures. Geopolitical Futures is a global analysis company founded and led by...
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EU negotiators see Brexit deal ‘very close’

Euractiv.com - Fri, 10/05/2018 - 09:31
The European Union’s Brexit negotiators told national diplomats in Brussels late on Thursday (4 October) that a divorce deal with Britain was “very close”, according to two sources present at the meeting.
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Dutch refuse Polish arrest warrant over judicial fears

Euobserver.com - Fri, 10/05/2018 - 09:17
A court in Amsterdam has questioned the independence of the Polish judiciary - turning down a Polish request for a European arrest warrant over fears that the suspect would not a get a fair trial in Poland.
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[Ticker] French minister: German euro-dithering fuels populism

Euobserver.com - Fri, 10/05/2018 - 09:04
Germany's slow pace in deciding on French proposals to create a separate EU budget for eurozone sates and to forcefully tax US tech giants like Apple and Google was helping anti-EU parties gain traction in Europe, French finance minister Bruno Le Maire has told German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung. "Not making any decisions is nourishing populism," he said, adding that no eurozone budget would mean "no eurozone at all some day".
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[Ticker] Merkel's party opens debate on chancellor's future

Euobserver.com - Fri, 10/05/2018 - 09:03
A 61-year old businessman, Andreas Ritzenhoff, and a 26-year old student, Jan-Philipp Knoop, will try to take over leadership of chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party when it holds its congress in December. The outsiders have little chance to unseat her, but started a debate that could see more serious challengers emerge, analysts told German press. "I'm worried about what's going on in Germany, Europe and the western world," Ritzenhoff said.
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[Ticker] US 'cannot support' EU world trade reforms

Euobserver.com - Fri, 10/05/2018 - 09:01
EU proposals to give appeals judges at the World Trade Organization (WTO) longer terms and to give their secretariats more money "means less accountability for the appellate body" in a move the US "cannot support", the US envoy to the WTO, Dennis Shea, said in Geneva Thursday. The clash comes amid a broader dispute between the EU and US on US president Donald Trump's attacks on free trade and multilateralism.
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[Ticker] Dutch MEPs seek to shed light on €4,416 expenses

Euobserver.com - Fri, 10/05/2018 - 08:58
MEPs' expense allowances, worth €4,416 a month, should be open to public scrutiny, according to a new motion to be introduced in the European Parliament (EP) by two Dutch deputies, liberal Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy and socialist Dennis de Jong. "This is public spending and so it should be publicly accounted for," Gerbrandy said. The EP previously voted down the idea. The EU court blocked journalists from greater information on the issue.
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[Ticker] Romanian government's anti-gay referendum is 'distraction': NGOs

Euobserver.com - Fri, 10/05/2018 - 08:55
The Romanian government is victimising gay people in order to distract from corruption allegations in a referendum, on Sunday, that would constitutionally define marriage as being between men and women only, rights groups have said. "The idea is to distract public attention from corruption allegations, and they're doing it at the expense of the LGBT community," Teodora Ion-Rotaru from Accept, an NGO said. The vote was fuelling homophobia, NGOs said.
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[Ticker] 'Modern' Ireland rolls out abortion bill

Euobserver.com - Fri, 10/05/2018 - 08:54
The Irish parliament, on Thursday, began debating a bill to legalise abortion in the country by next January after a referendum on the issue in May. "It was a reaffirmation of the primacy of equality in our modern democracy," health minister Simon Harris said. Ireland, which used to be a staunchly Roman Catholic society, also recognised same-sex marriage in 2015. Abortion and gay marriage are still illegal in Northern Ireland.
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[Ticker] Tusk: British minister's 'Soviet' jibe was 'insulting'

Euobserver.com - Fri, 10/05/2018 - 08:52
British foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt's recent comparison of the EU to the Soviet Union was "as unwise as it is insulting," EU Council president Donald Tusk said after meeting the Irish taoiseach in Brussels Thursday. "The Soviet Union was about prisons and gulags, borders and walls, violence against citizens and neighbours. The EU is about freedom and human rights," Tusk, a Pole and a former activist against Soviet oppression, said.
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Libyan militia cash in on EU's anti-smuggling strategy

Euobserver.com - Fri, 10/05/2018 - 08:48
More people in Libya are being inducted into slavery as people-traffickers try to monetise their investment by selling them. A senior UN refugee agency official described it as an unintended side effect of the reduction of migrant boat departures.
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