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Encouraging participation: Council ready to launch talks on a revised European Citizens' Initiative

European Council - Tue, 06/26/2018 - 20:02
The Council agreed its negotiating position on a revised European Citizens' Initiative.
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[Interview] Brexit can be reversed, says activist 'Superwoman'

Euobserver.com - Tue, 06/26/2018 - 17:55
UK campaigner Madeleina Kay, who dresses as UK-EU Superwoman, wants a second vote, based on facts, to stop UK's EU exit.
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The Brief – Desperately seeking cohesion

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/26/2018 - 16:59
In a non-legislative resolution, MEPs urged EU countries on Monday (25 June) to make sure that providing humanitarian help to migrants is not treated as a crime. The mere fact that they felt obliged to do so speaks volumes about where Europe is today.
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EU-Canada

Council lTV - Tue, 06/26/2018 - 16:58
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In 2013-2014, EU-Canada relations are being upgraded through negotiations on a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and a Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA).  CETA is a ground-breaking agreement which will provide for an ambitious liberalisation of trade and investment relations.

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Defuse this explosive migration summit with a strategic EU study

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/26/2018 - 16:33
If ever an EU summit seemed doomed, it's this week's immigration showdown. Governments like to imply that the 'migrant crisis' is at an end but in truth, it's just starting, and Europe needs a strategy and a common EU-wide approach, writes Gilles Merritt.
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In Sète, EU funds help stop coastal erosion

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/26/2018 - 16:21
A redevelopment project co-financed by the ERDF in the commune of Sète (France) aims to mitigate erosion which threatens the site. The fund contributes to projects on sensitive issues in the area by the Mediterranean, such as maritime pollution and sustainable tourism. EURACTIV.fr reports.
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Bulgaria under fire for ill-treatment of asylum-seekers

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/26/2018 - 16:00
French lawyers will file a complaint against Bulgaria and ask the European Commission to start an infringement procedure for inhumane treatment of asylum seekers by the country’s authorities, the Green/EFA group announced on Tuesday (26 June).
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Combination vaccines: more protection for all with less injections [Promoted content]

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/26/2018 - 14:55
Combination vaccines represent a substantial outcome of a successful R&D to ease vaccination experience for everyone: children, parents and healthcare professionals while improving the protection of the public against vaccine-preventable diseases.
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EU likely to impose safeguard measures on steel imports by mid-July

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/26/2018 - 14:45
As the trade war with the US escalates, the EU is considering imposing provisional safeguard measures on steel imports, Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström told the press on Tuesday (26 June).
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[Ticker] 'Lifeline' migrant boat to dock in Malta

Euobserver.com - Tue, 06/26/2018 - 14:44
The Lifeline, a boat transporting some 230 people who were rescued at sea by the Mission Lifeline NGO, will be allowed to dock in Malta, the Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte said on Tuesday. After Italy had refused to open its ports, the Maltese government has said earlier that it wanted to prevent an "escalation into a humanitarian crisis" and explore actions that could be taken.
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Building a fair and prosperous space on the two shores of Mediterranean

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/26/2018 - 14:36
Economic development, migration flows, social justice and cohesion, radicalisation and terrorist threats, democratic transition, and rule of law - the challenges facing the Euro-Mediterranean region are numerous and growing, writes MEP Enrique Guerrero Salom.  
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Plant breeding innovations can help to future proof our farming system

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/26/2018 - 14:32
Reading the opinion of Greens / EFA members of the European Parliament on plant breeding, one can’t help but be amazed by their obsession with GMOs, writes Garlich von Essen.
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Eurozone reform: CDU split over Merkel’s plans

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/26/2018 - 14:19
Parts of the German CDU party are highly critical of the joint reform plans proposed by their own Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron. Her projects for the eurozone are the "wrong signal", they say. EURACTIV Germany’s media partner “WirtschaftsWoche” reports.
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[Ticker] EU weighing fresh measures against US tariffs

Euobserver.com - Tue, 06/26/2018 - 13:01
US tariffs on EU steel and aluminium "have consequences," EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said Tuesday after Harley-Davidson announced moving some production outside the US. Malmstrom added the EU was "seriously contemplating" taking provisional measures by mid-July to further protect EU industry. She said however that the EU has "not yet a prepared list" of counter-measures in case Donald Trump imposed tariffs on EU cars, after threats to do so.
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EU’s high-speed rail plan is ineffective, unrealistic, say Auditors

Euractiv.com - Tue, 06/26/2018 - 12:29
The EU’s long-term plan for a high-speed rail network is unlikely to be achieved and there is no solid EU-wide strategic approach, according to a highly critical report by the European Court of Auditors released on Tuesday (26 June).
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Debate: Why is Erdoğan so popular with the Turkish diaspora?

Eurotopics.net - Tue, 06/26/2018 - 12:14
The Turkish diaspora in Europe voted overwhelmingly in favour of Erdoğan in the Turkish presidential elections. In many places he secured a far higher percentage of the vote than in Turkey itself. Commentators examine the reasons and ask how Ankara's influence can be curtailed.
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