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If the West fears that their companies in Russia would suffer reciprocal measures in case of confiscation of Russian assets, it should be advised that the total absence of rule of law in this country makes them vulnerable to expropriation anyway, write Valeriia Radchenko, Olena Halushka and Andrii Mikheiev.

The European Commission is expected to recommend that Bosnia-Herzegovina start accession talks on Tuesday (12 March), according to people familiar with the matter.

President Metsola opened the 11-14 March plenary session in Strasbourg with the following announcements.

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President Metsola opened the 11-14 March plenary session in Strasbourg with the following announcements.

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The representative of Europe's fishing industry says they share EU farmers' demands and support the joint demonstrations organised in France and Spain against what they call the 'Brussels diktat'.

Making rail transport more competitive, investing in infrastructure, and greening transport are top priorities for SNCF, France’s state-owned railway company, according to its manifesto outlining recommendations for the next European Commission and European Parliament.

Europe needs to take immediate action to address the rapidly increasing climate challenges, the EU's environment agency said in its first European Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA), published on Monday (11 March), which identified 36 major risks.

EU member states have agreed on new rules to improve conditions for some 28 million gig workers, thanks to Estonia and Greece. Only France voted against it.

The European Commission has yet to respond to Irish and Spanish demands to review an association agreement with Israel, following weekend reports children were starving to death in northern Gaza.

EU countries finally adopted the platform work directive at a meeting of EU labour ministers on Monday (11 March), after Estonia and Greece, which had abstained in the past, voted in favour “in the spirit of compromise”.

French President Emmanuel Macron has postponed for the third time his visit to Ukraine. We can only speculate that one possible reason was because of security issues.

Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU is continuing to push to reverse the controversial phase-out of internal combustion engine cars by 2035, despite the demand being dropped from the European People’s Party election manifesto. 

A 'French-style' bill on assisted dying will be presented to France's Council of Ministers in April, President Emmanuel Macron confirmed in an interview on Sunday (10 March), underlining that it will function differently to similar laws in other EU countries.

EU negotiators went back to the drawing board over the weekend to bulletproof the text of the bloc's corporate due diligence law (CSDDD) in the hope of securing a final deal by Friday (15 March) at the latest, Euractiv understands.

Monday, 11 March

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Monday, 11 March

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Two years after Sweden applied to join NATO, its flag was raised at the military alliance's headquarters on Monday (11 March), with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson saying "We have come home".

The European liberals’ three-person lead candidate team will include the German defence policy expert Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann on behalf of ALDE, her party has announced.

Former US leader Donald Trump will not give money to help Ukraine fight Russia if he wins the presidency again and that will hasten an end to the war, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Sunday (10 March) after meeting him.

The Portuguese electorate confirmed the predicted shift to the right in an election on Sunday (10 March) with an above-average turnout — and no broad majority for any force to form a government.