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‘TikTok Taoiseach’: Simon Harris set to be Ireland’s youngest PM

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 13:24
Simon Harris, set to become Ireland's youngest ever taoiseach (prime minister), will hope his social media skills and fresh face can save his party's flagging fortunes as elections loom.
Categories: European Union

EU Parliament votes new measures for AI factories, ECJ rules against law on fingerprints in national IDs

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 13:21
Welcome to Euractiv’s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU.
Categories: European Union

Melons, tomatoes and geopolitics

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 12:48
Melons and tomatoes from the Western Sahara, the main crops in the contested territory, should be labelled as such and not as originating from Morocco, according to an opinion by Tamara Ćapeta, an advocate general at the EU’s top court, issued on Thursday (21 March).
Categories: European Union

The elusive question of what can save Europe from deindustrialisation

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 12:39
Record interest rates, slowing global demand, massive Chinese and US industrial subsidies, and high energy prices are laying waste to the EU’s industrial base. Can Europe reverse the decline?
Categories: European Union

Puigdemont leaves the European Parliament to run in Catalan elections

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 11:39
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont announced on Thursday (21 March) evening that he will run as head of his party, the separatist Together for Catalonia (JxCat), in the snap elections to be held in Catalonia on 12 May.
Categories: European Union

Romania expects €5.5bn price tag and 2025 final investment decision for small modular reactor

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 11:34
Romania is seeking to deploy ‘Small Modular Reactor’ (SMR) technology as part of its drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and its energy minister Sebastian Burduja said this week that a final investment decision will be taken in 2025 for a new nuclear power plant in Doicești
Categories: European Union

Russia hits vast dam in war’s largest strike on Ukrainian energy infrastructure

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 10:42
Russia launched the largest missile and drone attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure of the war to date on Friday (22 March), hitting the country's largest dam and causing blackouts in several regions, Kyiv said.
Categories: European Union

Western banks warn of risks in EU plan to grab Russian assets

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:51
Some western banks are lobbying against EU proposals to redistribute billions of euros in interest earned on frozen Russian assets, senior industry sources said, fearing it could lead to costly litigation.
Categories: European Union

As the political biodiversity push falters, legal enforcement continues

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 07:57
On Wednesday 13 March, the European Commission published the latest list of infringement proceedings against Member States. Most of the alleged failures to implement EU environmental law concern the bloc’s biodiversity rules.
Categories: European Union

Pressure mounts on Ukraine to scrap ‘sponsors of war’ blacklist

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 07:46
Ukraine could dismantle within days its "sponsors of war" blacklist, central to Kyiv's campaign to expose companies doing business with Russia, after a backlash from countries including China and France, two people familiar with the matter said.
Categories: European Union

Slovak presidential election pits pro-Western diplomat against ex-PM

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 07:32
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Germans more interested than ever in the European elections, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk not delivering on his campaign promises, and so much more.
Categories: European Union

Bolstering Europe’s resilience by strengthening the single market

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 07:15
The European Economic Area, extending the single market and its four freedoms to Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, has been a remarkable success story since its inception in 1994. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Daniel Risch, and Jonas Gahr Støre explain how to build on its strengths.
Categories: European Union

Romania’s Social Democrats and Liberals unveil EU election joint list, lose top candidate

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 07:15
Romania’s Social Democrats and Liberals announced the composition of their joint list for the EU elections on Thursday, and while an independent candidate was chosen to lead the list, she withdrew her candidacy at the last moment.
Categories: European Union

Bulgarian far-right tempts voters with NATO exit pledge

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 07:13
Pro-Russian party Vazrazhdane has introduced a bill that would have Bulgaria withdraw from the NATO military alliance the month the country celebrates its 20th anniversary of joining.
Categories: European Union

Czech party ANO targets Green Deal, migration pact revision ahead of EU elections

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 07:13
Revising the European Green Deal and the EU Migration Pact are among the key issues Czech party ANO (Renew/ALDE), currently polling at almost 30%, wants to address, Klára Dostálová, the party's lead candidate in the EU elections, told Euractiv Czechia on Thursday.
Categories: European Union

Tusk criticised over not delivering on 100 election promises

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 07:12
As Poland's government reaches the 100-day mark, the opposition and former ruling camp has criticised Prime Minister Donald Tusk for not fulfilling his 100 election promises, despite his claims his cabinet has done more than any other since the fall of communism.
Categories: European Union

Portugal’s PM-designate assures von der Leyen of political stability

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 07:11
Portugal's political stability is not at risk, Prime Minister-designate Luís Montenegro of the centre-right Social Democratic Party (PSD) assured EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday, promising "responsibility" to the EU.
Categories: European Union

Spanish parliament approves new committee to probe COVID corruption cases

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 07:10
The Spanish parliament approved a new committee of inquiry to investigate alleged cases of corruption in the purchase of masks and medical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 on Thursday, starting with the so-called "Koldo case" involving a former minister of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE/S&D).
Categories: European Union

Italian news agency strike over possible sale to Lega MP

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 07:10
Journalists from Italian news agency AGI are striking on Thursday and Friday against the possible sale of the agency to Lega MP Antonio Angelucci, arguing that selling to a right-wing senator who already owns several newspapers would risk media pluralism and be a blow to press freedom.
Categories: European Union

Danish Security Intelligence Service warns terror threat remains high: report

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 07:09
Denmark continues to face a serious terror threat, namely from militants of Islamist movements, according to the Danish Security and Intelligence Service's annual security assessment published on Thursday.
Categories: European Union

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