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Debate: EU more popular than ever?

Eurotopics.net - Fri, 25/05/2018 - 12:08
A year before the elections to the European Parliament the EU's approval ratings are at record levels: more than two-thirds of EU citizens believe their country benefits from EU membership, according to the new Eurobarometer survey. Europe's media are delighted with the results but also point out that the sun isn't shining everywhere.
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Debate: Investigators: Moscow to blame for MH17 crash

Eurotopics.net - Fri, 25/05/2018 - 12:08
A team of international investigators has officially pinned responsibility for the downing of flight MH-17 over eastern Ukraine in July 2014 on Russian troops. The Buk surface-to-air missile system was moved to a base in Kursk in Donbass shortly before the plane was downed, the team concluded. Commentators examine why this tragedy that cost 298 lives is still far from resolved.
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Debate: Sentences in the Gürtel probe shock Spain

Eurotopics.net - Fri, 25/05/2018 - 12:08
The Spanish media are speculating on whether Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's People's Party (PP) will be able to stay in government. In the country's biggest corruption scandal in four decades, the so-called Gürtel case, Spain's High Court has ordered the party to pay a fine and given a number of party functionaries long prison sentences. The fact that Rajoy always played down the importance of the affair makes this judgement particularly explosive.
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Debate: Parents of disabled children protest in Poland

Eurotopics.net - Fri, 25/05/2018 - 12:08
In a bid to secure more state support a group of parents of disabled children has been staging a sit-in at the Polish parliament for the past five weeks. A parents who cares for a disabled child receives 350 euros per month until the child reaches 18, after which the government support ends. The government is refusing to give in to demands for more funds, citing limited financial resources. Poland's press is divided over the issue.
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ECOFIN Council - May 2018

Council lTV - Fri, 25/05/2018 - 11:59
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Foreign Affairs Council - May 2018

Council lTV - Fri, 25/05/2018 - 09:04
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EU Foreign Affairs ministers meet on 28 May 2018 in Brussels to focus on the situation in Iran, Venezuela, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the future agreement with the African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries. Foreign ministers also discuss the situation in Gaza, following the recent developments.

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