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The lead MEP on the screening regulation, has already warned against a "legal fiction of non-entry" that would lead to de facto detention.

The main opposition party in Spain has accused the government of Pedro Sánchez of misusing the EU recovery fund and have taken their claims to Brussels. On Wednesday, a delegation of municipal and regional officials, headed by the mayor of...

Yachts are responsible for 1.1m tonnes of CO2 emissions in Europe alone, yet are exempt from new EU emission rules. If Bezos is hellbent on having a superyacht, at least he should at least pay for its carbon emissions.

Portugal has surpassed the three million recorded COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. Among the cases recorded, more than 2.2 million were reported in the north, Lisbon and Tagus Valley. With 27,651 infections recorded in the last 24 hours by the...

Jussi Halla-aho has been appointed as the new Chair of the parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, but concerns over controversial and politically incorrect comments have drawn concerns. In an article published on 8 February in the Finns Party newspaper, Suomen Uutiset,...

Lawmakers could soon start voting remotely in a select number of situations, including potential future pandemics, according to a proposed bill debated on Thursday that would amend the Irish constitution. The bill, put forward by Fine Gael lawmaker Jennifer Carroll...

Vienna police have banneda motorcade protesting mandatory vaccines planned for Friday in the city amid fears that participants would cascade out and block traffic. “The assemblies in the form of motorcades in the area of Prater Hauptallee/Praterstern/Ringstraße announced for tomorrow,...

French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his desire to develop nuclear energy and renewable energies to produce “more decarbonised electricity” and announced the construction of six new nuclear reactors. In front of workers at General Electric Steam Power in Belfort, the...

Russia's foreign minister accused his British counterpart on Thursday (10 February) of grandstanding and refusing to listen, at a rancorous encounter that highlighted the gulf between them over the Ukraine crisis.

EU lawmakers have accused the Serbian version of the Alliance 90/The Greens party – titled Savez 90/Zeleni Srbije – of misappropriating the German green party’s name, ideas, and visual identity with a similar name: Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen. In a joint...

The government – which has eased COVISD-19 restrictions to the minimum – has come under fire for its proposed amendment to the Pandemic Law. Various groups, the opposition, and senators from the government coalition parties have criticised the amendment. Parliament’s upper...

Spain’s growth is expected to be one of the highest in the EU in 2022 at 5.6%, according to a recent forecast by the European Commission, eldiario.es reported. The forecast remains lower than that of the government, which predicted a...

After Germany’s trade volume with Russia rose by more than a third in 2021, businesses have called on the government to maintain good economic relations with President Vladimir Putin. Easing tensions with Russia would be key to continuing the upward...

Governments and health agencies across Europe are questioning whether it is necessary for citizens to take a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. However, some countries like France, Germany, Greece, Spain, Poland, and Hungary, recommended it for certain at-risk categories....

The EU on Thursday (10 February) accused Russia of trying to divide EU members by sending letters to individual countries seeking clarification of their stance on Moscow’s security proposals. EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell said he had responded to the...

Newsletter - 14-17 February 2022 - Strasbourg plenary session

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Written by Maria Díaz Crego and Györgyi Mácsai.

The number of migrant children has been rising globally since the turn of the century. According to estimates by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in 2020, 35.5million children were living outside their country of birth, 11.5 million more than in 2000. Child migration takes many forms, from regular family reunification to forced and traumatic migration. This infographic focuses exclusively on forced and irregular movements of migrant children to the EU.

Read the complete briefing on ‘Child migrants: Irregular entry and asylum‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

Spokespersons for Parliament and for political groups will hold a briefing on the 14-17 February plenary session this Friday at 11.00, in Parliament’s Anna Politkovskaya press room.

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Spokespersons for Parliament and for political groups will hold a briefing on the 14-17 February plenary session this Friday at 11.00, in Parliament’s Anna Politkovskaya press room.

Source : © European Union, 2022 - EP

Funding opportunities worth more than €1.7 billion will be made available this year to businesses looking to scale up their work on breakthrough technologies under the European Innovation Council’s (EIC) 2022 work programme, released on Wednesday.