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EU warns Russia over Moscow terror attacks

Euobserver.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 16:09
Europe has warned Russia not to use the weekend's terror attacks in Moscow as a pretext to escalate its war in Ukraine and crackdown on internal dissent.
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Europe’s Agri-food Sector: A Call for Innovation and Sustainability [Promoted content]

Euractiv.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 16:00
The agriculture sector is the backbone that helps feed the 450 million people in the EU with healthy, affordable food. Yet, despite its apparent strength, our food markets face unprecedented challenges.
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[Opinion] With war on its doorstep, Egypt faces a delicate balancing act

Euobserver.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 15:47
Balancing its support for the Palestinian cause with its national interests remains a difficult task for Egypt
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Can a robot compete with a human in the field of wealth management?

Euractiv.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 15:41
Advanced technologies, especially the development of AI, are significantly modernising wealth management services, write Max Koretskiy and Illia Kyslytskyi.
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Spitzenkandidaten and the upcoming EU elections [Advocacy Lab Content]

Euractiv.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 15:28

On 20 March, at the ALDE Party Extraordinary Congress Brussels 2024, ALDE announced their chosen spitzenkandidat, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, who will be the new face of their party. This report looks at ALDE's position and prospects in the EU's political landscape.

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ALDE’s Strack-Zimmermann calls for stronger European approach to security [Advocacy Lab Content]

Euractiv.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 15:26
European liberals have approved the nomination of Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann as ALDE’s lead candidate for the June elections. Strack-Zimmermann spoke to Euractiv’s Christoph Schwaiger following the 20 March ‘Renew Europe Now’ election campaign launch.
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EU Commission launches probes into Alphabet, Apple, Meta for anticompetitive behavior

Euractiv.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 14:28
The European Commission is opening non-compliance investigations into Alphabet, Google's parent company, Apple, and Meta under the Digital Markets Act, the institution announced on Monday (25 March).
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Rights groups urge EU equality mandate after June polls

Euobserver.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 13:40
Facing a predicted shift to the right after the EU elections, anti-discrimination organisations are calling on the bloc's institutions to ensure that equality, anti-racism and fundamental rights are at the top of the EU's agenda in the next mandate.
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Lawmakers hopeful Franco-German parliament can smooth intergovernmental relations

Euractiv.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 13:27
Five years ago, Germany and France signed the unique experiment of a binational parliament into being, with lawmakers hoping today that it can keep the EU’s Franco-German twin engine from drifting further apart.
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Major nuclear projects will have to wait longer for delayed EIB financing

Euractiv.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 12:52
The European Investment Bank (EIB) dealt a major blow to the nuclear industry at last week's International Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels when it dithered over the industry's request for more funding for nuclear projects but confirmed that investment in renewable energy would remain a priority until 2030.
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German trade union boss questions EU carbon price on petrol, gas

Euractiv.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 08:40
The introduction of an EU-wide carbon price on heating and road fuels in 2027 should be reconsidered, Yasmin Fahimi, president of the German trade union confederation (DGB), said in Berlin on Saturday (23 March).
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From abortion rights to assisted dying: Macron’s 180-degree shift

Euractiv.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 08:17
In the latest episode of our Today in the EU podcast, we are looking at how European elections have impacted French President Emmanuel Macron's policy choices. 
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Slovak elections: Korčok, Pellegrini ready for round two as Russia’s shadow looms

Euractiv.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 07:44
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Salvini and Le Pen cornering Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with regards to a second von der Leyen term, a Russian missile entering Polish airspace, and so much more.  
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Romanian defence spending far below Iohannis’ 2022 pledge

Euractiv.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 07:09
Romania's defence spending in 2023 reached 1.6% of the country's GDP, far below the 2.5% pledge made by President Iohannis at the NATO summit in Madrid in 2022, an official NATO report has found, TVR reported.
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Bulgaria’s GERB withdraws from negotiations to form government

Euractiv.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 07:08
Bulgaria's largest party, GERB, has pulled out of negotiations to form a new government, despite an earlier agreement with the PP-DB to nominate former European Commissioner Maria Gabriel as prime minister, the party said on Sunday.
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Russian missile entered Polish airspace during attacks on Ukraine

Euractiv.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 07:05
A Russian cruise missile briefly crossed into Polish airspace during an overnight air strike on the western regions of Ukraine, the Polish armed forces said on Sunday.
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Oil rises as heightened geopolitical risks exacerbate supply concerns

Euractiv.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 07:05
Oil prices rose in early Asian trading on Monday (25 March) on concerns over tighter global supply brought about by escalating conflicts in the Middle East and between Russia and Ukraine, while a shrinking US rig count added to upward price pressure.
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Slovak elections: Korčok, Pellegrini ready for round two as Russia’s shadow looms

Euractiv.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 07:01
Slovakia's former pro-Western foreign minister, Ivan Korčok, scored a surprise victory in the first round of the presidential election on Saturday, but the road to final victory over Robert Fico's coalition partner, Peter Pellegrini will not be smooth, and he will have to grapple with the ruling party's increasingly problematic foreign policy stance vis-a-vis Russia and Ukraine.
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[Agenda] Environment, Ukraine imports, fish and Easter this WEEK

Euobserver.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 07:00
This week, expect no more than talks on environment, agriculture and fisheries, including discussions between the Polish and Ukrainian governments over angry protests by Polish farmers objecting to cheap grain imports from Ukraine.
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Spain’s Sánchez ‘cannot govern alone’, Sumar leader warns.

Euractiv.com - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 06:54
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE/S&D) is “mistaken” if he thinks he can govern alone in defiance of the political line of the progressive Sumar platform led by Díaz, the junior member of the governing coalition, Sumar leader, Labour Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz warned on Saturday.
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