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EU member states must introduce policies to support their wind power ambitions, according to industry lobby group WindEurope.

The health emergency caused by COVID-19 has drawn attention to flaws in the education system. Limited investments in the development of digital infrastructures as well as failing to update the most innovative learning strategies – especially digital ones – have...

After their discussions on Brexit, where phones were not allowed in the meeting room, EU leaders called on the Commission to draw up contingency measures in case there is no deal.

While the EU's enlargement progress reports have moved closer to capturing the problems of the region, they are still lagging behind in capturing the decline of democracy and rule of law in most of the region.

The European Commission urged member states to scale up efforts to flatten the curve of the second wave of Covid-19 and recommended common measures for the roll-out of potential vaccines.

Honduran environmental rights defender Arnold Joaquín Morazan was killed in his home on Tuesday, a few days after his fellow activists were shortlisted for the European Parliament's Sakharov prize for freedom of thought.

European Council President Charles Michel presented the results of EU leaders' discussion on EU-UK relations.

On 15 October 2020, the European Council adopted conclusions on EU-UK relations.

Before the start of the first day of the European Council, President Charles Michel highlighted the main topics the EU leaders will discuss.

The Council decided to impose targeted restrictive measures on one person responsible for acts that threaten the peace, security or stability of Libya, including violations of the UN arms embargo.

The Council imposed restrictive measures against six individuals and one entity involved in the assassination attempt on Alexei Navalny.

EU leaders will meet in Brussels to discuss the epidemiological situation, relations with the United Kingdom, as well as climate change and relations with Africa.

The prospects of an EU-UK trade deal being agreed imminently faded on Thursday (15 October) after EU leaders took an uncompromising approach on the progress of talks.

European Parliament President David Sassoli asked EU leaders on Thursday (15 October) to increase their financial contributions to the EU budget and called for “imagination” to make progress on the stalled negotiations.

EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday (15 October) left a summit attended by the bloc's 27 leaders after learning that a staff member had tested positive for the coronavirus.

In a speech at the EU summit on 15 October, Parliament President David Sassoli insisted it is now up to EU leaders to unlock the stalled negotiations on the 2021-2027 budget.

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In a speech at the EU summit on 15 October, Parliament President David Sassoli insisted it is now up to EU leaders to unlock the stalled negotiations on the 2021-2027 budget.

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Recovery should reduce economic divergence and boost the EU’s long-term social and environmental targets, the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee said on Thursday.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2020 - EP

Recovery should reduce economic divergence and boost the EU’s long-term social and environmental targets, the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee said on Thursday.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2020 - EP

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday left the European summit and went into quarantine after being in contact with a person who tested positive to Covid-19. "I have just been informed that a member of my front office has tested positive to Covid-19 this morning. As a precaution, I am immediately leaving the European Council to go into self-isolation," she tweeted.