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Dutch polling frontrunner to join EPP for upcoming EU elections

Mon, 11/13/2023 - 06:49
Dutch anti-establishment newcomer party New Social Contract (NSC) – which was established back in August – intends to participate in next year’s European elections, party chairman Bert van Boggelen said on Friday, with Dutch media reporting that the party wants...
Categories: European Union

Paris sees pro-Palestine, against anti-semitic marches over weekend,  Macron absent

Mon, 11/13/2023 - 06:48
Saturday and Sunday saw thousands of people take part in two protests in Paris, the first to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and the second against anti-semitism, with French President Emmanuel Macron’s absence from the second raising questions. Anti-semitic...
Categories: European Union

German Conservatives end run of state coalitions with the Greens

Mon, 11/13/2023 - 06:47
Germany’s conservative centre-right CDU party decided on Friday to enter into rapid negotiations to form a coalition with the social democratic SPD in Hesse, marking a clear departure from the party’s almost automatic practice of teaming up with the Greens...
Categories: European Union

Austria’s centre-left bets on experienced members for EU election

Mon, 11/13/2023 - 06:46
Austria’s Social Democrats have opted for experience and will likely reappoint their MEPs currently serving in the European Parliament to stand again in the June 2024 EU elections as the party continues its path of domestic rejuvenation. The five (SPÖ)...
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Largest Gaza hospital ‘not functioning’ amid Israeli assault

Mon, 11/13/2023 - 06:37
The largest hospital in Gaza has ceased to function and fatalities among patients are rising, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday (12 November), as a blistering Israeli assault continues in the Hamas-controlled strip.
Categories: European Union

Czech government’s pro-Israel stance may have cost PM visit to Nigeria

Mon, 11/13/2023 - 06:26
Nigeria’s last-minute cancellation of Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s (ODS, ECR) visit to the country as part of his Africa tour may have something to do with his government’s pro-Israel stance, a Czech expert on Africa matters has said. According...
Categories: European Union

EU mulls ‘Plan B’ options to unblock stalled Ukraine military aid

Sun, 11/12/2023 - 10:30
In this week’s edition: Stalling EU military aid for Ukraine, next steps on EU accession talks and space jam.
Categories: European Union

London police arrest over 120 as pro-Palestinian rally draws counter-protests

Sun, 11/12/2023 - 06:55
More than 300,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London on Saturday (11 November), with police arresting over 120 people as they sought to stop far-right counter-protesters from ambushing the main rally.
Categories: European Union

Russia renews missile attacks on Kyiv, attacks intensify in the east

Sun, 11/12/2023 - 06:35
Russia on Saturday (11 November) launched a missile attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv and the surrounding region for the first time in more than seven weeks and pounded the east and south of the country with drones, Ukrainian officials said.
Categories: European Union

Israel faces pressure over Gaza deaths as fighting rages near hospitals

Sat, 11/11/2023 - 06:29
Israel faced mounting international pressure, including from its main ally the United States, to do more to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza as the death toll rose and fighting intensified near and around hospitals.
Categories: European Union

Biden to meet Xi on Wednesday in San Francisco Bay area

Sat, 11/11/2023 - 06:10
President Joe Biden will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping face-to-face for the first time in a year on Wednesday (15 November), the White House said, in high-stakes diplomacy aimed at curbing tensions between the world's two superpowers.
Categories: European Union

EU’s €20-billion plan for Ukraine military aid hits resistance

Sat, 11/11/2023 - 05:47
A European Union plan to spend up to €20 billion on military aid for Ukraine is meeting resistance from EU countries and may not survive in its current form, diplomats say.
Categories: European Union

New NATO cyber forum to support collective response to cyberattacks

Fri, 11/10/2023 - 18:14
A new NATO cyber forum aims to increase cooperation between NATO members as well as with the private sector to ramp up the Western military alliance's response to future cyber threats.
Categories: European Union

European Socialists divided over Israel-Palestine position

Fri, 11/10/2023 - 18:13
The European Socialist Party (PES) did not reach a common position on the current events in Israel and Palestine during its national congress occurring in Málaga, Spain, a source from the PES told Euractiv. 
Categories: European Union

EU defence ministers to demand better finance access for industry

Fri, 11/10/2023 - 17:15
EU defence ministers are expected to issue a joint statement on Tuesday (14 November) calling on banks to grant the defence industry access to loans, in a bid to remove hurdles for greater investment into production capacities.
Categories: European Union

Agrifood Brief: It’s (not) a kind of magic

Fri, 11/10/2023 - 17:10
In the wise words of a wizarding great, Albus Dumbledore, “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
Categories: European Union

The Brief — Enlargement à la russe

Fri, 11/10/2023 - 16:18
Vladimir Putin’s biggest – and wildest – project is to resuscitate the Soviet Union in some form during his lifetime. But he has a problem: No country wants to join the Russian Federation, not even Belarus, despite its vassal status.
Categories: European Union

Kazakhstan’s transport strategy advances in cooperation with global partners

Fri, 11/10/2023 - 15:40
Since its independence, Kazakhstan has made great efforts to develop its transport and transit potential and modernise transport corridors, having allocated over the past 15 years over $35 billion for these purposes, writes Marat Karabayev.
Categories: European Union

EU’s AI Act negotiations hit the brakes over foundation models

Fri, 11/10/2023 - 14:23
A technical meeting on the EU’s AI regulation broke down on Friday (10 November) after large EU countries asked to retract the proposed approach for foundation models. Unless the deadlock is broken in the coming days, the whole legislation is at risk.
Categories: European Union

EU urged to throw its economic weight behind Arctic conservation

Fri, 11/10/2023 - 14:15
Despite the EU having little direct say on the protection of poles and glaciers, advocates argued at the One Planet - Polar Summit, hosted in Paris from Wednesday to Friday (8-10 November), that its economic might can still be influential.
Categories: European Union

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