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Fierce fighting in Gaza City; US says Palestinians must govern Gaza post-war

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 06:49
Street battles raged in Gaza City on Wednesday (8 November) with Hamas fighters using tunnels to ambush Israeli forces, as the United States said Palestinians must govern Gaza post-war, countering Israeli comments that it would control security indefinitely.
Categories: European Union

All Portuguese parties ask president to call early elections except Costa’s socialists

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 06:49
All political forces in Portugal asked President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on Wednesday to call early elections ‘in two months’, following Prime Minister António Costa’s resignation. Prime Minister António Costa resigned on Tuesday after it was confirmed he is being...
Categories: European Union

Italy’s gender pay gap continues to widen

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 06:48
There was a nearly €8,000 difference between the average wages of men and women in 2022 in comparison to 2021, when it was around €6,700, the Observatory on Private Sector Employees of the National Social Security Institute (INPS) wrote in...
Categories: European Union

Sweden’s radical left pins foreign minister over Israel comments

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 06:47
The Swedish Left Party filed a complaint against Foreign Minister Tobias Billström with the parliamentary constitutional committee following his statement calling Israel’s response to the Hamas strike proportionate. Asked whether the Israeli attack on 31 October that hit the Jabalia...
Categories: European Union

Dutch centre-left parties urge cabinet to stop deliveries of F-35 spare parts to Israel

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 06:45
Several left and centre-left parties have called on the caretaker cabinet to immediately halt all deliveries of spare parts for F-35 fighter jets to Israel, reacting to revelations earlier this week that the country’s government had continued to do so...
Categories: European Union

Belgium, Italy, Romania, US unite to boost small modular reactors research

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 06:45
Five industrial and research actors from Belgium, Romania, Italy and the US want to speed up the development of small modular reactors (SMRs), a memorandum of understanding between the five signed on Wednesday reads.
Categories: European Union

French EU minister points to bloc’s troubled roll-out of anti-Semitism strategies

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 06:45
Thirteen EU member states have not adopted national plans to combat anti-Semitism, French EU Minister Laurence Boone told a Senate hearing on Wednesday, referring to one of the recommendations in the EU strategy on the matter, which states pledged to...
Categories: European Union

Austrian Greens delay EU election kickoff amid dropout rumours

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 06:45
Currently polling at 9%, Austria’s Greens may not reach their 2019 EU election record of 14% this time around, as rumours about the party’s favoured candidate, Energy Minister Leonore Gewessler, pulling out of the race may have been the reason for the party cancelling its EU election kick-off congress.
Categories: European Union

EU Commission, Spain exchange bitter letters over Catalan amnesty

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 06:37
A letter from the EU Commission expressing concerns about Spain’s rule of law developments and requesting information on the controversial Catalan amnesty law sparked a tense response from the Spanish government on Thursday. Meanwhile, tensions in Spain escalated as some...
Categories: European Union

Hungary’s president says Swedish officials must make their case for NATO accession

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 06:30
President of Hungary Katalin Novák called on Swedish officials to prove they deserve accession to NATO, as she urged national parliamentarians to sign off the country's bid,  on Wednesday (8 November).
Categories: European Union

Georgians rally for EU after candidate status recommendation

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 06:26
Several thousand Georgians rallied Wednesday (8 November) in Tbilisi to voice support for their country's path to EU membership, after Brussels moved to grant the Caucasus country candidate status.
Categories: European Union

Renew lists Bulgarian PM as one of their European Council leaders on website

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 06:22
Bulgaria’s We Continue the Change party was listed as a member of Renew alongside the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), which aroused many questions in Bulgaria because there was no official announcement about the membership.
Categories: European Union

Tusk to face ‘tougher’ co-existence with another PiS president

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 06:19
If PiS fails to obtain a vote of confidence and Donald Tusk returns to power as prime minister, he will have to work alongside PiS President Andrzej Duda, which may leave him with déjà vu as he worked alongside previous PiS President Lech Kaczyński during his first term as prime minister in 2007.
Categories: European Union

Germany’s ageing economy worries top advisors

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 06:18
Germany’s ageing population and rapidly outdating economic structures are putting its future growth at risk, the country’s top economic advisors warned on Wednesday, stressing that it must also draw in more private capital from other European countries. Plagued by soaring...
Categories: European Union

Divided EU finance ministers to discuss fiscal rules as deadline nears

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 06:05
As EU finance ministers prepare to discuss once again the reform of the EU’s rules for national debts and deficits, the positions of hawkish countries and those calling for more flexibility remain wide apart, with little sign that a compromise is within reach.
Categories: European Union

Putin, Erdoğan and Raisi make visits in Central Asia

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 05:46
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Kazakhstan on Thursday (9 November), while Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi are expected in Uzbekistan, amid renewed diplomatic interest in the region.
Categories: European Union

EPP faces pushback on gene-editing liberalisation proposal

Wed, 11/08/2023 - 17:42
Left-wing parties in the European Parliament have criticised a proposal by centre-right European People's Party (EPP) lawmaker Jessica Polfjärd to loosen rules on new genomic techniques (NGTs) even more than the Commission originally aimed for.
Categories: European Union

EU rebukes Serbia, Kosovo for limited progress on dialogue and membership reforms

Wed, 11/08/2023 - 17:00
The European Commission urged both Belgrade and Pristina on Wednesday (8 November) to begin implementing their obligations under past agreements, including a revival of their stalled normalisation talks, stressing this was vital for their future EU path.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – Spain’s EU leadership on thin ice

Wed, 11/08/2023 - 16:20
Holding the EU Council presidency has given Spain the perfect opportunity to shine and demonstrate its leadership - at least, that’s what Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said. But today, that ambition looks grim.
Categories: European Union

AWS Digital Sovereignty Pledge: Announcing a new, independent sovereign cloud in Europe [Promoted content]

Wed, 11/08/2023 - 16:00
The AWS European Sovereign Cloud is a new, independent cloud for Europe, designed to help public sector organisations and customers in highly regulated industries meet their evolving sovereignty needs.
Categories: European Union

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