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A new industrial deal to guarantee availability of critical medicines

Tue, 2024-01-16 07:30
Finding solutions to address shortages of critical medicines across the EU is a clear priority for the European Commission and the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council, write Stella Kyriakides and Frank Vandenbroucke.
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EU countries hold first exchange on 2040 climate target

Tue, 2024-01-16 07:26
Several EU countries have expressed support for plans to target a 90% emissions cut relative to 1990 levels by 2040. While Hungary is sceptical, France and Germany have yet to take a stance.
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French far-right vows EU blocking majority against ‘federalist coup d’état’

Tue, 2024-01-16 06:34
In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about German farmers halting protests to negotiate with the government, a leak about Catalan leaders being unlawfully investigated by the former government, and so much more.
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Bulgaria will invest €6 billion in infrastructure to rapidly deploy NATO forces

Tue, 2024-01-16 06:20
Bulgaria will invest in infrastructure that will help, if necessary, deploy NATO forces on the eastern flank but can also be used for civilian needs, Defense Minister Todor Tagarev announced on Monday.
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Dutch turn to India for medicines as Europe ‘is not self-sufficient’, ex-health minister warns

Tue, 2024-01-16 06:18
In a bid to maintain the security of supply for medical products, the Netherlands set its eyes on extending its partnership with India to increase the availability of high-quality medicines and health products for Dutch patients.
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Romanian government reaches agreement with farmers following a week of protests

Tue, 2024-01-16 06:16
An agreement was reached between the Agriculture Ministry and representatives of major agricultural organisations on Monday, with the former addressing several demands by farmers who have been protesting for six days.
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France, Germany, Netherlands side with conservative EU countries in split over rape definition

Tue, 2024-01-16 06:09
Feminist NGOs have criticised France, Germany and the Netherlands for blocking the inclusion of consent-based definition of rape in the EU's directive to combat violence against women as December's negotiations on the law once again stalled.
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Franco-British partnership to develop fourth-generation nuclear technology

Tue, 2024-01-16 06:09
UK company Newcleo and French company NAAREA are set to form a strategic partnership to accelerate the development of their fourth-generation nuclear technologies, the two announced in an exclusive interview for Euractiv France, AFP and Le Figaro on Tuesday (16 January).
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Government must stop violating laws, Duda tells Tusk

Tue, 2024-01-16 06:07
The government should stop violating the law on several issues, President Andrzej Duda told Prime Minister Donald Tusk during a meeting at the Presidential Palace, commenting on the actions of Justice Minister Adam Bodnar and other members of Tusk's government.
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Slovakian government hints at justice reform concessions, sparking public resistance

Tue, 2024-01-16 06:07
While the government works on further controversial Criminal Code reforms, more and more people join the anti-government protests across the country, arguing that the reforms would eliminate the anti-corruption Special Prosecutor’s Office and curtail the rights of whistleblowers.
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German farmers halt protests to negotiate with government

Tue, 2024-01-16 06:03
As farmers' protests in Germany came to a temporary halt after weeks of rocking the country over planned subsidy cuts, Farmers' Association President Joachim Rukwied said he is pushing for negotiations with the federal government but stressed he wanted results by Thursday evening.
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French far-right vows EU blocking majority against ‘federalist coup d’état’

Tue, 2024-01-16 06:00
French far right National Rally (Rassemblement National) chief Jordan Bardella has vowed to work together with other anti-EU forces to create a blocking majority and essentially kill what he described as a “federalist coup d'état” pushed forward by Europhiles.
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Call for a science-based regulation for food safety in the European fish processing industry [Promoted content]

Tue, 2024-01-16 06:00
A new Delegated Regulation jeopardises the fish processing industry. To avert risks to food safety, quality, and industry competitiveness, Polish and Danish fish processing associations urge European policymakers to reject it, calling for prior consultation with EFSA.
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Catalan unlawfully investigated by former government – leak

Tue, 2024-01-16 05:50
Members of the former government of Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy (PP/EPP) used the national police to illegally investigate the political activities of several leaders of Catalan separatist forces for at least five years, using public funds, the newspapers La Vanguardia and Eldiario.es revealed on Monday.
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Israeli leadership divided on Palestinian statehood says Czech president

Tue, 2024-01-16 05:48
The Israeli leadership is not united on how to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Czech President Petr Pavel said on Monday after he meets with Israeli authorities.
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Yemen’s Houthis threaten to hit US ships as more tankers steer clear

Tue, 2024-01-16 05:47
Yemen's Houthi movement will expand its targets in the Red Sea region to include US ships, an official from the Iran-allied group said on Monday (15 January), as it vowed to keep up attacks after US and British strikes on its sites in Yemen.
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Portugal makes little progress in preventing corruption among MPs, judges

Tue, 2024-01-16 05:47
Portugal has made limited progress in preventing corruption among MPs, judges and prosecutors, the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body GRECO wrote in a report released Monday.
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Italy’s Democratic Party urges head to review EU election strategy

Tue, 2024-01-16 05:45
Democratic Party Secretary Elly Schlein has come under fire from within her own party for considering standing as the party’s lead candidate in all constituencies in the EU elections, with several leading party figures asking her to reconsider a strategy they say would disadvantage her female colleagues.
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Norwegian oil-laden waste water imports against EU law, Danish authorities confirm

Tue, 2024-01-16 05:44
The import of Norwegian oil-laden wastewater is contrary to EU law, according to the Danish environmental authorities, contradicting earlier claims by Environment Minister Magnus Heunicke, backed up by a document from the Norwegian Environment Agency.
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EU parliament chief condemns Iran jailing Mahsa Amini lawyer

Tue, 2024-01-16 05:32
The European Parliament president on Monday (15 January) denounced Iran's jailing of Mahsa Amini's lawyer, after he accepted the EU's top rights award on behalf of her and the protest movement her death sparked.
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