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European Parliament’s defence committee caught in political cross-fire and bargaining
The future of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) has become the source of horse-trading between several political groups, with some arguing the institution would lack the competencies and skills for its upgrade.
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Agrifood: Biggest climate change contributor, urgent investment needed
A recent report from the World Bank highlights that middle-income countries are leading contributors to global emissions from the agrifood system. The study underscores the urgent need for investments in reducing agrifood emissions.
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Banking, financial sector groups lay capital markets priorities for next EU mandate
A group of banking and financial sector firms urged the next European Commission and Parliament legislators to introduce measures to boost supply and demand for market assets, helping the bloc's economy compete with the US.
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Collapse of EU-China political ties more dangerous than trade decoupling, top think tank chief warns
The main danger facing EU-China relations is not a collapse of trade relations but rather a deterioration of political ties that would hamper the global effort to combat climate change, the head of a leading European think-tank told Euractiv in an interview on Tuesday (7 May).
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EU Socialists try corner EPP into vowing far-right isolation
EU Socialists are trying to pressure the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) into signing a declaration ruling out any collaboration with the far-right after the centre-right’s ambiguity on possible coalitions after June’s EU elections and existing alliances with the far-right at the national level.
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Ambitious EU seeks to improve Middle Corridor trade route, secure position in Central Asia [Advocacy Lab Content]
Despite growing interest in the European Union for the advancement of the Middle Corridor, the bloc has much more to do in developing this trade route and securing its position in Central Asia.
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European Health Data Space can help create Ireland’s fit-for-purpose health system [Advocacy Lab Content]
Experts gathered at the EIT Health Summit for the launch of a new report ‘Implementing the European Health Data Space across Europe’, which could boost Ireland's digital healthcare transition.
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Irish pharma sector quizzes European election candidates on innovation, sustainability, and regulation [Advocacy Lab Content]
Irish candidates for the upcoming European parliament elections are attending a series of health manifesto events where pharmaceutical industry experts, the press and the public are quizzing candidates’ support for innovation and sustainability.
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Why the EU benchmarking on the rule of law needs to be revised
The European Union needs to create clearer benchmarks for the rule of law and judicial reform in Ukraine, which could then be replicated for other reform areas, write Snizhana Diachenko, Liubov Akulenko, and Viktoriia Melnyk.
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EU too slow in getting back misspent funds, Court of Auditors warns
The European Commission is too slow when it comes to retrieving misspent EU funds, the EU Court of Auditors said in a new report published on Tuesday (7 May), noting that it takes particularly long for money that goes into third countries.
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European Parliament’s recruitment application compromised in data breach
The European Parliament sent on Monday (6 May) an internal notification to its staff, seen by Euractiv, about a data breach in the application PEOPLE, used for the recruitment of the institution's non-permanent staff.
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General Puropse AI Models can`t ignore copyright in the EU
Artificial intelligence has posed serious challenges to our understanding of copyright. General-purpose models are trained on massive amounts of text and images in order to produce tools that can answer to a vast array of prompts.
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The Brief – Brace for frenzy of EU migration deals with third countries
Distrustful of the freshly passed asylum and migration pact, EU countries and the European Commission have turned to third-country deals to curb irregular migration, thus finally aligning with Hungary, until recently criticised as a migration hardliner.
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Europe’s concerns grow over possible all-out Israeli attack on Rafah border crossing
Europeans warned Israel on Tuesday (7 May) not to attempt a full take-over of the Rafah border crossing, the sole humanitarian gateway between Gaza and Egypt, with concerns growing over more casualties and less aid reaching the besieged exclave.
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Europol’s declaration against end-to-end encryption reignites debate, sparks privacy concerns
Europol's recent joint declaration with European police chiefs urges action against end-to-end encryption, citing concerns of possible justice obstruction, amid an ongoing debate about balancing data privacy with combating crime.
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Putin’s fifth inauguration: “Together we will win”
Vladimir Putin was sworn on Tuesday (7 May) for a fifth presidential mandate that will run until 2030, pledging that Russia “will win” in the conflict he personally started by invading Ukraine, and promising to those loyal to him to take the highest positions in the country.
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Major German companies warn against vote for extremism in EU election
Germany's biggest companies said Tuesday (7 May) they have formed an alliance to campaign against extremism ahead of the European Parliament elections, when the far right is projected to make strong gains.
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Brussels office of far-right MEP Krah’s assistant raided in Chinese espionage case
Law enforcement officers raided the offices of far-right AfD lead candidate Maximilian Krah's team in the European Parliament in Brussels early on Tuesday (7 May) to search for evidence against his former aide, suspected to have worked for Beijing.
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Europe Ahead: Left’s Gusmão on following US, China path
The EU must overcome its “ideological prejudice” against government spending and adopt state-led industrial policies similar to those in the US and China to boost its faltering economy, according to the vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs José Gusmão.
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Germany is committed to the security of the Baltics, Scholz says
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reiterated on Monday (6 May) his commitment to defend the Baltics in case of a Russian assault amid increasing hybrid attacks by Moscow against European countries.
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