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Belgian EU presidency presents new risk assessment methodology for child sexual abuse law
A new document written by the Belgian EU Council presidency and seen by Euractiv outlines key details for the risk assessment that will form the backbone of a draft law to detect and remove online child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
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French minister: Agriculture will be national ‘major general interest’
At the annual congress of the main French farmers' union, Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau outlined in broad strokes the upcoming law on agriculture and took stock of the current and forthcoming national and EU measures in response to farmers' protests.
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PFAS bill takes first step in French Parliament
The French National Assembly's committee of Sustainable Development and country planning unanimously adopted a bill to combat the so-called forever chemicals, or PFAs, on Wednesday (27 March).
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The Brief – A more French EU around the corner?
Editorialists can sometimes feel bad if they read columns they wrote a couple of years ago or even a couple of months ago. I start today's Brief with this disclaimer.
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Belarus’ democratic forces fail to align messaging on EU sanctions
Belarus faced the first EU sanctions almost 30 years ago, however, it seems this was not enough for all the involved parties to build an effective information policy regarding the sanctions
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Locally-bred joke parties ready to shake up EU elections
After a frenzy of party congresses, manifesto reveals and appointments of lead candidates, everyone is now ready to start the battle for June's EU elections. The Green Deal, defence, and industry competitiveness will play a central role, but to what extent do the European parties and topics matter for the campaign?
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Far-right and liberals continue tight race for third place: EU elections projection
A tight race for the EU Parliament’s third place continues, as the liberal Renew Europe group has now recovered the lead over far-right ID and nationalist-conservative ECR group, both lurking right behind, according to Europe Elect’s latest projection for Euractiv.
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France must not cave to Brussels on renewables, says ex-energy minister Pannier-Runacher
France should continue refusing to include renewable targets in its energy-climate plan, which is due to be submitted to the European Commission in June, the country's former Energy Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher said on Tuesday (26 March).
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Armenia’s exports to Russia raise concerns over sanctions circumvention
Despite deteriorating political relations between Armenia and Russia, bilateral trade has flourished, leaving Western partners wondering over Yerevan's approach to sanctions.
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Macron, Lula hail defense ties at submarine launch
President Emmanuel Macron and counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday (27 March) celebrated the launch of Brazil's third French-designed submarine, which will help secure the country's immense coastline, dubbed the "Blue Amazon."
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Migrant crossings to UK hit new record, heaping pressure on Sunak
More than 4,600 asylum seekers have arrived in Britain on small boats so far in 2024, a record total for the first three months of the year and giving Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a fresh political headache.
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Commission on alert after unexpected changes in Greece’s EU-funded HPV testing
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Didier Reynder's bid for the presidency of the Council of Europe complicating matters for Spain, Bavaria's premier breaking with his party over the tarriffs on China, and so much more.
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Ireland to intervene in South Africa genocide case against Israel
Ireland said on Wednesday (27 March) it would intervene in South Africa's genocide case against Israel, in the strongest signal to date of Dublin's concern about Israeli operations in Gaza since 7 October.
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Putin says Russia will not attack NATO, but F-16s will be shot down in Ukraine
Russia has no designs on any NATO country and will not attack Poland, the Baltic states or the Czech Republic but if the West supplies F-16 fighters to Ukraine then they will be shot down by Russian forces, President Vladimir Putin said late on Wednesday (27 March).
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Romania’s pretext for not taking steps to reduce energy consumption slammed
Romania's justification for not implementing measures to reduce energy consumption in recent years, as other EU countries have done, is not convincing, argues Energia Inteligentă, a Romanian professional energy association.
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France’s Total gives up exploration of Bulgaria’s largest gas field
French multi-energy company TotalEnergies is withdrawing from oil and gas exploration in the potential Khan Asparuh field in northern Bulgarian waters of the Black Sea, an annual report by the project's other partner, Romania's OMV Petrom, quoted by Bulgarian Capital Weekly, reads.
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Portuguese parliament elects PSD MP as speaker in fourth vote
Social Democrat MP José Pedro Aguiar-Branco (PSD, EPP) was elected parliament speaker on Wednesday, with 160 out of 230 MPs in favour at the fourth attempt.
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Reynders’ Council of Europe bid complicates renewal of Spain’s top legal body
EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders' candidacy for the presidency of the Council of Europe has further complicated the negotiations over the renewal of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) between Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's ruling PSOE party and right-wing Partido Popular (PP/EPP), which have so far been mediated by Reynders.
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EU elections: Italian centre-left rallies behind ‘United States of Europe’ bid
Former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (Italia Viva) and the leader of +Europa party, Emma Bonino plan to run at the European election with a joint “United States of Europe” list.
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French MPs adopt bill on foreign interference
Lawmakers in the French National Assembly on Wednesday backed a bill proposed by President Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance party to combat foreign interference by a large majority of 171 votes to 25.
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