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Commission presents five pillars for quantum development

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 16:27
The European Commission presented on Friday (22 March) five pillars that will form the basis of an action plan to boost Europe's competitiveness in quantum computing, a rapidly growing technology that solves problems too complex for classical computers. 
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BREAKING: Nature restoration law fails to secure support at critical member states meeting

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 16:12
Hungary’s last minute decision to withdraw support for the proposal means that the law’s future is uncertain. A planned vote during Monday’s (25 March) meeting of national environmental ministers is now postponed.
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EU imposes duties on Russian food commodities to appease Eastern European farmers

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 15:47
The European Commission proposed to increase tariffs on Russian and Belarusian grains and oilseeds imports to prevent the destabilisation of the EU market, the funding of Russian aggression against Ukraine and to try to defuse the protests on the Ukrainian-Polish border.
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The Brief – EU industry: Uncompetitive by design?

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 15:17
As we approach the European elections, competitiveness is the talk of the hour. And yet, with industrial competitiveness taking centre stage in economic policy debates, it is worth keeping in mind that rising carbon prices will make some industries even less competitive in the future – by design.
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Germany legalises cannabis federally but local opposition anticipated

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 14:59
After numerous delays, the planned legalisation of cannabis consumption in Germany has passed its last major obstacle - the Bundesrat (Federal Council) and while future growers remain relaxed, they do anticipate further resistance on the local level.
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Kremlin, in change of language, says Russia is ‘at war’ due to West’s role in Ukraine

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 13:50
Russia regards itself to be at war due to the West's intervention on Ukraine's side, the Kremlin said on Friday (22 March), shifting the language it uses to describe the conflict in an apparent move to prepare Russians for a longer and harder struggle.
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Four more EU countries ready to recognise Palestinian state ‘when circumstances right’

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 13:30
.Ireland, Malta, Slovenia, and Spain said on Friday (22 March) they are ready to recognise the state of Palestine as the “only way to achieve peace and security” in the war-ridden region.
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‘TikTok Taoiseach’: Simon Harris set to be Ireland’s youngest PM

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 12:24
Simon Harris, set to become Ireland's youngest ever taoiseach (prime minister), will hope his social media skills and fresh face can save his party's flagging fortunes as elections loom.
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EU Parliament votes new measures for AI factories, ECJ rules against law on fingerprints in national IDs

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 12:21
Welcome to Euractiv’s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU.
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Melons, tomatoes and geopolitics

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 11:48
Melons and tomatoes from the Western Sahara, the main crops in the contested territory, should be labelled as such and not as originating from Morocco, according to an opinion by Tamara Ćapeta, an advocate general at the EU’s top court, issued on Thursday (21 March).
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The elusive question of what can save Europe from deindustrialisation

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 11:39
Record interest rates, slowing global demand, massive Chinese and US industrial subsidies, and high energy prices are laying waste to the EU’s industrial base. Can Europe reverse the decline?
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Puigdemont leaves the European Parliament to run in Catalan elections

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 10:39
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont announced on Thursday (21 March) evening that he will run as head of his party, the separatist Together for Catalonia (JxCat), in the snap elections to be held in Catalonia on 12 May.
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Romania expects €5.5bn price tag and 2025 final investment decision for small modular reactor

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 10:34
Romania is seeking to deploy ‘Small Modular Reactor’ (SMR) technology as part of its drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and its energy minister Sebastian Burduja said this week that a final investment decision will be taken in 2025 for a new nuclear power plant in Doicești
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Russia hits vast dam in war’s largest strike on Ukrainian energy infrastructure

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 09:42
Russia launched the largest missile and drone attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure of the war to date on Friday (22 March), hitting the country's largest dam and causing blackouts in several regions, Kyiv said.
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Western banks warn of risks in EU plan to grab Russian assets

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 08:51
Some western banks are lobbying against EU proposals to redistribute billions of euros in interest earned on frozen Russian assets, senior industry sources said, fearing it could lead to costly litigation.
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As the political biodiversity push falters, legal enforcement continues

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 06:57
On Wednesday 13 March, the European Commission published the latest list of infringement proceedings against Member States. Most of the alleged failures to implement EU environmental law concern the bloc’s biodiversity rules.
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Pressure mounts on Ukraine to scrap ‘sponsors of war’ blacklist

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 06:46
Ukraine could dismantle within days its "sponsors of war" blacklist, central to Kyiv's campaign to expose companies doing business with Russia, after a backlash from countries including China and France, two people familiar with the matter said.
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Slovak presidential election pits pro-Western diplomat against ex-PM

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 06:32
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Germans more interested than ever in the European elections, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk not delivering on his campaign promises, and so much more.
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Bolstering Europe’s resilience by strengthening the single market

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 06:15
The European Economic Area, extending the single market and its four freedoms to Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, has been a remarkable success story since its inception in 1994. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Daniel Risch, and Jonas Gahr Støre explain how to build on its strengths.
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Romania’s Social Democrats and Liberals unveil EU election joint list, lose top candidate

EURACTIV News - Fri, 2024-03-22 06:15
Romania’s Social Democrats and Liberals announced the composition of their joint list for the EU elections on Thursday, and while an independent candidate was chosen to lead the list, she withdrew her candidacy at the last moment.
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