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Commission updates EU countries on digital diplomacy initiatives

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 18:43
The European Commission briefed national representatives about the progress and priorities of the most significant partner countries in the digital domain.
Categories: European Union

When the wind blows

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 17:25
Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques will bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday.  Editor’s Take: When the wind blows The EU narrative on migrants...
Categories: European Union

AI Act: MEPs close in on rules for general purpose AI, foundation models

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 17:04
The European Parliament is set to propose stricter rules for foundation models like ChatGPT and distinguish them from general purpose AI, according to an advanced compromise text seen by EURACTIV. The AI Act is a landmark EU legislation to regulate...
Categories: European Union

The Brief — Grain damage

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 16:20
The fallout of a controversial decision by the European Commission to help Ukraine export grain looms large and is mostly negative. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat, oilseeds, and other major agricultural products. When Russia launched...
Categories: European Union

Towards better labour politics

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 16:13
Weakened and highly defensive trade unions on the one side and a recourse to cheap technocratic arguments by centrist and centre-right governments on the other side make for a bad political cocktail, leading to bad policies.
Categories: European Union

EU’s global shipping approach puts green credentials on the line

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 15:56
To retain its credibility, the EU must back concrete 2030 and 2040 emission reduction targets for shipping at the final round of negotiations on the International Maritime Organization's climate strategy, writes Anaïs Rios.
Categories: European Union

Western Balkans see boom in solar energy but grids unprepared

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 15:51
Western Balkan nations are seeing a boom in solar energy investment, which could help ease a power crisis that had threatened a shift away from coal, but industry officials say transmission systems are not prepared for new energy feeds.
Categories: European Union

EU starts negotiations on single and long-term residence permits

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 15:34
The European Parliament voted in favour on Thursday of starting interinstitutional negotiations on two directives that would give third nationals legally in the EU and those granted international protection residence and the right to work with faster application procedures.
Categories: European Union

Meta must review own role in COVID misinformation, says oversight body

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 14:00
Meta should continue with its COVID-19 misinformation policy but inquire into how its architecture may have amplified harmful content or targeted vulnerable groups, according to the company's review body. 
Categories: European Union

Europe faces the growing threat of heat stress [Promoted content]

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 12:00
Europe experienced record heat stress levels during its warmest summer ever recorded, according to the European State of the Climate 2022, released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service; a wakeup call for a situation poised to become more frequent.
Categories: European Union

NATO chief Stoltenberg makes surprise visit to wartime Ukraine

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 11:00
In a sensitive surprise visit, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg arrived in Kyiv on Thursday (20 April) for the first time since Russia launched its full-scale invasion last February, in a show of support for Ukraine as it prepares to launch a counteroffensive.
Categories: European Union

The US- European tech partnership should be renewed and deepened

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 10:55
The transatlantic partnership displayed remarkable unity in the face of Russia's aggression against Ukraine. With emerging technology and AI critical to the global fight between democracies and autocracies, a significant acceleration in cooperation should be the foundation of building new global democratic leadership.
Categories: European Union

Hungary aid for troubled steelmaker Dunaferr caught in EU crosshairs

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 10:47
State support for central Europe’s largest steelmaker, Dunaferr, which went into liquidation in December because of its ties with Russian owners, could be illegal under EU competition rules, lawyers say.
Categories: European Union

Campaigners hail ‘historic’ day as Parliament adopts EU anti-deforestation law

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 10:38
The European Parliament voted on Wednesday (19 April) in favour of a landmark regulation to ensure that products sold in the EU do not come from deforested or degraded land. 
Categories: European Union

European Parliament pushes for more ambition with EU crisis response force

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 10:15
Members of the European Parliament spelt out an ambitious target on Wednesday (19 April) for the EU’s future 5,000-strong crisis response force set to be operational next year, requesting a higher number of troops under a single EU command. In...
Categories: European Union

Why Malaysia is vital for the EU’s Asia strategy

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 08:30
The EU needs Malaysia, and ASEAN, more than ever before to support its common foreign, security and defence policy, as new geopolitical fault lines have emerged, writes Thomas Matussek.
Categories: European Union

MEP: Spitzenkandidat idea slowly fading away

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 07:38
In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Serbia reiterating its opposition to Kosovo's UN membership bid, the German president asking for forgiveness for German crimes during World War II, and so much more.
Categories: European Union

EU pressures Twitter to comply with DSA as media leave platform

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 07:35
On this week’s episode of the Beyond the Byline podcast, we are taking a closer look at Twitter’s current troubles with the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), why journalists and media companies are turning their back on the platform and...
Categories: European Union

MEP: Spitzenkandidat idea slowly fading away

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 07:26
The Spitzenkandidat concept – which gives the winning group in the EU elections a chance to propose their lead candidate as European Commission president –  is quietly fading away, with even its initial backers becoming gradually less vocal about the...
Categories: European Union

Greek government admits exporting Predator to Sudan

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 07:23
Greece’s alternate foreign affairs minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis admitted that the New Democracy government (EPP) granted permission to export the illegal Predator spyware to Sudan, now facing a dramatic civil war. But speaking to Realfm, the minister insisted that “the export...
Categories: European Union

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