After a series of high profile spills at sea, MEPs and governments have agreed that new pollution controls must extend to maritime freight, despite opposition from the EU executive.
Category: 3. Europe
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Commission overruled as lawmakers extend microplastic controls to shipping
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Was steckt im Koalitionsvertrag – POLITICO
Zusammen mit seinen POLITICO-Kollegen Rixa Fürsen, Hans von der Burchard und Jürgen Klöckner gibt es von Gordon Repinski die Blitzanalyse zu den Inhalten des heute vorgestellten Koalitionsvertrags zwischen Union und SPD. Ihr hört, was drin steckt bei den Themen Inneres,…
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Canada, China, European Nations Warning Tourists About Traveling to US
Canada has further tightened its advisory on travel to the US.
The country is one of several that have updated their guidance since President Donald Trump began his second term as president.
Advisories range from…
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Can governments stop killings before they happen? UK explores 'murder prediction' data programme
A new report from UK-based charity Statewatch says the UK is trying to develop a programme that will use police and government data to decide how likely someone is to kill.
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Trump veut que l’Europe lui achète plus de gaz, mais elle prévoit de dépenser moins
BRUXELLES — L’Union européenne prévoit de réduire les objectifs d’achat de gaz naturel, alors même que le président américain Donald Trump insiste sur le fait qu’acheter plus de gaz est le seul moyen de mettre fin à sa guerre commerciale.
Mardi, les pays de l’UE ont avancé…
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King Charles becomes first British monarch to address entire Italian parliament
Earlier on Wednesday, the 76-year-old, who was recently hospitalised due to the side effects of his cancer treatment, met the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
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As the trade war rattles bond markets, Trump advises to “BE COOL”
As his global trade war spun further worldwide chaos on Wednesday, with China and the European Union hitting back and the financial fallout spreading to bond markets, President Donald Trump showed no signs of pulling back.
On the contrary, he urged anyone increasingly worried about rising…
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Europe must adapt to stay competitive in growing tourism market, sector leader warns
The EU needs to cut more red tape to enable its travel and tourism sector to continue to grow, the president of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) told Euronews today as the sector revealed projections of 5% growth on it its annual contribution to EU GDP.
Figures from the…
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European premier of Meryl Streep narrated film urging nature restoration
From mountain gorillas on the border of Rwanda, via late cocaine baron Pablo Escobar’s escaped hippos in Colombia, to island reserves where endangered Australian bandicoots can flourish away from predators introduced by misguided humans, a new documentary brings visually stunning…
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Manfred Weber anoints Spanish MEP as second-in-command at the EPP – POLITICO
Others called it “a surprising choice.”
“When will she have time to run the party?” said an EPP official, who was granted anonymity to speak freely about internal party matters.
Weber on Wednesday told reporters that the new secretary-general role will be less administrative and…
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