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The EU pushes smartphone makers to let consumers 'easily remove' their batteries

The EU has passed law revisions that would allow consumers to easily remove their phone's battery on their own.

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'Democratic backsliding has accelerated': Council of Europe chief Pejcinovic Buric

Talking Europe interviews the head of the Council of Europe, the continent's human rights watchdog. A former Croatian minister of foreign and European affairs, Marija Pejcinovic Buric was elected to lead the Council of Europe in 2019. The organisation started out with just 10 nations in 1949, and now numbers…

France 24

China condemns EU Parliament's resolution on Hong Kong's shrinking freedoms

China’s Foreign Ministry has condemned a resolution passed by the European Parliament concerning Hong Kong's shrinking rights to free speech

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The EU's political tightrope in Syria: Supporting Syrians without normalising Assad

Since the start of the Syrian crisis in 2011, the European Union has been the largest donor of humanitarian, stabilisation and resilience assistance to Syrians, with another conference known as Brussels VII – aimed at supporting Syria and the region – held on June 14 and 15 in the Belgian…

France 24

EU lawmakers vote to restrict AI use, ban public face-scanning

The European Parliament voted to completely ban real-time, remote biometric surveillance — a decision that will put lawmakers at odds with the EU’s 27 countries in upcoming negotiations.

Tribune News Service

EU approves draft law to regulate AI – here's how it will work

The word “risk” is often seen in the same sentence as “artificial intelligence” these days. While it is encouraging to see world leaders consider the potential problems of AI, along with its industrial and strategic benefits, we should remember that not all risks are equal.

The Conversation

EU’s biodiversity law under threat from centre-right MEPs

The EPP, the European parliament’s largest group, says it supports climate goals but objects to ‘bad proposal’

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Silvio Berlusconi, scandal-scarred ex-Italian leader, dies at 86

To admirers, the three-time premier was a capable and charismatic statesman who sought to elevate Italy. To critics, he was a populist who threatened to undermine democracy by wielding political power as a tool to enrich himself.

Chicago Sun-Times

Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's tarnished 3-time premier, dies at 86

Silvio Berlusconi cast a spell over Italy — and nearly led it to financial ruin

The Independent UK

Silvio Berlusconi, scandal-scarred ex-Italian leader, dies at 86 - OLD

Italian media are reporting that Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy’s longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption and bribery, has died at age 86

The Independent UK

European Parliament’s Awards: Reflections Of Political Bias And Controversy

Allegations of politicization and corruption challenge the credibility of the Sakharov human rights prize and other awards.

Zenger

Belgian police raid EU parliament office of Qatargate suspect

Belgian police on Tuesday raided the office of Marc Tarabella, a Belgian EU lawmaker and suspect in a corruption scandal, his lawyer told Reuters.

Reuters

Nature Restoration Law: 'No one is going to steal farmers' land' says Irish MEP

"It works for Irish farming and works for nature"

Irish Mirror

Poland slams vote questioning Hungary holding EU presidency

Poland rebuked on Thursday the European Parliament backing a resolution that questions Hungary's ability to hold the European Union presidency next year due to concerns about judicial independence.

Reuters

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EU parliament to question Hungary's ability to hold EU presidency

The European Parliament will on Thursday question Hungary's ability to hold the rotating presidency of the 27-nation European Union next year, citing the country's problems with the rule of law, a draft parliamentary resolution showed.

France 24

We won't work with far-right 'extremists', EPP chief Manfred Weber says

Talking Europe interviews the boss of the largest and oldest group in the European Parliament, the centre-right European People's Party. Manfred Weber is a veteran of the EU assembly, having first been elected nearly twenty years ago, and he is an important player in German politics, in the conservative Christian…

France 24

Europe's military support for Ukraine: Has the EU risen to the occasion?

Talking Europe hosts two MEPs who are diametrically opposed on the question of EU military assistance to Ukraine. "The European Union is not a military union. It is a peace union. It should be an honest broker, a mediator between Russia and Ukraine," argues Slovak MEP Katarina Roth Nevedalova. "I'm…

Reuters

Analysis-Europe hits resistance in race to finalise green laws

Increased political resistance to new EU laws to protect the environment has left the European Commission fighting to keep intact its vision for Europe's green transition.

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Swedish Ultra Nationalist Party Seeks Friendship With Israel

Two members of the Swedish Democrats Party were in Israel last week seeking to cement their friendship with the Jewish state

Reuters

EU Parliament delays renewable energy vote after late backlash

The European Parliament has delayed a planned vote to approve new EU renewable energy targets, after France and other countries lodged last-minute opposition to the law last week, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.

France 24

EU should move from 'nice words' to action on enlargement: Romanian ex-minister Negrescu

The European Union sees Romania as one of its frontline states when it comes to the war in Ukraine. The country of 19 million people, a member of both the EU and NATO, has a land and sea border with Ukraine of more than 600 kilometres. It has been a…

France 24

Food fight over Ukrainian grain: Will Eastern Europe's farmers break EU solidarity?

The European Union has been caught off guard by a food fight. Last month, when Poland unilaterally announced it was shutting its borders to imports of Ukrainian grain, it came as a shock to policymakers in both Kyiv and Brussels. Farmers in the eastern EU member complained that a food…

Reuters

Italian court agrees to extradite EU lawmaker to Belgium

An Italian court on Tuesday agreed to extradite to Belgium an EU lawmaker under investigation in a cash-for-influence corruption scandal at the European Parliament, one of his lawyers said.

The National (Scotland)

Former MEP elected leader of Aberdeen SNP council group

A FORMER member of the European Parliament has been elected as the leader of the Aberdeen SNP council group.

France 24

Turkey's EU tightrope act: Is either side ready to break the stalemate?

Just months after a devastating earthquake, and with millions suffering from an economy in dire straits, Turkish voters are deciding who should lead the pivotal NATO ally at the crossroads between Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The outcome will reshape the political landscape in Turkey and beyond. For some,…

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