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EU Council Publishes Foreign-Policy Guidelines on Discrimination
April 22, 2019
The Council of the EU has published a set of guidelines on applying EU law on non-discrimination to the bloc’s external action, placing a responsibility on EU foreign-policy officials to pressure countries around the world to adopt the bloc’s broad anti-discrimination legislation, including on the prohibition of “hate speech.”
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UK Reaches Trade Deals with Iceland, Norway
April 22, 2019
Reuters reports that the UK government has reached an agreement with Iceland and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, to apply current rules to British trade in case of a no-deal Brexit.
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EU Council Approves No-Deal Brexit Contingency Measures
April 22, 2019
The Council of the EU has approved legislation preparing for a potential “no-deal” Brexit scenario by, among other policies, providing for social-security rights of EU and UK citizens and uninterrupted transport between Britain and the Continent in case the UK leaves without a broad withdrawal agreement.
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EU Institutions Agree Future Funding for Climate Action
April 22, 2019
The European Parliament and Council of the EU have reached a provisional agreement on funding for the EU’s “Environment and Climate Action” program for 2021 to 2027, as the bloc expands its investments in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and Paris climate plan in a bid to become “climate neutral” by the year 2050.
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EU Official Seeks Economic Transformation to Achieve Climate Plan
April 22, 2019
At a plenary debate on climate change in the European Parliament, European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Arias Cañete called for a “deep transformation of our model of economic development” to reach “net zero” European greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050.
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