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Finland Digital ID Part of a Wider “Digital Compass” Project for Digital Transformation by 2030.
June 29, 2022
Finland’s government has made a legislative proposal that it plans to put before the parliament in the fall introducing an application that will be used for digital identification with the goal of using it in everyday life, from shopping to dealing with authorities.
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EU Ministers Approve Landmark Climate Measures
June 29, 2022
EU governments backed efforts to cut emissions after seventeen hours of negotiations between the bloc’s national environment ministers who agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent this decade moving the proposal forward to go before the European Parliament.
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Hungary Veto’s EU’s Global Corporate Tax Plan
June 22, 2022
The European Union failed to implement a global corporate tax rate of 15 percent before the end of France’s six-month presidency due to a last minute veto of the plan by Hungary as tax initiatives require unanimity to pass in Brussels.
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ECtHR Rules that Russia's Foreign Agents Law Violates Human Rights
June 22, 2022
Following Russia’s inplementation of a controversial foreign agents law the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that the law violates the rights of the groups and individuals designated as foreign agents and has ordered Russia to issue compensation.
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Kremlin’s Gas Threats Challenge EU Agenda and Stability
June 22, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin has cut off gas deliveries to some of its best customers in the European Union, threatening the EU’s climate agenda and general stability as the bloc scrambles to replace gas-fired power with coal.