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Politico: EU climate Deal Aims to Transform ‘Every Single Sector’
April 28, 2021
Under a new political deal, EU policymakers agreed to speed up the bloc’s emission reductions to slash greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2030.
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Politico: EU slams China’s ‘Authoritarian Shift’
April 28, 2021
A high-level internal report shows the EU is increasingly pessimistic about keeping business interests separate from political concerns over President Xi Jinping’s “authoritarian shift.”
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Polish, Slovenian PMs Call on Germany to Withdraw from Nord Stream 2
April 26, 2021
Polish Prime Minister and Mateusz Morawiecki and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa have called on Germany to pull out of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project which will take Russian gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea, declaring that it will destabilize Europe.
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EU Drops Plans to Punish China over Hong Kong
April 21, 2021
The European Union had planned to announce new measures against Beijing’s electoral reforms in Hong Kong at this months Foreign Affairs Council, but have withdrawn the announcement after failing to gain support from all 27 member states.
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Mortimer in The Spectator: France’s growing German Skepticism
April 21, 2021
Gavin Mortimer writing in The Spectator examines how Brexit and Covid 19 have challenged relationships within the European Union and in particular the relationship between France and Germany.