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Thus European farmers will be protected from unfair competition from Mercosur

Thus European farmers will be protected from unfair competition from Mercosur

The European Parliament has approved some measures designed to protect the Union’s agriculture from possible negative effects due to the liberalization of trade with Mercosur. The new regulation creates a “bilateral safeguard clause”, a parachute that will allow the Union to temporarily suspend the tariff advantages granted to Mercosur countries on imports of certain agricultural products such as beef, pork ...

Why it will be easier to expel migrants in Europe: the 'Albania model' passes

Why it will be easier to expel migrants in Europe: the ‘Albania model’ passes

The European Parliament has approved new rules on the right to asylum which will allow member states to expel migrants more easily, also sending them to third countries, even if they do not have a direct link with those nations. This will pave the way for EU governments to establish so-called repatriation centres, following the model put in place by ...

European leaders taught competitiveness lessons by Draghi and Letta

European leaders taught competitiveness lessons by Draghi and Letta

Next, the newsletter of Europa Today which every Monday morning tells you what will happen in the European week Top of the agenda Retreat to the castle – Convened by the President of the European Council António Costa, the informal retreat of the heads of state and government of the 27 EU member countries will be held on Thursday 12 ...

European leaders taught competitiveness lessons by Draghi and Letta

European leaders taught competitiveness lessons by Draghi and Letta

Next, the newsletter of Europa Today which every Monday morning tells you what will happen in the European week Top of the agenda Retreat to the castle – Convened by the President of the European Council António Costa, the informal retreat of the heads of state and government of the 27 EU member countries will be held on Thursday 12 ...

From the loan to Ukraine to the US aims for Greenland: what will be discussed in Strasbourg

From the new rules on asylum to cutting emissions: what will be discussed in Strasbourg

Ahead of the next plenary session of the European Parliament, which will be held from 9 to 12 February in Strasbourg, MEPs from the different political groups present their priorities. They will be there – Flavio TosiForza Italia (EPP) – Paolo BorchiaLeague (Patriots for Europe) – Ruggero Razza FdI (Ecr) – Ignazio MarinoVerdi/Avs (Greens) – Pasquale TridicoM5S (The Left) Follow ...

Satellites, espionage and communications: hybrid warfare (also) comes from space

Satellites, espionage and communications: hybrid warfare (also) comes from space

It was July 2024 when some parcels sent by air via DHL courier caught fire in logistics centers in England and Germany. A few months earlier, two submarine telecommunications cables crossing the Baltic Sea had been cut by vessels. In the last few hours, hacker attacks have hit hotels in Cortina d’Ampezzo and Italian consulates abroad, on the eve of ...

Spain will also ban social media for children under 16

Spain will also ban social media for children under 16

The progressive Spanish government follows the position of some countries around the world and decides to ban the use of social media by children under 16. This is what was announced today by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, speaking at the World Government Summit in Dubai, anticipating five measures with which Madrid aims to deal with the abuse of large digital ...

The Netherlands wants to introduce a tax for the freedom of Ukraine

The Netherlands wants to introduce a tax for the freedom of Ukraine

A “freedom tax” to fund Ukraine’s security and defense. It is one of the most discussed points of the program of the new Dutch government currently being formed, a minority coalition between the progressive, popular liberals and the right-wing liberals. The declared objective is to strengthen the country’s “strength” in a context of growing threats – from the war in ...

Who are these pasdaran "terrorists" of Iran, the parallel army of the ayatollahs

Who are these pasdaran "terrorists" of Iran, the parallel army of the ayatollahs

The Pasdaran are on the same level as Isis, al-Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah. The European Union has excluded military intervention in Iran from its political agenda, but has taken up the weapon it deems most powerful, that of registering the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, better known as the Pasdaran, on the list of terrorist organisations. Italy’s fear and Iran’s response “If ...

Transforming wastewater into a resource for irrigating and cleaning cities: Re-Water's challenge

Transforming wastewater into a resource for irrigating and cleaning cities: Re-Water’s challenge

Making wastewater treatment more sustainable and safer, transforming what is currently just a waste liquid into a resource to be reused. This is the objective of “Re-Water”, a project financed by the European Union under the Interreg Greece-Italy programme, and the first of the VA Greece-Italy 2014-2020 cross-border cooperation to reach the final of the RegioStars Awards 2025, the European ...