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Remembrance Day, the EU Parliament remembers the victims of the Holocaust: LIVE

Remembrance Day, the EU Parliament remembers the victims of the Holocaust: LIVE

On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the European Parliament Office in Italy remembers the deportees and victims of the Nazi extermination camps with a visit to the Shoah Museum followed by a moment of dialogue and reflection at Esperienza Europa – David Sassoli. At 12, in connection from the plenary in Brussels, the speeches of President Roberta Metsola ...

Goodbye to imports from Russia and more duties on other countries: the EU wants to protect steel

Goodbye to imports from Russia and more duties on other countries: the EU wants to protect steel

The European Union wants to protect its steel from market distortions caused by global overproduction. The European Parliament has approved its position on a new regulation proposed by the European Commission in the International Trade Committee. The text, approved with 36 votes in favour, two against and five abstentions, aims to replace the current safeguard measures, in force since 2018, ...

TeleFico: How the Prime Minister Wants to Control the Media in Slovakia

Fico and the meeting with Trump: "I am worried about his psychological state". And the Slovak prime minister denies it

Even the agreement between sovereignists can be disturbed by an unforgettable meeting. Robert Fico, the Slovak prime minister, returned “from the confrontation” he had with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on January 17th. ‘Fico alarmed by Trump’s mental health’ What worried him was the psychological state of the president of the United States, who in his eyes appeared “dangerous”. The Slovak ...

The ride to rearmament also starts in Spain (which puts the government coalition in difficulty)

Spain chooses inclusion: it will regularize 500 thousand migrants who entered irregularly

While the United States and many countries in Europe are raising walls and tightening borders and rules on migrants, Spain is bucking the trend. Pedro Sanchez’s progressive executive begins an extraordinary regularization aimed at over 500 thousand irregular immigrants. The agreement within the Sanchez government The measure was approved yesterday, January 27, and is the result of a long discussion ...

How EU support can help prevent natural disasters (and deal with their consequences)

How EU support can help prevent natural disasters (and deal with their consequences)

Recent years in Europe have shown that extreme events linked to climate change have become almost normal, from floods in Italy, Belgium and Germany to fires in Spain and Greece. It is for this reason that, in a Europe increasingly exposed to natural disasters, the ability of cities and regions to prepare effective prevention and react in a timely manner ...

The EU signs the largest free trade agreement ever with India: tariffs on cars, wine and oil are down (excluding "risky products")

The EU signs the largest free trade agreement ever with India: tariffs on cars, wine and oil are down (excluding "risky products")

An unprecedented trade agreement, which will reduce customs duties on the value of 96.6% of European Union exports of goods to India, with an estimated saving of around 4 billion euros per year in duties on European products. With the conclusion of the agreement, defined as historic, the EU and India are looking for alternative routes after the new US ...

The road to the trade agreement with India

The road to the trade agreement with India

Next, the newsletter of Europa Today which every Monday morning tells you what will happen in the European week Top of the agenda Destination New Delhi – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa will travel to New Delhi, India, on Tuesday 27 January for the 16th EU-India Summit hosted by Prime Minister Narendra ...

The free trade agreement with Mercosur could fall apart, here's why

The free trade agreement with Mercosur could fall apart, here’s why

The European Parliament approved with a razor-thin vote (334 votes in favour, 324 against and 11 abstentions) the request to bring the free trade agreement with Mercosur to the Court of Justice of the European Union. The deputies, in order to block the entry into force of the pact, ask the community judges to evaluate the compatibility with the Treaties ...

Europe is studying how to guarantee its defense even outside of NATO

Europe is studying how to guarantee its defense even outside of NATO

More European defense cooperation, investments to fill deterrence gaps, a strengthened industrial base and a real ability to act autonomously, while maintaining a strong transatlantic bond. It is the heart of the annual report with which the European Parliament assessed the implementation of the Union’s common security and defense policy, in a context marked by the Russian war against Ukraine, ...