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Meloni and Europe are loud, but only about migrants

Meloni and Europe are loud, but only about migrants

Meloni and Europe are loud, but only about migrants “We will be judged by the numbers.” The sentence, pronounced by diplomatic sources on the eve of the summit of EU heads of government, concerns migrants and reflects what now really matters for Italy. And for Europe. Not the methods of reception, not the respect for human rights, not the commitment ...

Moldova votes to choose whether to join Europe

Moldova votes to choose whether to join Europe

There is a date circled in red on the calendar of the citizens of Moldova: it is October 20, 2024, the day on which the inhabitants of the small country of around 2.5 million, sandwiched between Ukraine and Romania, will be called to a double election of extraordinary importance: on the one hand, the presidential elections, on the other, a ...

Di Maio arrives at the big appointment: the EU summit with the Gulf States

Di Maio arrives at the big appointment: the EU summit with the Gulf States

De-escalation in the Middle East, trade agreements and energy partnerships. The themes at the center of the first summit between the European Union and the Persian Gulf states on 16 October are many and interconnected. One of the protagonists of the meeting, albeit from behind the scenes, will be Luigi Di Maio. The former Italian Foreign Minister became the EU’s ...

Von der Leyen praises migrant centers like the Italian one in Albania

Von der Leyen praises migrant centers like the Italian one in Albania

The detention centers for migrants in Shengjin and Gjader, in Albania, the result of the agreement between Rome and Tirana, are a source of inspiration for the president of the European Commission, who marks the beginning of the new mandate with the crackdown on irregular immigration. Migrant centers in Albania are a useless (and harmful) waste of money Ursula von ...

The first rider law comes into force: what changes

The first rider law comes into force: what changes

The Council of the European Union has definitively adopted the first EU law which aims to improve the working conditions of over 28 million people who work on digital platforms. The directive will make the use of algorithms in human resources management more transparent, ensuring that automated systems are monitored by qualified staff and that workers have the right to ...

Sales of electric cars are collapsing, Germany is taking action: incentives are back

Sales of electric cars are collapsing, Germany is taking action: incentives are back

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the reintroduction of bonuses for the purchase of electric vehicles, a measure abandoned at the end of 2023 after the Constitutional Court imposed a crackdown on government public spending in the name of austerity. The about-face This decision was presented by the German leadership as a strategic attempt to stimulate the ecological transition and support ...

The new European cards for disabled people are arriving: easier travel when traveling within the EU

The new European cards for disabled people are arriving: easier travel when traveling within the EU

The Council of the European Union has given the green light to two new directives that will facilitate travel between the countries of the bloc for European citizens with disabilities. The new rules will introduce the European Disability Charter and the European Parking Charter for disabled people, and will thus ensure equal access to special conditions or preferential treatment during ...

Manfred N., the former Stasi agent convicted of murder: he lived as a quiet pensioner

Manfred N., the former Stasi agent convicted of murder: he lived as a quiet pensioner

At 80, he was leading a normal, quiet retired life in Leipzig, Germany. At least until today, when Martin Naumann, a former East German secret police officer, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of a Polish firefighter at a Berlin border crossing in 1974. The sentence after 50 years of judicial inactivity Naumann, a former Stasi ...

Attacks against Unifil: the EU rebukes Israel, but decides nothing

Attacks against Unifil: the EU rebukes Israel, but decides nothing

“Serious concern” and a call for a ceasefire in Lebanon. This is the gist of the European Union’s official statements regarding the repeated attacks perpetrated by the Israeli army (IDF) against United Nations forces in Lebanon (Unifil), which left several peacekeepers injured. The “soft” line of Brussels and other European capitals, as well as the official statement released yesterday by ...