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#StrongerIn: Denis Macshane – Let’s Stay Together: Why Yes to Europe
I have a new pro-Europe or anti-Brexit short book out next week. It’s called Let’s Stay Together: Why Yes to Europe. It is already up on Amazon – see below. I understand that to get the book higher up the Amazon list interest or even a purchase (it’s only £4.99) has to be shown so […]
#DigitizeEU: Commission launches new plans to digitize European industry and research
The European Commission presented a set of measures to support and link up national initiatives for the digitisation of industry and related services across all sectors and to boost investment through strategic partnerships and networks. The Commission also proposes concrete measures to speed up the development of common standards in priority areas, such as 5G […]
#Overfishing: Parliament votes on agreements to support fish stocks
Fish are not only tasty and nutritious, but also increasingly at risk. Overfishing is causing fish stocks to drop around the world. The EU aims to promote sustainable fishing in Europe as part of its common fisheries policy. This week Parliament’s fisheries committee votes on important agreements with Liberia and Mauritania and looks at how […]
#Refugees: 100,000 Syrians trapped between ISIS and Turkey
New reports from Human Rights Watch show that Turkish border guards have shot at Syrian refugees fleeing ISIS. Around 100.000 Syrian refugees are trapped between ISIS and the Turkish border after it was closed by Turkey. ALDE Group leader Guy Verhofstadt calls on the Commission to react immediately following these reports. Verhofstadt said: “Not […]
#Refugees: New tragedy calls for EU to intervene now on the North African routes
On 18 April another tragedy struck the Mediterranean Sea with another sinking of a boat full of migrants from Somalia. The S&D Group has called for immediate action to prevent more meaningless deaths in the Mediterranean. For S&D right solution lies on the table as it has been formulated by the Italian government with the […]
#Russia: Russian high seas brinkmanship echoes Cold War
The close passes by Russian aircraft on two consecutive days this week were carried out far more aggressively than similar flights near the Donald Cook and the USS Ross in the Black Sea in 2014 and 2015, writes Keir Giles. This and other recent behaviour by Russia is both dangerous and in breach of international […]
