Tag: european union
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The European Union looks to have clinched political agreement on the team of 26 commissioners who will be implementing President Ursula von der Leyen’s policy plan for the next five… more ›
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Welcome to today’s Sensemaker. Last week, Spain’s prime minister gave a speech championing migration as a way to protect prosperity and unveiling plans to integrate migrants into Spanish society. https://newsroom.tortoisemedia.com/cr/AQjcjBUQsYIWGL-5oRmJWsXiw3qvqEFNfqJiu86inM3-_2fZpQKfiOnRR8nuVQ more ›
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Prime minister says Spain’s economy, the fastest growing in EU, needs immigrants to thrive Sanchez announces new measures, including reduction of red tape, to help immigrants settle in Spain Other… more ›
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MADRID, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Spain’s Interior Minister on Thursday asked the European border agency Frontex to seek permission from African nations to patrol their waters in a bid to “save lives”… more ›
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The French Revolution may have been one of the world’s first experiments in mass democracy, but those governing France have long had a problem with the idea. https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/06/13/macron-france-parliament-election-democracy-far-right-le-pen/ more ›
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When US officials wanted to pressure Europe to do more to stave off China’s technological advances, they didn’t call European Union headquarters in Brussels. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-05-15/europe-s-new-power-map-from-asml-to-the-arctic more ›
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My life divides, evenly enough, into three political eras. I was born in 1980, a year after Margaret Thatcher entered Downing Street with the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi… more ›
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The EU’s border agency Frontex and the Maltese government are systematically sharing coordinates of refugee boats trying to escape Libya with a vessel operated by a militia linked to Russia,… more ›
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As world leaders meet in Dubai for COP 28, Tom and Helen turn to one of the most important political issues of our age – Net Zero, and ask where… more ›