The present challenges come on top of an already difficult economic situation for the country—one, in part, precipitated by a shortage of skilled workers and moderate productivity development.
The commission and government are considering options to restructure the bloc’s common electricity market, and move it further away from natural gas dependence while stabilising consumer prices.
The European Parliament is not convinced by the Commission’s reasoning and wants further scrutiny of the agreement.
At the end of the day’s strike, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced that she had heard the “questions” and “doubts” raised by the reform but wanted to continue the debate in the national assembly.
The new hotline was created with the support of the Corporate Europe Observatory, which received just under €800,000 in funding from the Soros Open Society Foundation since 2014.
In an interview with the BBC, Pavel affirmed his belief that Ukraine should join NATO as soon as the war ended.
The White House denies allegations from the Swiss-German newspaper claiming that Biden would rather concede Ukrainian territory than maintain a long war of attrition. The CIA calls the report “completely false.”
Congo is “not a mine to be exploited nor a land to be plundered,” the pontiff said in Kinshasa, before calling for free elections and de-escalation of the DRC’s civil conflicts.
The compromised wording passed by the senators at least has the merit of refusing to set in stone any ‘right’ to abortion. But another fundamental freedom must be preserved, the freedom of conscience of practitioners to carry out an abortion or not.
Policies for increasing the return of migrants and restricting visas for non-compliant countries are on the table as the EU tackles its highest migration numbers since 2016.
The UK defence secretary warned that the British Army has been “hollowed out” and needs investment. The country is also forecasted to fare worse than all other developed countries this year, including Russia—so can it continue to support Ukraine?
The Metropolitan Police is also “taking a risk” by hiring individuals whose pasts have been tainted by involvement with the criminal justice system.
