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The country is scheduled to take over the Council on 1 July, succeeding Belgium. As presidency holder, Hungary will be in charge of setting the political agenda, moderating talks among member states and representing the institution vis-a-vis the European Parliament and the European Commission. This prospect has fuelled fears that the country will disregard the role of "honest broker" and abuse the position to stall, block or simply ignore key files that it views unfavourably, such as support for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia. According to Zoltán Kovács, the government's international sp...
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But the outcome that emerged from the negotiations represents a hardened position compared to the whatever-it-takes solidarity that had been promised to the war-torn nation, whose agricultural exports bring an essential source of revenue. The extension of the special regime will feature a larger number of safeguards on products deemed "sensitive": poultry, eggs, sugar, oats, maize, groats and honey, which will be subject to tariffs if their flows exceed the average volumes of the past three years. The deal will also make it easier for member states to apply "remedial measures" in case of marke...
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The concessions made to farmers haven't helped to calm the anger of the demonstrators who gathered again in Brussels on Tuesday, just a few metres from where the EU agriculture ministers were meeting. Unlike the February rallies, where several hundred tractors were gathered, only a few turned up this time around. The reasons for their protests remain largely the same. Brussels has taken note of the farmers' demands, including several meetings with European politicians, such as the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and several agricultural ministers. "We have listened ...
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The upcoming European elections, widely regarded as the world's largest transnational vote, are set to bring about significant policy shifts, affecting the EU's position on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, the transition to a greener continent and various economic challenges. Over 400 million European voters will take the polls in June and elect a new Strasbourg-based parliament that will, in turn, appoint Brussels' next line of top officials. European Council President, Charles Michel will remain in his position as representative of the 27 member states at EU sum...
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New EU rules requiring companies to check supply chains for environmental and social issues have been put on hold, with intended abstentions by Germany and Italy threatening to block the measures entirely. The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive was politically agreed with lawmakers in December, but a supposedly routine vote by ambassadors to endorse the deal today (9 February) was abruptly cancelled, signalling roadblocks ahead. Diplomatic sources confirmed Italy’s intention to abstain on the law, which together with other sceptics such as Germany and Austria would effectively bl...
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The provisional deal is part of a concentrated push to wrap up all pending legislative files by the end of the month, the cut-off date imposed by the upcoming EU elections. "After many hours of negotiations, I am glad to see that we reached a provisional agreement today. It is a balanced text that protects workers, good employers and provides for a European level playing field," said Elisabetta Gualmini, the socialist MEP who led the talks. "It will also be the first time that we will have EU rules on algorithmic management in the workplace." Thursday's outcome, however, still needs to be rati...
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MEPs have narrowly agreed that a new generation of genetically modified crops should be subject to lighter touch regulation, but a German federal watchdog warned the deregulation proposal ig-nores “plausible risks” from plants that have been tweaked using new genome editing techniques, while EU countries remained deadlocked over whether they should be patentable. Plant strains developed using ‘new genomic techniques' (NGTs) are already hitting the market in the US, and currently covered in the EU by a GMO Directive dating from 2001, when bioengineers relied on transplanting a whole gene from o...
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"It's not possible for the Commission to take a decision in the process," Didier Reynders, the European Commissioner for Justice, said on Monday afternoon. Hungary has been under the first phase of Article 7 since 2018 over the democratic backsliding overseen by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is accused of weakening judicial independence, perpetuating cronyism, diluting media pluralism, abusing emergency powers, passing anti-LGBT legislation and hindering asylum rights. Although unrelated to the rule of law, Orbán's decision last month to single-handedly veto a proposed €50-billion fund to p...
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Following the news that the EU Council has formally adopted both the draft Digital Services Act (DSA) and a Digital Markets Act (DMA), which will allow for better control over the spread of counterfeit goods, hate speech, cyber threats, disinformation and unfair digital services competition within member state. Q3 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Future Metaverse Experiences For EuropeansEmma Mohr-McClune, Technology Service Director at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, comments: “Whereas the internet grew up in a regulatory Wild West, future metaverse experiences ...
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