The European Union has drafted a proposal that allows consideration for natural gas and nuclear energy to be included within the scope of “green” investments as countries and environmentalists battle over the complicated classification system. Later this month, the European Commission is expected to suggest recommendations on the environmental criteria needed in order to classify…
EU Proposes Green Certificate for Nuclear and Gas Energy
January 2, 2022
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French Minister Calls for EU Measures Against UK If Fishing Row Talks Fail
France’s minister for Europe has called on the European Union to take retaliatory measures against Britain if there is no resolution to the post-Brexit row over fishing licences by Dec. 10. The European Commission has said the dispute must be settled by that deadline as it upped the pressure on the UK in the negotiations….
EU Top Executive Announces More Measures to Counter Belarusian Border Crisis
The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced expounding measures to counter the illegal immigration crisis at the EU border with Belarus. Speaking on Tuesday at the European Parliament, von der Leyen said that the EU Commission would allocate additional funding to provide humanitarian aid to illegal immigrants in Belarus, facilitate their repatriation,…
‘Consumers Aren’t Stupid’: Google Lawyer Rejects EU Market Abuse Ruling
LUXEMBOURG—Billions of people use Google because it’s the best, not because of deals the company made to stay competitive, Google’s lawyer said on Friday, wrapping up a week of testimony as the U.S. tech giant fights a record $5 billion antitrust fine. The European Commission hit Alphabet’s Google with a 4.34 billion euro ($5 billion)…
Afghanistan Could Be Catalyst for Common EU Migration Policy: Commissioner
ZURICH—Events in Afghanistan could be a catalyst for the European Union to forge a common migration policy, European Commissioner Margaritis Schinas said in a newspaper interview. EU states are concerned that the Taliban takeover could trigger a replay of the crisis of 2015/16, when the arrival of more than a million migrants, predominantly from the…
EU Delivers Enough Doses to Vaccinate 70 Percent of Adults, Von Der Leyen Says
July 10, 2021
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BRUSSELS—The European Union has delivered enough coronavirus vaccine doses to member states to reach a target to fully vaccinate at least 70 percent of adults in the bloc, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement on Saturday. Von der Leyen, who had tweeted on May 9 that the EU was on…
UK Considers China in ‘Ongoing Non-Compliance’ With Hong Kong Joint Declaration
March 13, 2021
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The UK now considers the Chinese regime to be “in a state of ongoing non-compliance with the Joint Declaration,” British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Saturday. “Beijing’s decision to impose radical changes to restrict participation in Hong Kong’s electoral system constitutes a further clear breach of the legally binding Sino-British Joint Declaration,” Raab said…
UK Says China in ‘Ongoing Non-Compliance’ With Hong Kong Joint Declaration
March 13, 2021
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The UK now considers the Chinese regime to be “in a state of ongoing non-compliance with the Joint Declaration,” British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Saturday. “Beijing’s decision to impose radical changes to restrict participation in Hong Kong’s electoral system constitutes a further clear breach of the legally binding Sino-British Joint Declaration,” Raab said…
Hong Kong Activists Urge EU Not to Sign China Investment Deal
March 11, 2021
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Twenty-four Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have written to European Union leaders and lawmakers urging them to block the EU-China investment deal unless the Chinese regime repeals its National Security Law for the former British colony. Thirteen of the co-signatories of the letter are now living in exile as a result of Beijing’s increasingly brutal crackdown…
Hong Kong Public Broadcaster RTHK Drops BBC Programs After China Ban
February 12, 2021
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Hong Kong’s publicly funded broadcaster RTHK said on Friday it was suspending the relay of BBC radio programming, one day after the Chinese regime banned BBC World News from airing in the country. In a statement, RTHK said: “As the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) announced that BBC World News was not allowed to…
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