The EU Commission calls on Member States to modernise their minimum income schemes as part of the ongoing pledge to reduce poverty and social exclusion in Europe. The Commission calls on Member States to modernise their minimum income schemes as part of the ongoing pledge to reduce poverty and social exclusion in Europe. The proposed […]
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EU increases support to the protection of human rights defenders worldwide
Human rights are increasingly under threat worldwide. Against this global backdrop, the European Union reconfirms its strong support to human rights, fundamental freedoms and democracy, and their defenders worldwide. On 29 September Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen signed €30 million, a substantial increase, for the new phase of the EU Human Rights Defenders Mechanism, in the presence of civil […]
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Council and Parliament reach provisional political agreement on access to Union waters, extending the current rules for fishermen for another ten years
The Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement as regards the regime for access of fishing vessels to member states’ territorial waters. The provisional agreement extends the rules of the access to Union waters – which were about to expire at the end of […]
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Council agrees on emergency measures to reduce energy prices
EU energy ministers have reached on 30 september, a political agreement on a proposal for a Council Regulation to address high energy prices. The regulation introduces common measures to reduce electricity demand and to collect and redistribute the energy sector’s surplus revenues to final customers. Electricity demand reduction The Council agreed to a voluntary overall […]
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G7: Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the illegal annexation of sovereign Ukrainian territory
President Putin’s efforts to incorporate Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions into the territory of the Russian Federation constitute a new low point in Russia’s blatant flouting of international law, and yet another example of Russia’s unacceptable violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty. We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, […]
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Statement by the Members of the European Council: Support to Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty
In the face of Russia’s war of aggression as well as Moscow’s latest escalation, the European Union stands resolutely with Ukraine and its people. We firmly reject and unequivocally condemn the illegal annexation by Russia of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. By wilfully undermining the rules-based international order and blatantly violating the fundamental […]
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Guidelines on general visa issuance in relation to Russian applicants and controls of Russian citizens at the external borders
The recent escalation of war by Russia, including through military mobilisation and sham ‘referenda’ led to an increase of citizens, including conscripts and their families fleeing the Russian Federation. The guidelines call for reinforced security scrutiny when issuing visas to Russians and heightened border controls, while fully respecting EU asylum law. The EU Commission has […]
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European Researchers’ Night 2022
This edition of Almeria’s European Night counted with a total of 87 stands, with more than 650 researchers in them, showing activities on topics as diverse as emotions to the rhythm of Tik Tok; regenerative agriculture; pollination; microalgae; archeology; the secret life of waste; a flying train by magnetic levitation; citizen science; mysteries of the […]
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Press statement by High Representative/Vice-President Borrell on a new package of restrictive measures against Russia
With the illegal “referenda” organised by Russia, the Kremlin is following the same playbook that we have already seen in Georgia in 2008 and in Crimea in 2014. As the President has said, we condemn [these illegal “referenda”] in the strongest possible terms. I am sure that I can speak on behalf of the Member […]
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