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POLITICO – EUROPEAN POLITICS, POLICY, GOVERNMENT NEWSCAN ANYONE STOP MATTEO SALVINIIT'S GONNA GET UGLY POLITICO Europe covers the politics, policy and personalities of the European Union. Our coverage includes breaking news, opinion pieces,

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EUROPE’S AVIATION WATCHDOG CHIEF ACCUSED OF ‘MANAGEMENT BY Europe’s aviation watchdog chief accused of ‘management by fear’. Patrick Ky is under fire from employees as his agency shoulders ever more tasks and is under pressure to cut costs. Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency Patrick Ky | Hayoung Jeon/EFE via EPA. By Joshua Posaner and Mari Eccles. BELGIUM’S MOST WANTED MAN IGNITES A CULTURE WAR Belgium’s most wanted man ignites a culture war. Flemish nationalists portray a renegade soldier on the run as a symbol of deeper political anxieties. When far-right Belgian soldier Jürgen Conings last month set lethal booby traps in his car and disappeared into the woods, he was carrying enough guns and grenade launchers to

start a small war.

BELGIUM CONFIRMS INDOOR DINING WILL REOPEN, ANNOUNCES NEW By Marina Adami. June 4, 2021 7:35 pm. Restaurants and bars in Belgium will open for indoor dining and drinking on June 9, and people who are fully vaccinated will be exempt from testing when they return from abroad, the government said Friday. "These past months, we have

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POLITICO POLL OF POLLS POLL OF POLLS. POLITICO Europe tracks polling data for every European election and country. Stay up-to-date with who is ahead in the polls in each country and on what Europe thinks and why. CORONAVIRUS VACCINATION IN EUROPE Check the latest coronavirus vaccination figures in our live data tracker.. We track the most crucial data for 2021: The roll-out of the coronavirus vaccines and the doses administered across Europe.. On December 8, the first jab was administered in the U.K. The European Union then kicked off on December 27, the start of the Commission’s declared “vaccination days.” THE RISE AND FALL OF A CORONAVIRUS ‘MIRACLE CURE’ Last month, to take a break from the frenzy, he even quit Twitter for Lent. Getting off on the wrong foot . It all started in March 2020, when an in-vitro study from Australian scientists indicated that ivermectin was an inhibitor of coronavirus.But there was one big problem, said Chaccour: The scientists used concentrations so "huge" that they weren't naturally found in humans.

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BORIS JOHNSON BOOSTS ‘LEVELING UP’ PLAN WITH YET ANOTHER Boris Johnson boosts ‘leveling up’ plan with yet another task force. LONDON — Boris Johnson will try to make good on his “leveling up” election slogan with a new dedicated team of civil servants, POLITICO has learned. “Leveling up” has been widely used since Johnson’s 2019 election victory to frame the U.K. prime

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POLITICO CORONAVIRUS DAILY UPDATE 13 hours ago · DONATION PLEDGE: The U.K. has pledged to donate 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to lower-income countries in the next year as part of a G7 plan to redistribute 1 billion jabs. However, NGOs are calling for more, and sooner. “The G7 need to agree to share three things: 1 billion doses by

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POLITICO Telescope: The New AIDS Epidemic – 95-95-95: beyond business as usual. Presented by Gilead. Speakers: Elena Birindjieva, Manuel Pizarro , Vinay Patrick Saldanha, Jeffrey V. Lazarus, Andrew Ullmann. Find Out More Register Now. POTENTIAL CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK ON G7 POLICE SHIP 11 hours ago · FALMOUTH, England — A second potential outbreak of COVID-19 has occurred at the G7 summit in Cornwall at which the leaders of the most powerful democracies in the world gathered today. A police officer, housed with hundreds of others on a cruise ship LISBON HAS SHARED DISSIDENT INFO WITH REPRESSIVE REGIMES 12 hours ago · Over the past decade, Lisbon’s city hall has regularly shared the personal information of human rights activists with a variety of repressive regimes, exposing them and their families to untold danger. The practice was exposed Friday after a group of Russian dissidents revealed earlier this week CORONAVIRUS VACCINATION: LIVE DATA TRACKER The world longs for the day when coronavirus vaccines will let us return to normal. But how long before we get there? In January, the European Commission announced it wants 70 percent of adults in the EU to get their jab by the end of the summer.. But in the first quarter of 2021, the EU missed a key early vaccination goal, with only five countries managing to vaccinate 80 percent of people EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO CLOSE HALF OF ITS BUILDINGS AS The European Commission plans to close half of its 50 office buildings across Brussels by 2030 as it aims to merge office space and allow home working beyond the pandemic. European Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn told reporters on Tuesday that the institution “will reduce UK HEALTH SECRETARY HITS BACK AT DOMINIC CUMMINGS OVER 1 day ago · LONDON — U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock today denied claims by Boris Johnson's former top adviser Dominic Cummings that he deceived the prime minister about the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Hancock has been the subject of a series of incendiary allegations from the ex-No.10 aide, who HUNGARY LGBTQ COMMUNITY DECRIES PUSH TO LIMIT 11 hours ago · Hungary’s LGBTQ community has accused Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government of further stoking homophobia with proposed legal changes that ban the promotion of homosexuality to minors. Rights groups say that the conservative ruling Fidesz party’s bill — which would impact advertising and

BIDEN IN EUROPE

1 day ago · Joe Biden’s trip to Europe, an interview with Germany’s transatlantic coordinator, the European Parliament’s strange return to Strasbourg, and a brewing Brussels brouhaha over the French language all feature in this episode. As Biden makes his first overseas presidential trip for a series of TRUDEAU RAISES NORTHERN IRELAND BREXIT ROW IN G7 MEETING 9 hours ago · FALMOUTH, England — If Boris Johnson was hoping to move on from questions about Northern Ireland at the G7, things are not quite going his way. The U.K. prime minister's team breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after widely trailed concerns from Washington

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POLITICO CORONAVIRUS DAILY UPDATE 7 hours ago · DONATION PLEDGE: The U.K. has pledged to donate 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to lower-income countries in the next year as part of a G7 plan to redistribute 1 billion jabs. However, NGOs are calling for more, and sooner. “The G7 need to agree to share three things: 1 billion doses by

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POLITICO Telescope: The New AIDS Epidemic – 95-95-95: beyond business as usual. Presented by Gilead. Speakers: Elena Birindjieva, Manuel Pizarro , Vinay Patrick Saldanha, Jeffrey V. Lazarus, Andrew Ullmann. Find Out More Register Now. POTENTIAL CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK ON G7 POLICE SHIP 5 hours ago · FALMOUTH, England — A second potential outbreak of COVID-19 has occurred at the G7 summit in Cornwall at which the leaders of the most powerful democracies in the world gathered today. A police officer, housed with hundreds of others on a cruise ship LISBON HAS SHARED DISSIDENT INFO WITH REPRESSIVE REGIMES 6 hours ago · Over the past decade, Lisbon’s city hall has regularly shared the personal information of human rights activists with a variety of repressive regimes, exposing them and their families to untold danger. The practice was exposed Friday after a group of Russian dissidents revealed earlier this week CORONAVIRUS VACCINATION: LIVE DATA TRACKER The world longs for the day when coronavirus vaccines will let us return to normal. But how long before we get there? In January, the European Commission announced it wants 70 percent of adults in the EU to get their jab by the end of the summer.. But in the first quarter of 2021, the EU missed a key early vaccination goal, with only five countries managing to vaccinate 80 percent of people EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO CLOSE HALF OF ITS BUILDINGS AS The European Commission plans to close half of its 50 office buildings across Brussels by 2030 as it aims to merge office space and allow home working beyond the pandemic. European Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn told reporters on Tuesday that the institution “will reduce UK HEALTH SECRETARY HITS BACK AT DOMINIC CUMMINGS OVER 1 day ago · LONDON — U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock today denied claims by Boris Johnson's former top adviser Dominic Cummings that he deceived the prime minister about the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Hancock has been the subject of a series of incendiary allegations from the ex-No.10 aide, who HUNGARY LGBTQ COMMUNITY DECRIES PUSH TO LIMIT 5 hours ago · Hungary’s LGBTQ community has accused Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government of further stoking homophobia with proposed legal changes that ban the promotion of homosexuality to minors. Rights groups say that the conservative ruling Fidesz party’s bill — which would impact advertising and

BIDEN IN EUROPE

1 day ago · Joe Biden’s trip to Europe, an interview with Germany’s transatlantic coordinator, the European Parliament’s strange return to Strasbourg, and a brewing Brussels brouhaha over the French language all feature in this episode. As Biden makes his first overseas presidential trip for a series of TRUDEAU RAISES NORTHERN IRELAND BREXIT ROW IN G7 MEETING 4 hours ago · FALMOUTH, England — If Boris Johnson was hoping to move on from questions about Northern Ireland at the G7, things are not quite going his way. The U.K. prime minister's team breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after widely trailed concerns from Washington

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CONFIDENCE IN EU HAS DROPPED AMID PANDEMIC: REPORT 13 hours ago · Public trust in EU institutions has dropped due to their handling of the coronavirus pandemic and vaccine rollout, according to a new survey released Wednesday. The report, published by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) think tank, showed

that

EUROPE’S AVIATION WATCHDOG CHIEF ACCUSED OF ‘MANAGEMENT BY Europe’s aviation watchdog chief accused of ‘management by fear’. Patrick Ky is under fire from employees as his agency shoulders ever more tasks and is under pressure to cut costs. Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency Patrick Ky | Hayoung Jeon/EFE via EPA. By Joshua Posaner and Mari Eccles. CORONAVIRUS VACCINATION IN EUROPE Check the latest coronavirus vaccination figures in our live data tracker.. We track the most crucial data for 2021: The roll-out of the coronavirus vaccines and the doses administered across Europe.. On December 8, the first jab was administered in the U.K. The European Union then kicked off on December 27, the start of the Commission’s declared “vaccination days.” POLITICO POLL OF POLLS POLL OF POLLS. POLITICO Europe tracks polling data for every European election and country. Stay up-to-date with who is ahead in the polls in each country and on what Europe thinks and why.

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POLITICO’S AI SUMMITMAY 31 , 2021 – BRUSSELS | ONLINE. The European Commission introduced in April legislation to govern the use of AI, acting on its aim to draw up rules for the technology sector over the next five years and on its legacy as the world’s leading regulator of digital privacy. At the heart of the issue is the will to CORONAVIRUS VACCINATION: LIVE DATA TRACKER The world longs for the day when coronavirus vaccines will let us return to normal. But how long before we get there? In January, the European Commission announced it wants 70 percent of adults in the EU to get their jab by the end of the summer.. But in the first quarter of 2021, the EU missed a key early vaccination goal, with only five countries managing to vaccinate 80 percent of people THE RISE AND FALL OF A CORONAVIRUS ‘MIRACLE CURE’ The bombshell arrived on December 8, when U.S. physician Pierre Kory spoke before a Senate hearing on early outpatient treatment for coronavirus. Ivermectin, alongside other medicines such as vitamin C, zinc and melatonin, could "save hundreds

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UK LABOUR LOSING HOPE OVER NEXT BIG BY-ELECTION FIGHT LONDON — The U.K. opposition Labour Party is not hopeful of winning a crucial upcoming by-election. In public, Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds insisted Labour, battered by recent elections, could retain the Batley and Spen parliamentary seat. But behind the scenes,

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION DECLARES WAR ON GERMAN ARROGANCE 50 minutes ago · BERLIN — Castrations are never pleasant. That’s especially true for the recipient, of course, which explains the howls of protest emanating east of the Rhine on Wednesday over a European Commission decision to issue Germany formal notice that it faces a possible infringement procedure and lawsuit over a ruling by its constitutional court that countermanded the EU’s own Court of

Justice.

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POLITICO POLL OF POLLS POLL OF POLLS. POLITICO Europe tracks polling data for every European election and country. Stay up-to-date with who is ahead in the polls in each country and on what Europe thinks and why. CORONAVIRUS VACCINATION IN EUROPE Check the latest coronavirus vaccination figures in our live data tracker.. We track the most crucial data for 2021: The roll-out of the coronavirus vaccines and the doses administered across Europe.. On December 8, the first jab was administered in the U.K. The European Union then kicked off on December 27, the start of the Commission’s declared “vaccination days.” THE RISE AND FALL OF A CORONAVIRUS ‘MIRACLE CURE’ The bombshell arrived on December 8, when U.S. physician Pierre Kory spoke before a Senate hearing on early outpatient treatment for coronavirus. Ivermectin, alongside other medicines such as vitamin C, zinc and melatonin, could "save hundreds

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THE HOFF ROLLS UP HIS SLEEVES TO BOOST GERMAN VACCINATION 1 day ago · Germany has a new ally in its coronavirus fight: David Hasselhoff. The country’s federal health ministry recruited the “Baywatch” star to help boost Germany’s vaccination campaign, under the slogan “Ärmel hoch,” or “sleeves up.” In two videos posted on social media on Monday, Hasselhoff, who has maintained a cult following in Germany since performing the song “Looking For RETURNING MEPS SETTLE FOR STRASBOURG LITE 1 day ago · STRASBOURG — After 15 months away due to the pandemic, MEPs finally returned to Strasbourg this week — only to discover the Alsatian city lacking its usual bite. With many MEPs and their assistants staying away and opportunities for debating, negotiating and socializing much diminished EUROPE’S AI RULES OPEN DOOR TO MASS USE OF FACIAL The use of facial recognition technology is becoming widespread. But along with everyday applications like unlocking phones, it’s increasingly being used by governments and companies to surveil people, whether by law enforcement to scan public places for criminals or by grocery stores claiming to use it to catch thieves.. The letter is in part a response to the EU’s AI bill that restricts CORONAVIRUS VACCINATION: LIVE DATA TRACKER The world longs for the day when coronavirus vaccines will let us return to normal. But how long before we get there? In January, the European Commission announced it wants 70 percent of adults in the EU to get their jab by the end of the summer.. But in the first quarter of 2021, the EU missed a key early vaccination goal, with only five countries managing to vaccinate 80 percent of people FOREIGN INVESTORS (SLIGHTLY) PREFER FRANCE TO UK, STUDY PARIS — France was Europe's most attractive country for foreign investors in 2020, according to a survey by consultancy EY published Monday — but it was only just ahead of the U.K. and Germany.. France attracted 985 foreign investment projects last year — slightly more than Britain (975) and Germany (930) — but it lost ground to its competitors compared to pre-pandemic times. CEO OF AUSTRIAN STATE HOLDING COMPANY AND CLOSE KURZ ALLY 1 day ago · The CEO of Austria’s state holding company, a close ally of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, quit with immediate effect on Tuesday amid a controversy over chat messages. The firm, known by its acronym ÖBAG, announced that, given the “ongoing discussion of the last months,” Thomas Schmid’s EU ‘SLOW TO ENGAGE’ ON NORTHERN IRELAND PROTOCOL TALKS, UK 1 day ago · The Telegraph also reports U.K. ministers are considering "as a last resort" a unilateral extension of the grace period for food safety checks on chilled meats like sausages and mince, which ends on June 30, if the two parties do not reach an agreement by this date.. If something like this happens, "the EU will not be shy in reacting swiftly, firmly and resolutely," Šefčovič

wrote.

FRANCE PLOTS AN EU PRESIDENCY EN FRANÇAIS, S’IL VOUS PLAÎT Forget Euro English. Forget Globish. France is determined to make 2022 the year of the French language. Ah, je m’excuse : l’année de la langue française Seven months before taking over the EU’s rotating Council presidency, the French government is mulling plans to revive

the declining use

THE WEAK LINK IN ELECTION SECURITY: EUROPE’S POLITICAL 1 day ago · Sam van der Staak is the head of International IDEA’s Europe programme and coauthor of ‘Cybersecurity in Elections’. Political parties don’t like to announce it when someone steals their playbook. So it’s not known how many times hackers have broken into computer systems at any of Europe

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10/10/19, 7:19 PM CEST VON DER LEYEN COMMISSION FACES DELAY AFTER FRENCH NOMINEE’S

REJECTION

BY David M. Herszenhorn

, Maïa de La Baume

, Laura Kayali

and Rym Momtaz

November 1 start date in doubt after European Parliament deals blow to

Macron.

10/10/19, 7:09 PM CEST AS THE US RETREATS FROM MIDDLE EAST, EUROPE CAN NO LONGER HIDE IN ITS

SHADOW

BY Nathalie Tocci and

Sinan Ekim

Turkey’s incursion into Syria — and US President Trump’s acquiescence — makes clear Europe needs to learn to stand on its

own.

10/10/19, 6:24 PM CEST SYNAGOGUE GUNMAN PLANNED ‘MASSACRE’: GERMAN CHIEF PROSECUTOR

BY Louise Guillot

A shooting on Yom Kippur in the city of Halle left two people dead. 10/10/19, 6:04 PM CEST VON DER LEYEN SAYS EU MUST MOVE SWIFTLY TO INSTALL NEW COMMISSION BY David M. Herszenhorn Incoming Commission president wants to move fast, but also take ‘sufficient time to approach next steps with care.’ 10/10/19, 5:38 PM CEST MACRON ON GOULARD’S REJECTION: DON’T BLAME ME!

BY Rym Momtaz

French president points finger at others for demise of his European

Commission nominee.

10/10/19, 5:08 PM CEST TWO GIULIANI UKRAINE ASSOCIATES INDICTED ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE CHARGES

BY Ben Schreckinger

Associates had been working with the former New York mayor on a campaign to discredit and former Vice President Joe Biden. 10/10/19, 4:55 PM CEST TERRORISM IN EUROPE CLASSIFIED BY Francesco Piccinelli

and James

Randerson

Attack in Halle highlights threat posed by some extremists. 10/10/19, 3:53 PM CEST UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT SAYS THERE WAS ‘NO BLACKMAIL’ IN TRUMP CALL

BY Paul Dallison

Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he doesn’t ‘want to interfere in any way in the elections’ in the US. 10/10/19, 3:18 PM CEST ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT FALLS

BY Anca Gurzu

The move complicates the country’s need to find a European

commissioner.

10/10/19, 2:17 PM CEST FRANCE’S COMMISSION PICK SYLVIE GOULARD REJECTED BY PARLIAMENT BY Maïa de La Baume

and Laura Kayali

MEPs vote down Ursula von der Leyen’s nominee for beefed-up internal

market job.

10/10/19, 12:41 PM CEST EU LAUNCHES ANOTHER INFRINGEMENT CASE AGAINST POLAND

BY Jan Cienski

The Commission worries that the government is undermining judicial

independence.

10/10/19, 12:33 PM CEST TRUMP RETURNS TO HIS ROOTS FOR IMPEACHMENT BATTLE

BY Nancy Cook

To survive the riskiest battle of his term, US president is skipping the legal minutiae and pulling out his fighting gloves. 10/10/19, 11:56 AM CEST POLAND’S ECONOMIC MIRACLE WON’T LAST BY Leszek Balcerowicz

and Aleksander

Łaszek

Rather than preparing for the inevitable downturn, the government is pursuing short-sighted policies that will hamper long-term growth. 10/10/19, 8:03 AM CEST TRUMP SHRUGS OFF ISIS FIGHTERS FLEEING SYRIA: THEY’LL ‘BE ESCAPING

TO EUROPE’

BY Charlie Cooper

The Kurds ‘didn’t help us in the Second World War, they didn’t help us with Normandy,’ US president says. 10/10/19, 5:10 AM CEST POMPEO: US DIDN’T GIVE TURKEY A ‘GREEN LIGHT’ TO INVADE SYRIA

BY Matthew Choi

Trump indicated he wasn’t worried about ISIS fighters escaping northern Syria, because if they do, ‘they’re going to be escaping

to Europe.’

10/10/19, 4:02 AM CEST THE COMING TUG-OF-WAR BY David M. Herszenhorn Portfolio overlaps in the new European Commission could lead to teamwork — or confusion. 10/10/19, 4:01 AM CEST WHY THE TRUMP SCANDAL IS GOOD FOR UKRAINE

BY Vijai Maheshwari

For Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy, there’s a silver lining to US president’s troubles. 10/10/19, 4:00 AM CEST HOW TO WATCH THE POLISH ELECTION LIKE A PRO

BY Jan Cienski

Despite the ruling party’s dominance, the October 13 vote will be a

close one.

10/9/19, 10:13 PM CEST JOHNSON ASKS TRUMP TO MAKE DIPLOMAT’S WIFE RETURN TO UK

BY Paul Dallison

UK PM and US president discuss road crash in which teenager was

killed.

10/9/19, 7:39 PM CEST COMMISSIONER HEARINGS DAY 7: AS IT HAPPENED

BY POLITICO

Uncertainty after MEPs reject France’s candidate, Sylvie Goulard. 10/9/19, 5:16 PM CEST GERMAN OFFICIALS DECRY ‘ANTI-SEMITIC’ SHOOTING THAT KILLED 2 BY Emma Anderson and

Louise Guillot

Attack on Jewish holy day is a ‘dark day,’ says interior minister. 10/9/19, 3:59 PM CEST TURKEY LAUNCHES INCURSION INTO NORTHERN SYRIA

BY Zia Weise

The operation is aimed at driving Syrian Kurdish forces away from the

Turkish border.

10/9/19, 2:57 PM CEST WHAT THE NEXT POLISH PARLIAMENT WILL LOOK LIKE

BY POLITICO

The latest polling data and projections from POLITICO Poll of Polls ahead of the October 13 general election. 10/9/19, 12:54 PM CEST DEMOCRATS RAISE FRESH QUID PRO QUO QUESTIONS ABOUT UKRAINE MISSILE

SALE

BY Natasha Bertrand

and Daniel Lippman

The sale raises the prospect that President Donald Trump may have been pressuring Ukraine in exchange for political favors far earlier than

previously known.

10/9/19, 12:38 PM CEST IN DEFENSE OF POLAND’S RULING PARTY BY Agnieszka Kolakowska Poles are sick of being branded as right-wing extremists just because they don’t think patriotism is a dirty word. 10/9/19, 4:00 AM CEST EUROPE’S PARLIAMENTS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE BY Francesco Piccinelli Which country’s legislature has the most lawmakers? 10/8/19, 9:15 PM CEST 4-COUNTRY MIGRATION DEAL STRUGGLES TO GAIN SUPPORT

BY Jacopo Barigazzi

Low arrival numbers in Italy and rising tensions in Turkey complicate matters for supporters of Central Mediterranean plan. 10/8/19, 6:28 PM CEST DEMOCRATS TO SUBPOENA GORDON SONDLAND AFTER TRUMP INTERVENES

BY Kyle Cheney

Ambassador to the EU is central witness in impeachment inquiry. 10/8/19, 5:48 PM CEST MACRON PROMISES ‘UNRELENTING FIGHT’ AGAINST TERRORISM

BY Louise Guillot

President tells police ‘your colleagues fell under the blows of a distorted, deadly Islam which we must eradicate.’ 10/8/19, 4:15 PM CEST POLAND’S NEW POST-BREXIT BFF: GERMANY BY Wojciech Przybylski With the UK on the way out, Poland is leveraging its economic power into a closer alliance with Berlin. 10/8/19, 3:54 PM CEST BORIS JOHNSON SAYS HE WROTE ‘BLOCKBUSTER’ MOVIE SCRIPT

BY Paul Dallison

PM reportedly wanted George Clooney and Scarlett Johansson to star in

his epic film.

10/8/19, 3:46 PM CEST TRUMP DEFENDS TURKEY AMID FIERCE BACKLASH OVER POLICY SHIFT

BY Quint Forgey

Trump says Turkey ‘is an important member in good standing’ of

NATO.

10/8/19, 2:43 PM CEST DEMOCRATS SUBPOENA GORDON SONDLAND AFTER TRUMP INTERVENES

BY Kyle Cheney

Democrats to subpoena ambassador to the EU. 10/8/19, 12:52 PM CEST ITALIAN LAWMAKERS WANT FEWER ITALIAN LAWMAKERS BY Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli Italians will have to approve reform cutting a third of parliamentary seats in a referendum. 10/8/19, 12:08 PM CEST ‘AN AVOIDABLE, UNFORCED ERROR’: TRUMP’S UKRAINE TRAP STARTS

WORRYING ALLIES

BY Anita Kumar

People close to the president fear the impeachment inquiry will hurt his 2020 reelection prospects — and say his comparisons to Russia

are falling short.

10/8/19, 8:00 AM CEST HIGH-IMPACT BIO-BASED INITIATIVE FOR A CIRCULAR EUROPE BY the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking The Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking delivers substantial socio-economic and environmental benefits to Europe, actively contributing to the European Green Deal 10/8/19, 4:01 AM CEST BEWARE TECH POPULISM

BY William Echikson

Treating digital companies like a threat will only hurt European

startups.

10/8/19, 4:00 AM CEST SWEDISH SLOWDOWN IMPERILS PM’S JOB PROMISE

BY Charlie Duxbury

The Social Democrat leader struggles to retain his credibility as champion of working people. 10/7/19, 9:19 PM CEST IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT ITALY! 3 EU COUNTRIES CALL FOR CHANGE TO

MIGRATION FOCUS

BY Jacopo Barigazzi

Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria want more attention on eastern Mediterranean route. 10/7/19, 9:00 PM CEST COMMISSIONER HEARINGS DAY 6: AS IT HAPPENED

BY POLITICO

Valdis Dombrovskis, Margrethe Vestager and Frans Timmermans quizzed by

MEPs.

10/7/19, 8:37 PM CEST ‘POTUS WENT ROGUE’: TRUMP’S SYRIA MOVE BLINDSIDES NATIONAL

SECURITY LEADERS

BY Wesley Morgan

The decision defies the current thinking of the US president’s national security leaders. 10/7/19, 8:00 PM CEST GREECE PRESENTS ‘RADICAL’ PRO-BUSINESS BUDGET BY Nektaria Stamouli New Democracy vows to boost growth and spending, but its high estimates raise eyebrows. 10/7/19, 7:18 PM CEST BORRELL TO VISIT KOSOVO FIRST AS EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF

BY Andrew Gray

Deal between Belgrade and Pristina will be priority, Spanish foreign

minister says.

10/7/19, 6:20 PM CEST SPONSORED CONTENT: AS FARMS GO DIGITAL, POSSIBILITIES FOR DECARBONIZATION GROW

BY Bayer

Digital tools are changing the way farming is done in Europe, but there are still concerns about how this new technology is being rolled

out. Hear from …

10/7/19, 5:36 PM CEST DUTCH COALITION LOSES MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT

BY Eline Schaart

Wybren van Haga was expelled from Mark Rutte’s party after he was alleged to have renovated a building without a permit. 10/7/19, 5:30 PM CEST ‘DISASTER IN THE MAKING’: US REPUBLICANS TORCH TRUMP’S SYRIA

POLICY

BY Quint Forgey and

David Cohen

Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio and Nikki Haley denounced the decision to allow Turkey to fight US-allied Kurds. 10/7/19, 4:31 PM CEST PRESSURE MOUNTS ON FRANCE’S CASTANER AFTER HE ADMITS PARIS KNIFE

ATTACK FAILURES

BY Louise Guillot

Interior minister has faced criticism of his handling of several incidents since he took the job a year ago. 10/7/19, 2:33 PM CEST TRUMP SLAMS ‘RIDICULOUS ENDLESS WARS’ AS HE DEFENDS DRAMATIC SHIFT

IN SYRIA POLICY

BY David Cohen and Quint

Forgey

‘We will fight where it is to our benefit, and only fight to win.’ 10/7/19, 1:53 PM CEST BRITAIN’S DEMOCRACY GAP

BY Luisa Porritt

It’s ironic the British government insists EU is ‘undemocratic’ as it loses sight of its own values. 10/7/19, 1:27 PM CEST BORIS JOHNSON WILL SPEAK TO TRUMP IF US REFUSES TO WAIVE IMMUNITY FOR

DIPLOMAT’S WIFE

BY Annabelle Dickson The prime minister’s spokesperson tells journalists the British foreign secretary has spoken to the US ambassador.

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