In the run- approximately the 2019 EU election, social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter scaled-up efforts to increase transparency in political marketing by finding the violent usage of bots, removing phony accounts or minimizing marketing profits for sources of disinformation. Nevertheless, the steps taken by online platforms throughout that election were “not sufficient,” […]

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In an interview with the EUobserver’s editor-in-chief Koert Debeuf, Chinese ambassador Cao Zhongming, speaks about Hong Kong, disinformation, “unabashed bullying by the United States on Huawei and on the role of the EU worldwide. I have actually kept in mind of the report, which captured me by surprise. I marvel it states China provides disinformation. […]

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A group of MEPs who took a trip to the Czech Republic previously this year to confirm the right costs of EU funds got many death risks, with one needing to get police protection for his whole family. The risks followed declarations by prime minister Andrej Babis, who explained the 2 Czech MEPs in the […]

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EU leaders concurred to disagree on Friday (19 June) on essential elements of the recovery bundle and the bloc’s long-lasting budget and reconvene in individual in Brussels in mid-July to bridge the yawning spaces in between their positions. The 27 leaders held a videoconference with top EU authorities to share their views on the 2021-27 […]

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Last December, EU leaders reached arrangement on attaining climate-neutrality by 2050 – however approved Poland an exemption, with a dedication that Warsaw go back to the concern at the top in June 2020. Nevertheless, the public health crisis and the recession activated by the coronavirus has actually delayed this conversation – and even more complex […]

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Nato is to examine French claims that Turkish warships targeted a French one in a conflict over the Libya dispute, which has actually divided allies. ” The occurrence in the Mediterranean [Sea] was attended to in the conference by numerous allies”, Nato secretary basic Jens Stoltenberg stated after Nato defence ministers held video-talks on Thursday […]

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The centre-right’s lead MEP on a policy to cut emissions for shipping got campaign support from commercial lobbyists representing the very same sector. Danish centre-right MEP Pernille Weiss’s campaign for the European elections reportedly received financial support from Danish Shipping, in what a pro-transparency group is calling a dispute of interest. Danish MEP Pernille Weiss. […]

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“I have been a victim of police violence,” black MEP Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana stated on Wednesday (17 June), opening a dispute of about bigotry in the EuropeanParliament “I feel that this is a discriminatory act underlying racists tendencies,” she added, after informing MEPs that she was bugged and frightened by Belgian police after she took photos […]

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The EU has actually threatened to cut pandemic-recovery funds to Polish areas on premises of their gay-bashing statements. The thinly-veiled hazard can be found in a current letter from the European Commission, seen by EUobserver, to 5 Polish regional guvs who had actually stated their areas to be “LGBTI-free”zones . The EU was currently choosing […]

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At a time when countries around Europe are reducing constraints carried out to consist of Covid-19, it is ending up being clearer that live venues are going to be the last ones to emerge from thiscrisis Regardless, the venues behind Liveurope are devoted to keep interacting to discover brand-new methods to satisfy their objective and […]

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