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ESMA issues a negative opinion on an Accepted Market Practice on liquidity contracts proposed by the French AMF

ESMA considers that the new AMP, applicable as of 1 July 2021, replacing the current AMP on liquidity contracts, applicable since 1 January 2019, is not compatible with the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and...

Let the European Union spend

Paul Taylor, a contributing editor at POLITICO, writes the “Europe At Large” column.   PARIS — Europe’s budget discipline rules, more honored in the breach than in the observance, are outdated, over-complicated and increasingly misguided....

EU not using N Ireland to punish UK for Brexit, EC vice-president claims

European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic has rejected an accusation that the European Union (EU) is using Northern Ireland to punish the United Kingdom for Brexit. DUP leader Edwin Poots claimed the region is being used...

Combating Corruption In The EU

 Background For The Round Table June 18 2021 The European Union is under siege from populism, nationalism, corruption, nepotism and opaque links between politicians, industry, oligarchs and financial moguls, all whilst struggling with the challenges...

TikTok gets one month to respond to claims of EU consumer rights breaches

Brussels: TikTok has been given a month to respond to multiple complaints from the European Union's (EU) consumer groups that it allegedly violated the bloc's consumer laws and also allegedly fail to protect children...

World No Tobacco Day 2021: Statement by Health and Food Safety Commissioner Stella Kyriakides

European Commission Statement Brussels, 30 May 2021 “Tobacco use is the single largest avoidable health risk. It is the leading cause of preventable cancer, with 27% of all cancers attributed to tobacco. Wi...

EU provides emergency assistance to flood victims in Sri Lanka

Following the devastating floods which struck Sri Lanka in mid-May, the European Commission is providing €80,000 (close to Rs. 19.5 million) in humanitarian funding for emergency assistance. The aid will benefit 7,500 people in some...

Thousands Rally in Ljubljana Weeks Before Slovenia Takes The EU Presidency

Thousands rallied in Slovenia's capital Friday against right-wing Prime Minister Janez Jansa, reflecting mounting pressure on the government weeks before the country takes over the European Union’s rotating presidency. Some 20,000 people gathered at a...

European Union set to reveal new strategy to combat antisemitism

The European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, recently addressed the global issue of rising antisemitism, reiterating the EU's support for combatting it, and for supporting the Jewish community. Speaking to hundreds of Jewish community...

European Union Regulator Authorizes Vaccine for Children 12 to 15 Years Old

The European Medicines Agency approved on Friday the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children aged 12 to 15, in what the drug regulator called “an important step forward in the fight against...

Greece presents EU Digital COVID Certificate – European Council President Charles in attendance (video)

The presentation of the European digital certificate EU Digital COVID Certificate by the Minister of Digital Government, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, took place at the premises of the National Network of Technology and Research Infrastructures (EDYTE)...

European Council head says process of implementing sanctions against Belarus is launched

The European Union has begun work on the introduction of new sanctions against Belarus due to the incident with the plane landing in Minsk, but it is too early to say which sectors they...

European Union’s Covid-19 recovery fund gets unanimous green light

BRUSSELS: The national parliaments of Austria and Poland approved Europe's huge post-virus coronavirus recovery fund on Thursday, the last of the 27 EU member states, paving the way for ratification."With the positive votes of...

Last EU parliaments set to back recovery fund, first EU debt issue in mid-June

… The last parliaments in the European Union were set on Thursday to … raising national guarantees to the EU budget, paving the way … already done so. The EU legislation raises...

The risks to European Union clients in the Eurozone must also be supervised. Nearly five years after the British voted to leave the...

London The European Central Bank is trying to curb the practice of “cascading bookings”. Banks serve clients in Europe while keeping their principal capital and employees in the United Kingdom. (Photo: Bloomberg) Frankfurt According to informed...

Roma in Italy forced to leave, crisis calls for EU action European Union

On the morning of April 22, at about 8:00, some police and municipal waste managers arrived under the concrete overpass on Rome’s Eastern Ring Road and expelled 15 Roma living in temporary settlements. Within a...

Covid-19: European Union takes on AstraZeneca in court over vaccine deliveries

Virginia Mayo/AP Lawyers for the European Commission, left, and AstraZeneca right, prepare arguments during a hearing, European Commission vs AstraZeneca, at the main courthouse in Brussels. The European Union took on vaccine producer AstraZeneca in...

European Parliament Condemns Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws

On April 28, 2021, the European Parliament adopted a joint motion for … , we should ask Europe, the European Union and United Nations to stop …

What if the European Parliament election was held today?

It has been two years to the day since the 2019 European Parliament elections and, well … let’s say a few things have changed. But what has the economic and political upheaval caused by...

World Bank and European Union support Sri Lanka’s agriculture modernization and job creation

Leading News from Sri Lanka:: Tweet World Bank and European Union support Sri Lanka’s agriculture modernization and job creationTue, May 25, 2021, 07:57 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. May 25, Colombo: Sri...

European Union and IFAD to support Ethiopian rural financial institutions, jobs and livelihoods in the face of the COVID-19

Rome, 24 May 2021 - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the European Union (EU) will provide EUR26.5 million worth of liquidity and debt relief to rural financial institutions to protect jobs...

YFactor 2021 Spring edition presents: Next Stop, a #EuropeanYearOfRail podcast

​ The Spring trainees of 2021 are working on a Y-Factor project focused on the European Year of Rail (EYR). The trainees are producing a podcast series, Next Stop, exploring everything to do with...

Guidance to strengthen the Code of Practice on Disinformation

European Commission Questions and answers Brussels, 26 May 2021 Guidance to strengthen the Code of Practice on Disinformation – Questions and Answers. Today, the Commission publishes its guidance on how the Code of Practice on Disinformation, the...

Creative Europe: Over €2 billion to support the recovery, resilience and diversity of cultural and creative sectors

European Commission Press release Brussels, 26 May 2021 The Commission has today launched new actions to support the cultural and creative sectors in Europe and beyond, following the adoption of the work programme for...

UK Trade With European Union Has Fallen Off a Cliff This Year – Report

The Office for National Statistics has reported a big fall in trade with the EU in the first quarter of 2021. The Daily Mail reported that imports from and exports to the EU had fallen...
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