With the “Digital Services Act”, the new European legislation will impose on all platforms “the duty to cooperate” to remove hate content.

How Europe is Trying to Fight Online Hatred and Disinformation with its “Digital Services Act”

SOCIAL NETWORKS: With the “Digital Services Act”, the new European legislation will impose on all platforms “the duty to cooperate” to remove hate content The Digital Services Act, which will be presented on December 15 by the European Commission, will for the first time impose “means obligations” on social networks in the moderation of content. The […]

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Greece hopes to get coronavirus vaccine by December 2020

Coronavirus: Greece Hopes to Receive a Vaccine by December

COVID-19: The European Commission has reached an agreement with the pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca, “to acquire a potential vaccine against Coronavirus Covid-19, as well as to donate it to low and middle-income countries” Greek Minister of Health said Tuesday it hoped to receive the first batch of vaccines against the Covid-19 by December, under an agreement between the EU and the pharmaceutical industry. “If […]

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Organic farming: Europe wants to authorize pesticides and reduce quality controls in the sector

Organic Farming: Europe Wants to Authorise Pesticides and Reduce Quality Controls in the Sector

HEALTH: The European Agricultural Council plans to soften the standards and even authorise, in certain cases, the presence of pesticides in the productions resulting from organic farming There is growing concern among producers, processors and distributors in the organic sector in France. The European Agricultural Council, which takes place this Monday in Brussels (Belgium), is examining a project to […]

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Coronavirus. No suspension of the Schengen area envisaged by the European Commission

Coronavirus: No Suspension of the Schengen Area envisaged by the European Commission

Faced with the outbreak of the new coronavirus in Italy, any re-establishment of border controls inside the EU will have to meet strict conditions, the European Commission said on Monday. 232 million euros of European funding will also be mobilized to help the Member States. No suspension of the free movement of goods and people in […]

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Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, wonders "if all these negotiations are possible in such a short time

Brexit: Ursula von der Leyen “Worried” about the Short Time for Negotiations

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, says that not all of the many topics for negotiation will be discussed before the UK leaves with Brexit European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she was “very worried” about the feasibility of negotiations on the UK’s exit from the European Union by the […]

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The European Union opens an investigation into a possible collusion between Casino and Intermarché

Competition: The European Union Opens an Investigation into a Possible Collusion between Casino and Intermarché

PRICES: Casino and Intermarché, which created a central purchasing office in November 2014, are suspected of having coordinated their pricing policies towards consumers Have Casino and Intermarché agreed on prices? The European Commission has opened an investigation, Monday, on possible collusion between the two major French distributors, violating the competition rules of the EU. Casino and Intermarché, which created a joint […]

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European Commission wans of possible failure of Brexit negotiations

Brexit: European Commission Warns of Possible Failure of Negotiations

EU executive publishes a text on Thursday urging member states and companies to prepare for exit from the UK without an agreement on Brexit. Brussels is meant to be considerate. The countries of the European Union (EU) and companies should “intensify their preparations,” the impact that the departure from the UK , especially in case of a failure of the negotiations of […]

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The President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker to say on Wednesday its annual speech on the state of the Union.

Juncker: EU’s existence is “not threatened” by the Brexit

The existence of the European Union is “not threatened” by the British decision to leave, said on Wednesday by the president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, in his annual keynote speech on the State of the Union . “We respect the decision of the British, but the EU is not threatened in its existence by […]

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Anne Hidalgo has launched two appeals against increase diesel emissions

New Diesel EU Limits: Anne Hidalgo to use European justice

The Socialist Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo said on Wednesday she has launched two appeals to the European court to challenge the decision, confirmed on 26th April the European Commission to increase the permitted levels of diesel emissions. The Socialist Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo said on Wednesday launched two appeals to the European court […]

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