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Spain hits out at Turkey migration ‘deal’
Spain hit out on Monday at a German-brokered migration deal with Turkey that will be debated by EU leaders later this week. Chancellor Angela Merkel hammered out the outlines of an accord last week that would see Turkey take back...
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Martin Schulz expels Golden Dawn MEP Synadinos
Strong words were exchanged at the European Parliament during a debate on the EU-Turkey deal. A Greek MEP landed himself in hot water for his remarks, that the parliament’s speaker considered offensive. The far-right parliamentarian was...
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Brexit would make fight against terror harders, says Europol chief
Police in Britain would struggle to prevent terror attacks and fight organised crime if the country votes to leave the EU. That’s according to the chief of the EU’s law enforcement agency. “If you take that infrastructure that they (the...
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Protests as fresh round of TTIP trade deal talks begin
A handful of Greenpeace activists tried to blockade the venue where EU and US negotiators met for trade talks on Monday (February 22). Brussels and Washington are discussing a free trade deal that governments say would increase the size...
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Frontex warns of more migrant arrivals
The head of the EU’s border control agency has warned more migrants will arrive on Europe’s shores this year. Fabrice Leggeri said various conflicts and geopolitical crises would cause more people to leave their homelands this year. He...
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Belgium to probe residents concerns over nuclear plant
The Tihange nuclear power station is causing concern amongst residents living nearby, local politicians say. Belgium’s interior minister met their elected representatives on Tuesday. Talks were held with officials from Germany, the...
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Deal to avoid Brexit ‘irreversible’, Tusk tells MEPs
The European Council President Donald Tusk has told MEPs that a deal struck by EU leaders last week aimed at keeping Britain in the bloc is irreversible and cannot be annulled by EU judges. Tusk, who chaired last Friday’s summit, said...
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NATO agrees Aegean Sea mission
NATO will send ships to the Aegean Sea to combat people smuggling. The alliance overcame ongoing tensions between Greece and Turkey to agree a deal after late night talks in Brussels. Both countries had raised objectings, saying the...
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EU’s Schulz slams Hungary’s ‘populist’ migrant referendum
Hungary’s decision to hold a referendum on the EU’s relocation scheme for refugees and migrants has been branded as ‘populist’ by the European Parliament president Martin Schulz. Speaking to euronews’ Gregoire Lory, the German politician...
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Greece fumes over Austria’s ‘hostile’ migration policy
Austria’s tough stance on migration is undermining the EU’s response to the refugee crisis, Greece’s interior minister told euronews on Thursday. Yiannis Mouzalas branded Vienna’s decision not to invite Greece to a mini-summit on the...
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EU’s migration system close to ‘complete breakdown’
The EU’s migration system is on the point of complete breakdown, according to a top European Commission official. Dimitris Avramopoulos, the European Commissioner for migration, issued the stark warning after a meeting between EU...
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EU ministers fret over Chinese steel ‘dumping’
The EU needs to tighten up its anti-dumping rules to protect its steel industry from cheaper Chinese imports. That’s according to some EU trade ministers who met in Brussels on Monday. Ministers from seven different countries wrote the...
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German officials fret over Belgian nuclear plant
A nuclear power plant close to the Belgian city of Liege is causing angst amongst residents close to the German and Dutch borders. A reactor at Tihange was switched off recently for checks owing to ongoing safety concerns. But Belgian...
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EU plans new aid scheme to help Greece with refugees
The EU plans to launch a new refugee aid programme as Greece struggles deal with the influx of migrants to its shores. The UN has warned that there is a risk of a humanitarian disaster owing to the sheer number of arrivals. If the plan...
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Croatian PM calls for more EU help with refugees
Croatia’s prime minister has called on the EU to do more to help governments struggling with the influx of refugees and migrants. Croatia is one of the countries on the now infamous Balkans route that people from the Middle East and...
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Migrant crisis: EU ‘dream’ in jeopardy, says Avramopoulos
European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos says he welcomes the involvement of NATO in helping to stem the flow of migrants into Europe. He told euronews that the military alliance has the power to “better manage” the crisis....
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NATO mission to help target people traffickers in Aegean Sea
NATO ships are making their way to the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece crackdown on criminal networks smuggling refugees and migrants into Europe. The alliance’s top commander said he was working quickly to design the mission, just...
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The 500 euro note – could its days be numbered?
Finance ministers are calling on the European Central Bank (ECB) to look at ways of tightening access to 500 euro notes, in a bid to cut terror funding. There are concerns that its high value makes it easy to carry large sums and launder...
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Greece is given three months to tighten border controls
The EU is turning up the heat on Greece, giving it three months to fix serious holes in border protection. In a bid to stem the influx of migrants, Athens is being told to implement 50 recommendations – to tighten frontier checks. But to...
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Bosnia formally applies for European Union membership
Bosnia-Herzegovina has formally applied to join the European Union, the EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said this Monday in Sarajevo. Although the country was listed as a potential candidate back in 2003, disputes between the...
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Thousands of steel workers descend upon Brussels to defend Europe’s struggling steel industry
Steel industry workers from all over Europe flocked to Brussels Monday to ask the European Commission to stop cheap Chinese steel from being dumped across the EU. Protesters want to stop the EU from granting market-economy status to...
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EU lift majority of sanctions against Belarus
EU foreign ministers decided Monday to lift asset freezes and visa bans against Belorussian president Alexander Lukashenko and 169 other individuals including three companies. The arms embargo will remain in place as well as restrictive...
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Dreaming of Britain – Calais migrants don’t give up hope
As EU leaders set their sights on trying to reach a deal to keep the UK in the bloc, refugees in Calais are still longing to reach British shores. A refugee camp close to the French port is home to some 4,000 people. Many of them have...
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U.K. to vote in EU referendum
British Prime Minister, David Cameron says voters in Britain will decide on June 23 if they want the country to stay in the European Union