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Climate change: cost or business?

Young people protest. Governments are concerned. The costs: million deaths, trillion dollars or euros payed.

May’s last card

Brexit or not Brexit? The UK future will be decided in three days. Political ambitious and economic challenges on the game table.

New EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership: Europe can fish 275 000 tonnes

The new agreement, which includes the Western Sahara, will start in 2019 and will allow a fishing quantity of 275 000 tonnes for the EU, during four years. The EU and shipowners will pay for fishing in the african territorial waters. Western Sahara, with a strong vocation for fishing, will have important benefits. European Greens

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“I Want Transparency on next EU-US Trade Negotiations”

European Commission’s President Juncker asks Members States and European Parliament a new mandate and to monitor the next Transatlantic negotiations TTIP between EU and U.S. . The two giants have more than €5,000.00bn/year of trade. Last January, the European Parliament discussed the state of Transatlantic negotiations and the new EU priorities together with EU Commissioner

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European cheese will go to Japan. Cars back. Parlement voted OK

Today, the European Parliament endorsed the new EU-Japan trade agreement. Abolished the tariffs of 38% for the European hard cheese and tariff of 10%  for Japanese cars.  Abolished more than 90% of tariffs for EU exports and Japan will benefit for many good and services. The European Parliament voted this Wednesday the ratification of the

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We have to be worried about Huawei?

“Given the mandatory cooperation they have to maintain with Chinese intelligence services, yes”, said European Commission Vice-President for Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip. But Huawei replayed in a statement: “We categorically reject any allegation that we might pose a security threat. We are open to a dialogue with Vice President Andrus Ansip to address these

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Europe Bans Plastic

The European Revolution on Plastics Never before, the European Union had launched a total war, like the one against plastic. Why? Because every year Europe produces 25 million tons of plastic waste, of which 13 million end up in the oceans, for a cost of at least 8 billion euros a year! How? The EU

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