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EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad

EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad The European Union has agreed on a major overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to increase deportations and establish detention centers abroad - Bookmark The European Union has moved forward with a vast overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and ink controversial deals to build detention centers abroad, in what rights groups compare to the Trump administration's aggressive immigration...

EU trade chief calls for new tool to diversify supply away from China

BRUSSELS — EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič has called for a new “diversification instrument” to help ensure that industry is not dependent on single sources of supply in sensitive sectors such as chips and rare earths. “Diversification requires a dedicated instrument,” Šefčovič said at the European Policy Center’s Brussels Economic Security Forum on Friday. “The model I have in mind is the Energy Union — a crucial undertaking for Europe,” said the EU trade chief, citing an initiative that he...

EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad

The European Union has moved forward with an overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and build detention centers abroad. Critics compared the regulation to the immigration strategy of the Trump administration.(Image credit: Jean-Francois Badias)

EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad

The European Union has moved forward with a vast overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and ink controversial deals to build detention centers abroad. Rights groups have criticized it, comparing the new regulations to the Trump administration's aggressive immigration policies. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Camille Le Coz, Director of the Migration Policy Institute of Europe, says that the way the policy has been framed in the EU law "is to make it compatible...

ECB Says Consumer Inflation Expectations Ease But Stay Elevated

The European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters, center, beyond pedestrians crossing a street in Frankfurt, Germany, on Monday, May 23, 2022. While ECB policy makers have increasingly coalesced around the prospect of a first hike at their July 21 meeting in recent weeks, they have barely mentioned the possibility of a more aggressive half-point move such as the US Federal Reserve delivered this month.

Czech MEP’s undeclared think-tank role raises conflict-of-interest questions

BRUSSELS — Alexandr Vondra, a Czech member of the European Parliament, did not disclose his role as honorary chair of an influential think tank in the Czech Republic, despite negotiating files affecting the companies funding the organization. Transparency International argues that Vondra’s failure to disclose his relationship with the Prague Center of Transatlantic Relations may violate the European Parliament’s code of...

EU-Handelkommissar fordert neues Instrument zur Diversifizierung von Lieferketten

Ukraine war briefing: Russia losing on the ground so pivots to air war, say analysts

Minimal gains on battlefield as Kyiv largely halts Moscow’s spring-summer offensive; Ukraine missile maker tests homegrown Patriot alternative. What we know on day 1,562Russia’s failure to advance on the battlefield is why it is escalating its air raids on major Ukrainian cities, analysts say. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) thinktank said the strikes were also aimed at distracting from the impact of Ukrainian long-range attacks into Russia.

All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology

Europe is done with American Big Tech. Since the start of President Donald Trump’s chaotic second administration last year, concerned governments and companies across the continent have accelerated plans to end their near-total reliance on technology from US firms. Alongside political declarations, home-grown European tech development, and millions in additional funding, a WIRED analysis has documented dozens of public instances of companies, governments, NGOs, and education establishments...

Energy prices take center stage as the ECB prepares to decide on rates

The European Central Bank is expected to hike interest rates on Thursday, as policymakers address the threat of second-round inflation effects amid elevated energy prices. Unlike the Fed, the ECB has a single mandate — keeping inflation close to a target of 2% — and recent data shows an uptick in both its headline and core readings. Headline euro zone inflation rose to 3.2% in April as energy prices soared 10.9% year-on-year.