A couple of Swedish human rights activists are carrying out a 30,000 kilometer journey through 30 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa in order to raise awareness of the Western Sahara conflict, a journey that will soon continue through various Spanish cities and hopes to culminate in 2025 in the former colony, partially occupied by […]
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The transition to electric vehicles faces numerous obstacles in Europe
He electric vehicle It is a key link in the European climate plan, but its generalization on the continent’s roads runs into significant obstacles a decade before the sale of new combustion cars is banned in 2035. Sales of rechargeable vehicles “zero emissions” in the European Union have stagnated, or even regressed, in recent months. […]
French government wants to take the fight over abortion to the European Union
Two days after the French Legislature voted in favor of introducing the voluntary interruption of the pregnancy in the Constitution, the spokesperson for the Executive, Prisca Thevenot, assured this Wednesday that they want to raise “the fight against abortion at the European level.” In a press conference at the end of the Council of Ministers, […]
The European Union agrees to make budget rules more flexible within the bloc
The 27 member states of the European Union (EU) They agreed this Wednesday to soften budget rules within the bloc, a decision that seeks to rectify public finances without compromising investments. EU finance ministers approved “a new economic governance framework that guarantees stability and growth”celebrated the Spanish presidency of the Council of the European Union […]
Muresan warns Sánchez that Europe will not accept his attack against European values
The vice-president of the Group of the European People’s Party (EPP), Siegfried Muresan, has tonight warned the president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, that Europe “he will not accept his government’s attack on European values.” Muresan made this statement in a message published on the social network X after arriving in Spain to participate […]
New night of protests against the amnesty, now in front of the EP headquarters in Madrid
The protests against a amnesty to Catalan independentists to support the socialist’s investiture Pedro Sanchez as president of the Spanish Government moved this Thursday to the headquarters of the European Parliament in Madrid. The rallies were repeated for the seventh consecutive day before the headquarters of the socialist party PSOE in different parts of Spain […]
Spain, Greece and Italy urge the EU to finalize the new migration pact “immediately”
Spain, Greece, Italy, Cyprus and Malta demanded this Saturday in Thessaloniki (northern Greece) the “immediate completion” of the negotiations for the new European Pact on Migration and Asylum and they asked the European Comission (EC) stronger measures to reduce irregular migration. “The European Union has to move quickly towards the creation of a strong and […]
EU approves “first world rules” on green bonds
He European Parliament approved on Thursday new rules for companies that issue bonds “green”in order to help investors choose sustainable companies and avoid the “greenwashing” or misleading claims that they are climate-friendly. The European Parliament voted in favor of the new voluntary standard for the use of a “European green bond”calling it the first of […]
Institutions and governments put TikTok in the crosshairs for security
International institutions and governments have put TikTok in their sights due to the security doubts generated by this Chinese application and they recommend or directly ask to remove it from their official devices. Community sources confirmed to EFE today that the European Parliament has decided, like other European Union institutions, to ban the Chinese application […]
The European Parliament also vetoes TikTok for security reasons
The eurochamber has also decided, like other institutions of the European Union (EU), ban Chinese app TikTok on the corporate phones of its workers and MEPs, in addition to recommending that it not be installed on personal devices, community sources confirmed to Efe today. The suspension of this application on smartphones and tablets of the […]