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Eddy Wax
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A long-running project to build a memorial to victims of fascism, Nazism, and communism in the heart of the EU quarter in Brussels is gathering steam.
To be realised, it needs financial and crucially political support.
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Eddy Wax
The EU roaming area continues its drift from telecom policy towards integration policy as @ec.europa.eu pitches extending it to Western Balkans ahead of today's summit - amid calls to rethink the bloc's membership model
@euractiv.com @eddywax.bsky.social ⤵️
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It comes amid calls to radically rethink the bloc's membership model
Well worth a listen to understand where we are on enlargement on a big day in Montenegro/Western Balkans today
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I know Malta is a very small country but a majority of 21,000 is a very tight way to win an election. Could Roberta Metsola have fared better? Not a terrible result for the PN actually (even though it lost)
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Meanwhile, at the EESC… A “strictly confidential” note by President Séamus Boland, seen by Rapporteur, shows he gave sweeping powers to two security officials to identify the source of the allegations and determine if they had breached internal rules
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Albania had earlier set its sights on 2030 as the year for possible accession, but on Friday, Rama dismissed speculation about timing.
“There are three things you can’t predict: God, sex, and the EU,” he said.
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De Wever on sparkling form here www.euractiv.com/news/eu-lead...
Big scoop by Euractiv's @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social
The European Parliament will ditch Google in favour of Qwant, a French search engine that emphasises data privacy
(€)
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Sabine Weyand, who was the EU's top trade policy official, has warned the Commission risks making its emergency way of working permanent.
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Economic imbalance must be addressed with a proper strategy, not countless new initiatives, Bart De Wever warns ahead of EU leaders summit
“I think this is crunch time on #enlargement. So what is realistic? We will see after the June European Council,” @milanninberlin.bsky.social told @zecsaky.bsky.social in the latest #CERpodcast, listen here:
Centre for European Reform
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On this week’s Unpacking Europe podcast Zselyke Csaky sat down with Milan Nic a senior research fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) to discuss the latest on EU enlargement. T...
