Europe

cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/1857

US President Donald Trump's broadest-ranging tariffs to date came into effect on Saturday, in a move many analysts say will heighten global trade tensions and likely generate tit-for-tat punitive measures by trading allies. In repsonse, Beijing has said it will sue the US at the World Trade Organization.

cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/europe@feddit.org/t/2008114

The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached yesterday between the European Parliament and the Council on its initiative to modernising EU driving licence rules.

The original toot by @EUCommission

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27793429

cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/europe@feddit.org/t/2009546

use your voice

If you are concerned about people being influenced by Russia, the US, and China, be it via Facebook, Reddit, TikTok, local ads, or whatever else, if you are concerned about that friend who suddenly started spouting anti-EU rhetoric from Youtube, if you're unhappy with how the EU and member states have handled it so far, this is for you.

EU citizens can respond and it would be in our interest to do so too.

It will take 10 minutes if you're quick, longer if you want to leave comments on each point. There are 4 points with up to 4 sub points, each comment can be 3500 characters long.

You can respond in any of the 24 European languages, so if English is not your preferred language, use your mother tongue.
If you are part of a community in your EU mother tongue, share a link to this in your mother tongue.

Here are the supported languages:

• bg български
• cs čeština
• da dansk
• de Deutsch
• el Ελληνικά
• en English
• es español
• et eesti
• fi suomi
• fr français
• ga Gaeilge
• hr hrvatski
• hu Magyar
• it Italiano
• lt lietuvių kalba
• lv latviešu valoda
• mt Malti
• nl Nederlands
• pl polski
• pt Português
• ro română
• sk slovenčina
• sl slovenščina
• sv svenska

cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/1286

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60263799

Europe's most famous technology law, the GDPR, is next on the hit list as the European Union pushes ahead with its regulatory killing spree to slash laws it reckons are weighing down its businesses.

The European Commission plans to present a proposal to cut back the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR for short, in the next couple of weeks. Slashing regulation is a key focus for Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, as part of an attempt to make businesses in Europe more competitive with rivals in the United States, China and elsewhere.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60251750

Germany’s centre-Right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and the centre-Left Social Democrats (SPD), which are holding coalition talks, have proposed a law that will block people with multiple extremism convictions from standing in elections.

https://archive.ph/yNQwE

cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/163

Der ungarische Ministerpräsident Viktor Orbán sieht sich nicht an die IStGH-Entscheidungen gebunden. Auch der künftige Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz hat Treffen in Deutschland in Aussicht gestellt

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/27956932

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27721023

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60168403

https://archive.ph/anedX

Bénédicte de Perthuis, the judge who sentenced Le Pen for embezzling EU funds and barred her from running in France's 2027 presidential election, was placed under police protection on Monday night over alleged death threats she received, domestic press reported.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60072636

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/31954214

Tensions between Moldova and Russia ratcheted up on Monday after Moldova's decision to expel three Russian diplomats on Monday.

The Moldovan Foreign Ministry declared the three "persona non grata" and ordered them to leave, saying there was "clear evidence'' of actions that violated their diplomatic responsibilities.

Russia's Foreign Ministry pledged to take retaliatory measures, though it has not specified what those might be.

[...]

The immediate trigger for Moldova's expulsion of Russian diplomats was the case of Alexander Nesterovschii, a member of parliament aligned with pro-Russian interests.

Nesterovschii was sentenced in absentia to 12 years in prison after being convicted of illegally funding a political party linked to Ilan Shor — a fugitive businessman and former lawmaker.

Shor, who fled Moldova after being implicated in one of the country's largest bank fraud scandals, has since aligned himself with Kremlin-friendly causes.

[...]

President Maia Sandu condemned what she described as direct interference in Moldova's judicial system.

"Interference by the Russian Federation with the judicial system of the Republic of Moldova is unacceptable,'' she said in a radio interview. "Imagine if Moldova interfered with justice in Russia.''

Moldova's pro-European government has frequently accused Russia of attempts to destabilize the country as it seeks closer ties with the European Union. Moldova aims to join the EU by 2030 and was granted candidate status in 2022.

[...]

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/26711271

Source can be downloaded from the EU website: https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/api/deliverable/download/file?deliverableId=97983

It's linked to on this page (near the bottom in the "infographics" section): https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/3492

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60077121

https://archive.ph/GQfMT

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27652428

In a powerful and emotionally charged speech at the European Parliament, President Ursula von der Leyen declares the European Union is prepared to take strong, united measures against rising U.S. tariffs. She makes it clear: Europe didn’t start this confrontation—but it’s ready to respond with strength and strategy. From defending our Single Market to forming new global alliances, this is a pivotal moment for Europe’s economic future. Watch now to see how the EU plans to stand up and fight back.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/10083923

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60040533

https://archive.ph/v8Vlf

The conservatives of incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz and their likely center-left coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), have agreed to demand the bloc withhold funds and suspend voting rights from countries that violate key principles such as the rule of law, according to a draft coalition agreement seen by POLITICO.

While Hungary wasn’t mentioned by name, the draft agreement is clearly referring to the EU’s worst offender, which for years has been accused of taking a wrecking ball to democratic norms, curtailing the freedom of the press and restricting the independence of judges.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59940646

• Switzerland is considering amending its surveillance law to add new types of monitoring and information collection

• the current amendment is not subject to a parliamentary vote or public referendum under Swiss law.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27609585

https://archive.ph/9fyuk

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27613724

Paywall? https://archive.is/cBXlo