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Jacques Delors obituary

Champion of the European Union’s single market and currency whose vision of a centralised, federalist bloc found less favour

The Guardian - UK · Dec 28, 2023

Jacques Delors, architect of the modern EU and 'Mr. Europe,' dies at 98

A Paris bank messenger's son, Delors became the visionary and builder of a more unified Europe in his momentous decade as chief executive of the European Union.

WEKU · Dec 27, 2023

Tributes pour in for France's 'European visionary' Jacques Delors

Tributes continued to flow on Thursday for the former European Commission head Jacques Delors, whose death was announced on Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 27, 2023

Europe has a wolf problem, and a late Norwegian philosopher had the solution

Europe’s “wolf problem” is fast becoming a source of social and political tension. Relative conservation success across the continent has led to calls for action from worried politicians and farming and hunting groups. And the European Commission has now proposed a change in their international status, from “strictly protected” to…

The Conversation · Dec 21, 2023

UK And EU Agree Delay To Post-Brexit Electric Car Tariffs

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday hailed a deal with the European Union to delay post-Brexit tariffs on electric vehicle sales that were due to kick in from January.

International Business Times · Dec 21, 2023

Wolf hunting could return to western Europe under EU plan

Commission’s prooposal to downgrade animal’s ‘strictly protected’ status not based on scientific evidence, say conservationists

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2023

EU Court Sides With Ryanair Over Air France-KLM Aid

A top EU court annulled on Wednesday the approval of a pandemic state aid programme for Air France-KLM that had been challenged by Irish rival Ryanair and Malta Air.

International Business Times · Dec 20, 2023

EU court annuls approval of French pandemic aid to Air France and Air France-KLM

Low-cost airlines Ryanair and Malta Air have won a court case against the European Union’s decision to approve billions of euros in state aid by the French government to holding company Air France-KLM during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2023

US-EU Steel Talks In Limbo As Elections Loom

The United States and the European Union remain far from resolving a gridlock on their trade in metals, even as both sides agreed to extend a truce this week ahead of a year-end deadline.

International Business Times · Dec 19, 2023

Pfizer Sues Poland And Hungary Over Covid Debts

Pharmaceutical firms Pfizer and BioNTech are suing the governments of Poland and Hungary alleging they failed to pay for vaccines ordered during the Covid pandemic, lawyers said Tuesday.

International Business Times · Dec 19, 2023