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Ineos faces legal challenge over plans for plastics plant in Antwerp

Project does not meet EU’s requirement for environmental impact assessment, NGOs say

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2022

Huge Dover lorry queue so long you can see it on Google Maps amid Brexit check delays

Images from Google Satellite imagery show hundreds of lorries lining the roads around the Port of Dover after months of chaos delaying crossings

Daily Mirror · Jan 21, 2022

EU Commissioner for migration & asylum urges 'clarity' from UK over Channel crossings

2022 is not yet one month old, but already around a thousand people have made "irregular" crossings from France to the United Kingdom – putting a spotlight back onto the issue of migration between the European Union and its former member state. Margaritis Schinas is European Commission Vice-President, and the…

France 24 · Jan 21, 2022

‘Brexit to blame’: Huge lorry queues at Dover as port bosses call for talks on EU checks

‘It’s entirely Brexit,’ says haulier who has been caught up in 15km queues

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2022

Nuclear Talks with Iran on Right Track, EU Official Says

The nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna are moving in the right direction and a final agreement may be within reach, a senior European Union official said on Friday. "My assessment is that we are on the right track for a final agreement," the official, who spoke on the condition…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 21, 2022

Taoiseach Micheal Martin hails EU role in bringing peace to Ireland

Today marks half a century since then-Taoiseach Jack Lynch and foreign affairs minister Patrick Hillery signed the treaty in Brussels that took the fledging state into the European Economic Community.

Irish Mirror · Jan 21, 2022

European Union re-establishes physical presence in Afghanistan -spokesman

The European Union said on Friday it was re-establishing a physical presence in Afghanistan for humanitarian purposes, but stressed it was not formally recognising the Taliban-led administration.

Reuters · Jan 21, 2022

Hungary opposition leader flags tax cuts for poor as Orban's party gains ground

Hungary's opposition plans to lower the tax burden on the poor while ensuring fiscal discipline to put the country on track to adopting the euro should a six-party alliance win power at an April 3 election, its leader Peter Marki-Zay told Reuters.

Reuters · Jan 21, 2022

Vulnerable Malians could ‘pay the price’ of heavy sanctions, warn aid groups

NGOs call for aid exemption to EU-backed sanctions imposed after election postponement and arrival of Russian paramilitary

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2022

Taoiseach hails EU’s role in bringing peace to Ireland

Friday marked 50 years since Ireland signed the treaty in Brussels that took the fledging state into the European Economic Community.

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2022