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		<title>The Brief, powered by BP &#8211; Take the money and run</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/the-brief-powered-by-bp-take-the-money-and-run/</link>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Morgan]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Brief]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Two big events this week will shape the EU’s climate ambitions and any slipups could do irreparable damage to its green credentials. Here are how the pieces line up ahead of what will be a defining 48 hours or so.]]></description>
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		<title>US readies sanctions against Nord Stream 2 and Turkish Stream</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/us-readies-sanctions-against-nord-stream-2-and-turkish-stream/</link>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Georgi Gotev]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aleksandar Vučić]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Balkan Stream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nord Stream-2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turkish Stream]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[US sanctions]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[The US House and Senate agreed on Monday (9 December) a defence bill that would force Donald Trump's administration to impose sanctions on companies involved in the Russian-sponsored gas pipelines Nord Stream 2 and Turkish Stream.]]></description>
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		<title>Defending human rights is a shared responsibility</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/opinion/defending-human-rights-is-a-shared-responsibility/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/opinion/defending-human-rights-is-a-shared-responsibility/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Sondland]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[charter of human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[The United States and the EU share common values and are at the front-line in defending human rights, US Ambassador Gordon Sondland writes on the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.]]></description>
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		<title>COP25 – ethanol brings welcome contribution to transport climate action [Promoted content]</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/opinion/cop25-ethanol-brings-welcome-contribution-to-transport-climate-action/</link>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Cogan]]></dc:creator>
		
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				<description><![CDATA[Transport accounts for a quarter of climate-harming greenhouse gas emissions and, at a glance, a quarter of COP25 talks are about cutting transport emissions. They’re the hardest kind to cut, writes James Cogan. James Cogan is a policy advisor to...]]></description>
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		<title>Towards a sustainable economy: How to make the circular economy a ‘business model’ for the EU</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/circular-economy/video/towards-a-sustainable-economy-how-to-make-the-circular-economy-a-business-model-for-the-eu/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/circular-economy/video/towards-a-sustainable-economy-how-to-make-the-circular-economy-a-business-model-for-the-eu/#comments</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Malte Ketelsen, Marlene Stocker]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VDMA]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[As the new Commission President Ursula von der Leyen mentioned in her Political Guidelines in July, “circular economy is key for developing Europe’s future economic model.” However, to make this vision a reality, companies need to be convinced of Europe’s path towards eco-friendly production.]]></description>
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		<title>50% Renewables by 2030: Creating a flexible power system to ensure EU’s renewable ambition becomes a reality</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/video/50-renewables-by-2030-creating-a-flexible-power-system-to-ensure-eus-renewable-ambition-becomes-a-reality/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/video/50-renewables-by-2030-creating-a-flexible-power-system-to-ensure-eus-renewable-ambition-becomes-a-reality/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marlene Stocker, Michael Ball]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DSOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TSOs]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Today in Europe, renewable sources of energy meet 30% of electricity needs. The binding renewable energy target for the EU by 2030 is to deliver at least 50% of its electricity consumption from renewable sources of electricity.]]></description>
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		<title>Europe’s solar PV sector reports 104% growth in 2019</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/europes-solar-pv-sector-reports-104-growth-in-2019/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/europes-solar-pv-sector-reports-104-growth-in-2019/#comments</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frédéric Simon]]></dc:creator>
		
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				<description><![CDATA[With a growth rate of 104%, Europe’s solar photovoltaic industry is experiencing a “boom in installations,” according to statistics published on Tuesday (10 December) by SolarPower Europe, an industry association.]]></description>
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		<title>Corteva signs first major gene editing deal with European company</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/corteva-signs-first-major-gene-editing-deal-with-european-company/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/corteva-signs-first-major-gene-editing-deal-with-european-company/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarantis Michalopoulos]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GMO directive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GMOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new plant breeding techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plant breeding]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Despite the ongoing legal uncertainty over the future of new plant breeding innovation in Europe, US agricultural company Corteva Agriscience has signed the first major deal on genome editing tools with French seed producer Vilmorin &#38; Cie.]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Football with Salvatore Sirigu and Elena Linari</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/video/sustainable-football-with-salvatore-sirigu-and-elena-linari/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/video/sustainable-football-with-salvatore-sirigu-and-elena-linari/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Ball]]></dc:creator>
		
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				<description><![CDATA[Salvatore Sirigu and Elena Linari speak about bringing sustainability into football and into their lives.]]></description>
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		<title>Boosting circular economy requires joint effort, experts warn</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/boosting-circular-economy-requires-joint-effort-experts-warn/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/boosting-circular-economy-requires-joint-effort-experts-warn/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beatriz Rios]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[circular economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Green Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industrial Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&#038;p=1409374</guid>
				<description><![CDATA[If Europe wants to transition towards a circular economy model, the practices have to be mainstreamed and all actors should be involved in the process, experts warned during an event hosted by EURACTIV.]]></description>
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		<title>COP25: Connecting the dots on climate finance</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/cop25-connecting-the-dots-on-climate-finance/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/cop25-connecting-the-dots-on-climate-finance/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Stam]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aramco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bas Eickhout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COP25]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Investment Bank (EIB)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fossil fuels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low carbon economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxonomy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&#038;p=1409643</guid>
				<description><![CDATA[As negotiators in Madrid are trying to break the impasse on global climate finance governance, tectonic shifts in the real economy are signaling changing tides for the oil &#38; gas industry. Far from being separate adjustments, these changes are part of a one, large movement where Europe is at the fore-front. MEP Bas Eickhout explained to EURACTIV why.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t be fooled: Gender equality hasn’t been reached</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/future-eu/opinion/dont-be-fooled-gender-equality-hasnt-been-reached/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/future-eu/opinion/dont-be-fooled-gender-equality-hasnt-been-reached/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dagmar Schumacher, Rick Zedník]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[gender balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Von der Leyen Commission]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[There may be more women at the top of EU politics but equality has not been reached, and men have as great a role as women in reaching solutions, write Dagmar Schumacher and Rick Zedník.]]></description>
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		<title>24 Turkish cities oppose Erdogan, support Paris Climate Agreement</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/24-turkish-cities-oppose-erdogan-support-paris-climate-agreement/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/24-turkish-cities-oppose-erdogan-support-paris-climate-agreement/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Florence Schulz]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COP25]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris Climate Agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recep Tayyib Erdogan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Within the framework of the current COP25, 24 Turkish cities and municipalities committed themselves to the Paris Climate Agreement yesterday (9 December). Turkey is the only G20 country that has not yet ratified the Paris Agreement. EURACTIV Germany reports.]]></description>
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		<title>EU pressured to do more in negotiations at COP25 climate summit</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/eu-pressured-to-do-more-in-negotiations-at-cop25-climate-summit/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/eu-pressured-to-do-more-in-negotiations-at-cop25-climate-summit/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 11:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aline Robert]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COP 25]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frans Timmermans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris Climate Agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[The fate of the climate negotiations at the COP25 climate summit in Madrid depends heavily on Europe. And civil society, the financial and private sector are asking for more. EURACTIV France reports.]]></description>
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		<title>Luxembourg to deploy carbon tax from 2021</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/luxembourg-to-deploy-carbon-tax-from-2021/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/luxembourg-to-deploy-carbon-tax-from-2021/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 11:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Morgan]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claude Turmes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luxembourg]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Luxembourg will implement a levy of €20 per tonne of carbon from 2021, as part of its efforts to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by the end of the next decade.]]></description>
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		<title>Business aviation has a good story to tell when it comes to sustainability [Promoted content]</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/transport/opinion/business-aviation-has-a-good-story-to-tell-when-it-comes-to-sustainability/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/transport/opinion/business-aviation-has-a-good-story-to-tell-when-it-comes-to-sustainability/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 11:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Athar Husain Khan - Secretary General, Ed Bolen - President and CEO]]></dc:creator>
		
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				<description><![CDATA[As we look to tomorrow’s industries, many considerations are important, including their carbon footprint. Within that reality, the world’s simultaneous need for mobility with sustainability will be a constant, and some transportation industries will continue to focus on sustainable, safe and secure operations, while creating jobs and economic opportunity. Business aviation is one of those industries.]]></description>
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		<title>A Space Special</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/transport/news/a-space-special/</link>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 09:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Morgan]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transport Brief]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Welcome to EURACTIV’s weekly Transport Brief – your one port of call for all the news moving the world and much more!]]></description>
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		<title>Frontier Research: Creating Pathways to Sustainability</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/video/frontier-research-creating-pathways-to-sustainability/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/video/frontier-research-creating-pathways-to-sustainability/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 09:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Ball]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Frontier Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SDGs]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[This conference covered relevant research supported by the European Research Council (ERC) and provided a networking forum for ERC-funded researchers as well as policy-makers.]]></description>
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		<title>Luxembourg urges EU debate on Palestine recognition</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/luxembourg-urges-eu-debate-on-palestine-recognition/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/luxembourg-urges-eu-debate-on-palestine-recognition/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 09:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Georgi Gotev]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jean Asselborn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josep Borrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luxembourg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[two-state solution]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Luxembourg on Monday (9 December) asked for an EU-level debate on recognising Palestinian statehood, securing a promise that EU foreign ministers would "deeply discuss" the Middle East in January.]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey-Libya Mediterranean deal is about energy and extending Ankara’s influence</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/opinion/turkey-libya-mediterranean-deal-is-about-energy-and-extending-ankaras-influence/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/opinion/turkey-libya-mediterranean-deal-is-about-energy-and-extending-ankaras-influence/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 08:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Henri J Barkey]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cyprus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mediterranean Sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Ankara’s moves in the Mediterranean Sea reflect President Erdoğan’s ambitions to make Turkey a leading country. But its unilateralism is unnecessarily aggravating tensions in the region and, as usual, leaves it to Brussels and Washington to sort it out, writes Henri J Barkey.]]></description>
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		<title>Irish government stumbles as post-Brexit election looms</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/irish-government-stumbles-as-post-brexit-election-looms/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/irish-government-stumbles-as-post-brexit-election-looms/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 08:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Georgi Gotev]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brexit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dara Murphy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiana Fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fine Gael]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irish elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leo Varadkar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mariya Gabriel]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[As political chaos reigned across the sea in Britain, Ireland's two main parties have been working together to limit the damage of Brexit -- but not for much longer.]]></description>
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		<title>EU ministers break ground on European &#8216;Magnitsky Act&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/news/eu-ministers-break-ground-on-european-magnitsky-act/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/news/eu-ministers-break-ground-on-european-magnitsky-act/#comments</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 07:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexandra Brzozowski]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[human rights abuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magnitsky act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanctions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sergei Magnitsky]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[EU foreign ministers on Monday (9 December) cleared the way to start work on a European ‘Magnitsky Act’, modelled along the lines of a similar-named US sanctions framework targeting individuals involved in human rights abuses worldwide who could face EU asset freezes and  travel bans.]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey continues to block NATO&#8217;s Eastern defence plans</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/defence-and-security/news/turkey-continues-to-block-natos-eastern-defence-plans/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/defence-and-security/news/turkey-continues-to-block-natos-eastern-defence-plans/#comments</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 07:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexandra Brzozowski]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eastern Flank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jens Stoltenberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mevlut Cavusoglu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Ankara has not shifted from its intentions to block the final decisions related to updating NATO's defence plan of the Poland and the Baltic States. Meanwhile, Eastern European calls for assurances of alliance commitments become more vocal.]]></description>
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		<title>Hungarian culture: Orban’s next target</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/hungarian-culture-orbans-next-target/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/hungarian-culture-orbans-next-target/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 07:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EURACTIV Network]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Capitals]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[BUDAPEST. The government’s new package of laws on cultural activity is an attack on cultural freedom, the opposition LMP party (EGP) has said.]]></description>
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		<title>EU Commission chief vows tough stance on Turkey amid escalating row with Greece</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/eu-commission-chief-vows-tough-stance-on-turkey-amid-escalating-row-with-greece/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/eu-commission-chief-vows-tough-stance-on-turkey-amid-escalating-row-with-greece/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 07:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarantis Michalopoulos, Theodore Karaoulanis]]></dc:creator>
		
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				<description><![CDATA[Ursula Von Der Leynen, the new President of the European Commission, said that the EU executive fully backs Greece in its dangerously escalating row with Turkey over maritime zones.]]></description>
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		<title>Normandy summit upholds &#8216;Steinmeier formula&#8217; for Eastern Ukraine</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/normandy-summit-upholds-the-steinmeier-formula-for-eastern-ukraine/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/normandy-summit-upholds-the-steinmeier-formula-for-eastern-ukraine/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 07:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Georgi Gotev]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donbas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eastern Ukraine crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emmanuel Macron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Walter Steinmeier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minsk agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Normandy format]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steinmeier formula]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volodymyr Zelenskiy]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in their first face-to-face meeting, took part in nine hours of talks in Paris on Monday (9 November), brokered by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer fight requires optimism but also prudence, says top researcher</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/diabetes-cancer-hepatitis/news/cancer-fight-requires-optimism-but-also-prudence-says-top-researcher/</link>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 07:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerardo Fortuna]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[beating cancer plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU Mission Boards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horizon Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stella Kyriakides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ursula von der Leyen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Walter Ricciardi]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Any EU policy aimed at eradicating cancer must combine optimism, prudence and the realism of scientific evidence, the new boss of the EU research team on cancer, Walter Ricciardi, told EURACTIV in an interview.]]></description>
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		<title>COP25 news and views: What’s happening in Madrid</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/cop25-news-and-views-whats-happening-in-madrid/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/cop25-news-and-views-whats-happening-in-madrid/#comments</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 07:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Stam]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[climate finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate negotiations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COP25]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low carbon economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Madrid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNFCCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[As UN climate negotiations enter their second and decisive week, EURACTIV gives you a glimpse into the goings on of the 25th climate conference in Madrid (COP25) and what is driving the conversation there. In this edition: train ride, ray of the day, reality check-point, and climate finance big time.]]></description>
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		<title>Worries over ‘fresh money’ as EU cooks up energy transition fund</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/worries-over-fresh-money-as-eu-cooks-up-energy-transition-fund/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/worries-over-fresh-money-as-eu-cooks-up-energy-transition-fund/#comments</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 07:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frédéric Simon]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2030 climate and energy targets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2050 climate strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just transition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poland]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Eastern EU countries, backed by trade unions, are putting pressure on EU leaders to come up with “fresh money” to support the energy transition in coal-dependent regions as part of a Green Deal due to be unveiled this week.]]></description>
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		<title>With a ‘Farm to Fork’ Strategy on the cards, is the EU finally listening to its citizens?</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/opinion/with-a-farm-to-fork-strategy-on-the-cards-is-the-eu-finally-listening-to-its-citizens/</link>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 07:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oliver De Schutter]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU Food Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[F2F]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farm to Fork]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[The Farm to Fork strategy will reveal whether the new Commission is ready to overhaul some of the EU’s most unsustainable policies and the vested interests behind them but leaked drafts suggest that it will not be truly systemic and...]]></description>
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		<title>EU to strengthen trade sanctions as WTO paralysis starts</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/eu-to-strengthen-trade-sanctions-as-wto-paralysis-starts/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/eu-to-strengthen-trade-sanctions-as-wto-paralysis-starts/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 07:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jorge Valero]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[appellate body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phil Hogan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WTO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WTO reform]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[As the international system for settling trade disputes is set to become crippled on Tuesday (10 December), Europe will in the coming days propose ways to bolster its sanction toolbox against countries that adopt ilegal trade measures and block the renewal of WTO’s appellate body.]]></description>
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		<title>Skilled workers shortage could stall Germany&#8217;s progress on climate targets</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/skilled-workers-shortage-could-stall-germanys-progress-on-climate-targets/</link>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 07:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Stam]]></dc:creator>
		
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				<description><![CDATA[In 2005, unemployment in Germany reached 11.7%. At the end of 2019, the figure more than halved to 5%. This means it is increasingly difficult for companies operating in Germany to find skilled workers and fill vacancies.  And it has an impact on sales revenues, as well as Germany’s and Europe’s ability to achieve carbon neutrality goals.]]></description>
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		<title>Metal Recycles Forever [Promoted content]</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/video/metal-recycles-forever/</link>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 06:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Metal Packaging Europe]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Metal Packaging Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPE]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[The Metal Recycles Forever logo helps consumers and brands understand the role they play in keeping metal in the material loop, by recycling empty packaging and communicating benefits.]]></description>
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		<title>A Sustainable Future for Europe – The Contribution of Frontier Research</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/video/a-sustainable-future-for-europe-the-contribution-of-frontier-research/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/video/a-sustainable-future-for-europe-the-contribution-of-frontier-research/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 16:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Ball]]></dc:creator>
		
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				<description><![CDATA[Launched in February 2007 to fund investigator-driven frontier research, the ERC is a key component of the EU’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.]]></description>
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		<title>The Brief, powered by BP &#8211; The year of living dangerously in Ukraine</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/the-brief-powered-by-bp-the-year-of-living-dangerously-in-ukraine/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/the-brief-powered-by-bp-the-year-of-living-dangerously-in-ukraine/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vlagyiszlav Makszimov]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Brief]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Ukraine's political scene is probably among the world's most interesting at the moment, not only because of the ongoing attempt to impeach Donald Trump over a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian colleague Volodymyr Zelenskiy.]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Diplomacy: We must act and we must act collectively</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/opinion/climate-diplomacy-we-must-act-and-we-must-act-collectively/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/opinion/climate-diplomacy-we-must-act-and-we-must-act-collectively/#comments</comments>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Margarida Marques]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris Agreement]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Becoming the world's first climate-neutral continent is Europe's biggest challenge of the next decade. That success depends of the success of our global partners. Partnerships based on mutual ownership and shared responsibility, a new generation of trade agreements consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals, a Carbon Border Tax and a carbon price are key elements of a stronger European climate diplomacy, writes Margarida Marques.]]></description>
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		<title>Deforestation: EU actions towards a global issue? [Promoted content]</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/all/video/deforestation-eu-actions-towards-a-global-issue/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/all/video/deforestation-eu-actions-towards-a-global-issue/#comments</comments>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Malte Ketelsen, Marlene Stocker]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[#FEDIOL #deforestation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FEDIOL]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[As the EU embarks on discussions on possible regulatory measures to reduce its embedded deforestation, FEDIOL (the European Vegetable Oil and Proteinmeal association) shares its views about what will be needed to effectively curb deforestation at source and not only decrease the EU consumption-driven environmental footprint.]]></description>
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		<title>EU to ban two &#8216;brain-damaging&#8217; pesticides</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/eu-to-ban-two-brain-damaging-pesticides/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/eu-to-ban-two-brain-damaging-pesticides/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 14:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Foote]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[chlorpyrifos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chlorpyrifos-methyl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EFSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organophosphates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pesticide ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pesticide regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pesticides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ScoPaff]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Representatives from member states in the EU Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCOPAFF) voted to ban the controversial pesticides chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl from the EU market on Friday (6 December).

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		<title>EU could ban dirty battery imports, says Commission VP</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/batteries/news/eu-could-ban-dirty-battery-imports-says-sefcovic/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/batteries/news/eu-could-ban-dirty-battery-imports-says-sefcovic/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 14:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Morgan]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maroš Šefčovič]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Batteries that do not meet rigorous green standards could be banned from the European market, Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič warned on Monday (9 December), as the EU executive approved €3.2 billion of state aid for some home-grown projects.]]></description>
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		<title>Azerbaijan braces for early elections, banks on ‘modernisation’</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/azerbaijan/news/azerbaijan-braces-for-early-elections-banks-on-modernisation/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/azerbaijan/news/azerbaijan-braces-for-early-elections-banks-on-modernisation/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 14:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Georgi Gotev]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Azerbaijan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Azerbaijan elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nagorno-Karabakh]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Azerbaijan will hold early elections on 9 February, eight months ahead of schedule, after President Ilham Aliyev agreed to the ruling party's request to dissolve parliament. The move is in line with a recent major government shakeup and the country's drive to modernise and rebuild EU ties.]]></description>
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		<title>Austrian Greens likely to join government coalition, shape priorities</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/austrian-greens-likely-to-join-government-coalition-shape-priorities/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/austrian-greens-likely-to-join-government-coalition-shape-priorities/#comments</comments>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 13:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philipp Grüll]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Austria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[die Grünen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ibiza-Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OVP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scandal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sebastian Kurz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vienna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Werner Kogler]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.euractiv.de/?post_type=news&#038;p=529168</guid>
				<description><![CDATA[Austria's Green party is expected to join the government for the first time, with negotiations already underway. After Sebastian Kurz's ÖVP party governed alongside the Eurosceptic far-right group FPÖ from 2017-2019, this could now prompt a change in Austria's foreign and EU policy. EURACTIV Germany reports.]]></description>
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		<title>Athens takes lead to ensure Western Balkans EU path</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/athens-takes-lead-to-ensure-western-balkans-eu-path/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/athens-takes-lead-to-ensure-western-balkans-eu-path/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 12:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarantis Michalopoulos]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nikola Dimitrov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nikos Dendias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Macedonia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republic of North Macedonia]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[The Greek government is determined to take all necessary initiatives to ensure that the Western Balkan region’s EU ambition will become a reality soon, the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias has said.]]></description>
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		<title>Russia banned from Olympic Games for altering doping data</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/russia-banned-from-olympic-games-for-altering-doping-data/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/russia-banned-from-olympic-games-for-altering-doping-data/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 12:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Georgi Gotev]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[doping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olympic games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scandal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WADA]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Russia was banned from the Olympics and other major world championships on Monday (9 December) after sporting officials decided to punish it for tampering with doping-related laboratory data in another blow to Russia’s already tarnished sporting reputation.]]></description>
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		<title>UN climate talks failing to address urgency of crisis, says top scientist</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/un-climate-talks-failing-to-address-urgency-of-crisis-says-top-scientist/</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 08:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiona Harvey]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[COP25]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COP25 Madrid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN climate summit]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Urgent UN talks on tackling the climate emergency are still not addressing the true scale of the crisis, one of the world’s leading climate scientists has warned, as high-ranking ministers from governments around the world began to arrive in Madrid for the final days of negotiations. EURACTIV's media partner, The Guardian, reports.]]></description>
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		<title>Salvini&#8217;s U-turn on Nutella exposes flaws in his &#8216;nationalist&#8217; food policy</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/salvinis-slip-up-on-nutella-exposes-flaws-in-his-nationalist-food-policy/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/salvinis-slip-up-on-nutella-exposes-flaws-in-his-nationalist-food-policy/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerardo Fortuna]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Matteo Salvini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nationalist food policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutriscore]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Lega leader Matteo Salvini's recent scolding of the iconic hazelnut spread 'Nutella' has exposed flaws in the 'Italian first' formula that has led the Italian to past electoral successes.]]></description>
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		<title>Inflation, climate, jargon: ECB launches major review</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/inflation-climate-jargon-ecb-launches-major-review/</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[admin]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christine Lagarde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ECB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Central Bank]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[The European Central Bank's new president Christine Lagarde has announced that the Frankfurt-based institute will soon undertake a strategic review, its first since 2003.]]></description>
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		<title>Germany’s grand coalition to continue, for now, in fragile modus vivendi</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/germanys-grand-coalition-to-continue-for-now-in-fragile-modus-vivendi/</link>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EURACTIV Network]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Capitals]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[For the time being, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) will continue being part of Germany's grand coalition with conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU).]]></description>
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		<title>Belarus crowds rally against closer Russia ties, wave EU flags</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/belarus-crowds-rally-against-closer-russia-ties-wave-eu-flags/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/belarus-crowds-rally-against-closer-russia-ties-wave-eu-flags/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Georgi Gotev]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alexander Lukashenko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belarus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democratic deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Roughly 1,000 Belarusians joined an unauthorised demonstration on Saturday (7 December) against the prospect of a closer union with Russia.]]></description>
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		<title>Brexit? New referendum? What&#8217;s at stake in UK vote</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/brexit-new-referendum-whats-at-stake-in-uk-vote/</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[admin]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boris Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Corbyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK elections]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Britain votes on Thursday (12 December) in a crucial general election that will determine whether the country leaves the European Union next month or sets out a path to potentially reverse Brexit.]]></description>
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		<title>France ready to take Trump&#8217;s tariff threat to WTO</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/france-ready-to-take-trumps-tariff-threat-to-wto/</link>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Georgi Gotev]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bruno Le Maire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paolo Gentiloni]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tariffs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WTO]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[France is ready to go to the World Trade Organization to challenge US President Donald Trump's threat to put tariffs on champagne and other French goods in a row over a French tax on internet companies, its finance minister said on Sunday (8 December).]]></description>
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		<title>UK patient health data traded to US firms  </title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/data-protection/news/uk-patient-health-data-traded-to-us-firms/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/data-protection/news/uk-patient-health-data-traded-to-us-firms/#comments</comments>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samuel Stolton]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHS]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Health data belonging to millions of UK National Health Service (NHS) patients has been sold under license to US companies and global pharmaceutical firms, in a move that is likely to inflame tensions between the UK government and privacy campaigners in the run up to the December 12 election.]]></description>
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		<title>Arms sales worldwide up nearly 5%, says new report</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/defence-and-security/news/arms-sales-worldwide-up-nearly-5-says-new-report/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/defence-and-security/news/arms-sales-worldwide-up-nearly-5-says-new-report/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Georgi Gotev]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[arms trade]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Arms sales rose by nearly five percent worldwide in 2018 in a market dominated by the United States, according to a new report published Monday (9 December) by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).]]></description>
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		<title>COP25: Countries pressed to deliver</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/special_report/cop25-countries-pressed-to-deliver/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/special_report/cop25-countries-pressed-to-deliver/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Davide Patteri]]></dc:creator>
		
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				<description><![CDATA[The COP is meant to pave the way for countries to raise their climate ambition before the end of crucial year 2020. Climate negotiators know that they are under tight scrutiny from stakeholders, first and foremost cities, businesses, and Fridays for Future.]]></description>
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		<title>COP25: cities are no longer waiting around for nations, Milan&#8217;s mayor says</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/interview/cop25-cities-are-no-longer-waiting-around-for-nations-milans-mayor-says/</link>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Stam]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[C40]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COP25]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Green Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milan]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Because there is still a small number of nations blocking progress in implementing the Paris Agreement, and cities already feel their impact of climate change, they are ready to take the lead in fighting global warming, Milan's mayor and C40 network Vice-Chairman <span lang="FR-BE"><span class="il">Giuseppe</span></span><span lang="FR-BE"> <span class="il">Sala told EURACTIV in an interview. </span></span>]]></description>
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		<title>UK investigating whether leaked trade papers were hacked</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/uk-investigating-whether-leaked-trade-papers-were-hacked/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/uk-investigating-whether-leaked-trade-papers-were-hacked/#comments</comments>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samuel Stolton]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[hacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[British cyber security officials are investigating whether classified UK-U.S. trade documents that were shared online ahead of Thursday’s election (December 12) were acquired by hacking or were leaked, two sources told Reuters.]]></description>
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		<title>Finland gets youngest ever prime minister</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/finland-gets-youngest-ever-prime-minister/</link>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Morgan]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antti Rinne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanna Marin]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Finland’s Social Democratic party appointed transport minister Sanna Marin as prime minister on Sunday (8 December), meaning all five leaders of the ruling parties are now women.]]></description>
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		<title>Counting wolves in Bulgaria – with EU money</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/news/counting-wolves-in-bulgaria-with-eu-money/</link>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 06:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Georgi Gotev]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bulgaria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investigative journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natura 2000]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neno Dimov]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[A €9-million report on the state of species and natural habitats in Bulgaria, paid for with EU taxpayers’ money, may in fact be a sham, Valia Ahchieva reports.]]></description>
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		<title>EU budget rules need rethink, says Gentiloni</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/debate-about-3-deficit-belongs-to-another-century-says-eus-gentiloni/</link>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 06:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Georgi Gotev]]></dc:creator>
		
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				<description><![CDATA[The EU's new economy commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said the bloc should consider loosening its strict budget deficit rules to respond to climate risks and weak growth, echoing a similar call by French President Emmanuel Macron.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t cede too much to Putin, Ukrainians tell Zelenskiy ahead of Paris summit</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/dont-cede-too-much-to-putin-ukrainians-tell-zelenskiy-ahead-of-paris-summit/</link>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 06:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Georgi Gotev]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Donbas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minsk agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Normandy format]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petro Poroshenko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volodymyr Zelenskiy]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Thousands of people gathered in the center of Kyiv on Sunday (8 December) to send a message to Ukraine’s president, who meets his Russian counterpart on Monday,  that Ukrainians will not accept a peace deal at the cost of the country’s independence and sovereignty.]]></description>
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		<title>Time is ripe to align EU policies with Paris Climate Agreement</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/opinion/time-is-ripe-to-align-eu-policies-with-paris-climate-agreement/</link>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 06:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wendel Trio]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1.5°C pathway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2030 climate and energy targets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2050 climate strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IPCC 1.5 report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[net zero]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[It’s the new Commission’s first weeks in office and climate is in the spotlight, with a European Green Deal expected to be tabled on 11 December. To succeed, the deal needs to enshrine increased climate ambition for the next decade, align the EU budget accordingly and boost EU support to developing countries, writes Wendel Trio.]]></description>
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		<title>Diverse forms of work call for out-of-the-box solutions for social protection [Promoted content]</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/opinion/diverse-forms-of-work-call-for-out-of-the-box-solutions-for-social-protection/</link>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 06:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Michael Freytag - Public Affairs Manager]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[future of work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social protection]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[With workplace transitions on the rise we need to ensure that they are accompanied by some form of stability and security. The arrival of a new European Commission provides the perfect opportunity to reflect on how to reform Europe’s social protection systems, writes Michael Freytag.]]></description>
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		<title>Von der Leyen pledges to back Africa on Ethiopia trip</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/africa/news/von-der-leyen-pledges-to-back-africa-on-ethiopia-trip/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/africa/news/von-der-leyen-pledges-to-back-africa-on-ethiopia-trip/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 08:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Georgi Gotev]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethiopia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugee crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ursula von der Leyen]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen assured Africa of the EU's strong support during a visit to Ethiopia on Saturday (7 December), her first trip outside Europe since assuming her post.]]></description>
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		<title>New SPD leadership on its way to challenge Germany&#8217;s Grand Coalition</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/new-spd-leadership-on-its-way-to-challenge-germanys-grand-coalition/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/new-spd-leadership-on-its-way-to-challenge-germanys-grand-coalition/#comments</comments>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Florence Schulz]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (AKK)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CDU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[German climate package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[German government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grand coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norbert Walter-Borjans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party chairmanship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Altmaier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saskia Esken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPD party conference]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) officially elected Saskia Esken and Norbert Walter-Borjans as the new chairmen at a national conference on Friday (6 December). There was no vote about remaining in the Grand Coalition with the CDU/CSU conservatives, but the new leadership appears to have 'declared war' on them. EURACTIV Germany reports.]]></description>
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		<title>Labour uses leaked document to accuse Johnson of lying about post-Brexit customs checks</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/labour-uses-leaked-document-to-accuse-johnson-of-lying-about-post-brexit-customs-checks/</link>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 16:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin Fox]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boris Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brexit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customs duties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irish backstop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Corbyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK election]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[The opposition Labour party has used a leaked government document to accuse Boris Johnson of lying about new customs checks between Northern Ireland and Britain..]]></description>
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		<title>The Brief &#8211; Gender-washing at the Commission?</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/future-eu/news/the-brief-gender-washing-at-the-commission/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/future-eu/news/the-brief-gender-washing-at-the-commission/#comments</comments>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 16:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Foote and Gerardo Fortuna]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Brief]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[After having failed to have a gender-balanced Commission, the first female Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recently announced that she had achieved gender parity in all the cabinets at administrative level. But the real power-sharing in incoming Commissioners&#8217; offices...]]></description>
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		<title>Premier of Bermuda: ‘Global minimum tax is anti-competitive’</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/interview/premier-of-bermuda-global-minimum-tax-is-anti-competitive/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/interview/premier-of-bermuda-global-minimum-tax-is-anti-competitive/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 15:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jorge Valero]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bermuda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brexit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Burt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FinTech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax havens]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Bermuda wants to leave behind its reputation as a tax haven to become a Fintech hub. In an interview with EURACTIV.com, the premier of the UK’s overseas territory, David Burt, said the island could come out of the EU’s 'grey list' of tax havens early next year. But he criticised a global minimum tax as he praised tax competition among countries.]]></description>
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		<title>Commissioner Várhelyi: Youth to become new &#8216;focal point&#8217; in Eastern Partnership</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/commissioner-varhelyi-youth-to-become-new-focal-point-in-eastern-partnership/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/commissioner-varhelyi-youth-to-become-new-focal-point-in-eastern-partnership/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 14:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vlagyiszlav Makszimov]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[civil society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eastern Partnership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU-Georgia relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU-Moldova relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU-Ukraine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European neighbourhood policy]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[In one of his first public appearances, Olivér Várhelyi, Commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement, said on Thursday (4 December) reviving civil society and economy by reaching out to youth would be his priority in the context of Eastern Partnership.]]></description>
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		<title>What if the world’s center of gravity had moved to Africa?</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/africa/opinion/what-if-the-worlds-center-of-gravity-had-moved-to-africa/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/africa/opinion/what-if-the-worlds-center-of-gravity-had-moved-to-africa/#comments</comments>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 14:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carlos Zorrinho, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Norbert Neuser]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EU-Africa relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ursula von der Leyen]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[As Ursula von der Leyen prepares to make Ethiopia her first overseas visit, MEPs Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Norbert Neuser and Carlos Zorrinho explain why the new Commission president must reach out to Europe's African allies.]]></description>
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		<title>Late Erasmus founder Lenarduzzi said Europe &#8216;as we conceived it&#8217; is blocked</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/interview/late-erasmus-founder-lenarduzzi-said-europe-as-we-conceived-it-is-blocked/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/interview/late-erasmus-founder-lenarduzzi-said-europe-as-we-conceived-it-is-blocked/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 13:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniela Vincenti]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen's initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deadlock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erasmus Mundus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eurozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicholas Sarkozy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&#038;p=1408264</guid>
				<description><![CDATA[To honour the legacy of late Erasmus "father" Domenico Lenarduzzi, who passed away on Tuesday (3 December), EURACTIV is reposting an interview with him that was originally published on 22 September 2011.]]></description>
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		<title>EU ‘data sovereignty’: opportunities and challenges</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/video/eu-data-sovereignty-opportunities-and-challenges/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/video/eu-data-sovereignty-opportunities-and-challenges/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 13:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Maguire, Malte Ketelsen, Marlene Stocker, Michael Ball]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital sovereignty]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[In November 2018, the European Commission presented its Digital Strategy, where it set the vision to become a ‘digitally transformed, user-focused and data-driven administration by 2022’.]]></description>
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		<title>Lisbon Treaty has potential to foster whole-of-Europe approach to external conflicts</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/opinion/lisbon-treaty-has-potential-to-foster-whole-of-europe-approach-to-external-conflicts/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/opinion/lisbon-treaty-has-potential-to-foster-whole-of-europe-approach-to-external-conflicts/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 12:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Loes Debuysere and Stefani Weiss, Steven Blockmans]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charles Michel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EEAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josep Borrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisbon Treaty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&#038;p=1405495</guid>
				<description><![CDATA[Just when the European Union needs to act as one to prevent major powers from fomenting division, EU institutions and member states seem to lack the political will to set aside their disagreements and focus on the common interest, write Steven Blockmans, Loes Debuysere and Stefani Weiss.]]></description>
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		<title>Is the EU Just Transition Fund all for naught?</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/is-the-eu-just-transition-fund-all-for-naught/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/is-the-eu-just-transition-fund-all-for-naught/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 10:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pieter de Pous, Rebekka Popp]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[coal phase-out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just transition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poland]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&#038;p=1408545</guid>
				<description><![CDATA[Whether €5 billion or €35 billion, the EU’s upcoming Just Transition Fund alone is unlikely to be enough to pay for the energy transition of Europe’s remaining coal countries. Nor is it necessary, argue Pieter de Pous and Rebekka Popp.]]></description>
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		<title>German football club on a mission to defend the climate</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/german-football-club-on-a-mission-to-defend-the-climate/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/german-football-club-on-a-mission-to-defend-the-climate/#comments</comments>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 09:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Florence Schulz, Sarah Lawton]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[climate neutrality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CO2 emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Football league]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mainz]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&#038;p=1407832</guid>
				<description><![CDATA[With thousands of fans travelling to matches and giant stadiums being built, football has a considerable climate impact. Some clubs are increasingly aware of this and try to limit their carbon emissions. A club from the small city of Mainz has been leading the movement for a decade.]]></description>
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		<title>IATA official: Incentives needed for green alternatives to kerosene</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/alternative-renewable-fuels/news/iata-official-incentives-needed-for-green-alternatives-to-kerosene/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/alternative-renewable-fuels/news/iata-official-incentives-needed-for-green-alternatives-to-kerosene/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 09:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerardo Fortuna, Sarantis Michalopoulos]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CORSIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IATA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICAO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jet fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RED II]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SAF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transport decarbonisation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&#038;p=1408402</guid>
				<description><![CDATA[Alternative fuels are the long-term solution to reduce emissions from aviation, but incentives are needed to scale them up, an official from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) told EURACTIV.com.]]></description>
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		<title>Labour accuses BBC of bias over election coverage</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/short_news/labour-accuses-bbc-of-bias-over-election-coverage/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/short_news/labour-accuses-bbc-of-bias-over-election-coverage/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Georgi Gotev]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BBC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brexit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK elections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=short_news&#038;p=1408484</guid>
				<description><![CDATA[Britain's opposition Labour Party wrote to the head of the BBC on Thursday (5 December) to complain about its coverage of campaigning for next week's election, accusing the publicly funded broadcaster of bias.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass strikes leave Macron facing defining moment</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/mass-strikes-leave-macron-facing-defining-moment/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/mass-strikes-leave-macron-facing-defining-moment/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EURACTIV Network]]></dc:creator>
		
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				<description><![CDATA[In this edition of the Capitals, find out more about the French strikes currently paralysing France and putting French President Emmanuel Macron to the test, as well as so much more. The Capitals brings you the latest news from across Europe, through on-the-ground reporting by EURACTIV’s media network.]]></description>
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		<title>SMEs are key to climate protection, says Austrian businesswoman</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/interview/smes-are-key-to-climate-protection-says-austrian-businesswoman/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/interview/smes-are-key-to-climate-protection-says-austrian-businesswoman/#comments</comments>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philipp Grüll]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Austria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate emergency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMEs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ursula von der Leyen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.euractiv.de/?post_type=interview&#038;p=528833</guid>
				<description><![CDATA[After having represented the interests of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for four years, Ulrike Rabmer-Koller takes stock, in an interview with <a href="https://www.euractiv.de/section/finanzen-und-wirtschaft/interview/ulrike-rabmer-koller-kmus-als-schluessel-zum-klimaschutz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">EURACTIV Germany</a>, of her successes and discusses her ambitions looking forward in the fight against climate change.]]></description>
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		<title>Albania elects Western-trained prosecutor general as part of judicial reforms</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/albania-elects-western-trained-prosecutor-general-as-part-of-judicial-reforms/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/albania-elects-western-trained-prosecutor-general-as-part-of-judicial-reforms/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Euractiv.com with R]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Albania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU enlargement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judicial reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&#038;p=1408473</guid>
				<description><![CDATA[Albania&#8217;s parliament elected Olsian Çela as prosecutor general on Thursday (5 December) as part of judicial reforms sought by the West that are intended to kick out corrupt judges. The European Union has told Albania the reforms must remain a...]]></description>
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		<title>COP25: From agreement to action to combat climate emergency</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/opinion/cop25-from-agreement-to-action-to-combat-climate-emergency/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/opinion/cop25-from-agreement-to-action-to-combat-climate-emergency/#comments</comments>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jytte Guteland, Mohammed Chahim, Nicolás González Casares]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change targets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COP 25]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU climate targets]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=opinion&#038;p=1408301</guid>
				<description><![CDATA[Although the Paris Agreement itself is an unquestionable success, the real struggle still lies ahead of us. It is time to turn political commitment into policy, write Jytte Guteland, Nicolás González Casares, and Mohammed Chahim.]]></description>
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		<title>‘Do no harm’: Nuclear squeezed out of EU green finance scheme</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/do-no-harm-nuclear-squeezed-out-of-eu-green-finance-scheme/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/do-no-harm-nuclear-squeezed-out-of-eu-green-finance-scheme/#comments</comments>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frédéric Simon]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[carbon emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco-tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxonomy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.euractiv.com/?post_type=news&#038;p=1408458</guid>
				<description><![CDATA[European Greens claimed victory on Thursday (5 December) after EU negotiators reached agreement on a green finance taxonomy aimed at channelling billions of private investor’s money into clean technologies. Coal, and – in principle – nuclear power, are out.]]></description>
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		<title>Strong mobilisation against pension reform puts French government to the test</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/strong-mobilisation-against-pension-reform-puts-french-government-to-the-test/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/strong-mobilisation-against-pension-reform-puts-french-government-to-the-test/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aline Robert]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elisabeth Borne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emmanuel Macron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pension schemes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yellow vests]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[In protest at the government's pension reform proposal, French workers staged a massive strike on Thursday (5 December), which paralysed the country. With teachers and transport sector workers expected to strike again today, this will be Macron's ultimate test. EURACTIV France reports.]]></description>
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		<title>Bosnia must overhaul judiciary, end political obstruction –report</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/bosnia-must-overhaul-judiciary-end-political-obstruction-report/</link>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Georgi Gotev]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bad governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yugoslav wars]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Bosnia and Herzegovina must overhaul its complex and opaque justice system and do more to protect the rule of law if it wants to press its case to join the European Union, legal experts said in an EU-commissioned report on Thursday (5 December).]]></description>
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		<title>Libra maintains 2020 approval target despite concerns</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/libra-maintains-2020-approval-target-despite-concerns/</link>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jorge Valero]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[crypto-currency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[libra]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Facebook-sponsored digital currency Libra is determined to getting the green light by European regulators next year, despite the numerous concerns raised by EU finance ministers, a senior representative of the project told EURACTIV.com.]]></description>
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		<title>Von der Leyen in Addis Ababa: Seven ingredients for a successful first date</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/africa/opinion/von-der-leyen-in-addis-ababa-seven-ingredients-for-a-successful-first-date/</link>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Bisong, Chloe Teevan]]></dc:creator>
		
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				<description><![CDATA[As the new European Commission President prepares to make her first trip to Ethiopia, Chloe Teevan and Amanda Bisong suggest how Ursula von der Leyen can flesh out her commitment to seeking a new partnership with Africa.]]></description>
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		<title>Polish reform erodes judicial autonomy: top court</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/news/polish-reform-erodes-judicial-autonomy-top-court/</link>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Georgi Gotev]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Article 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Court of Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PiS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poland]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Poland's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday (5 December) that a new judicial council charged with nominating and disciplining judges lacks independence, calling into question the government's court reforms.]]></description>
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		<title>Tweets of the Week: Commission Handover, NATO jokes, Malta Rule of Law</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/video/tweets-of-the-week-commission-handover-nato-jokes-malta-rule-of-law/</link>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Baker, Marlene Stocker, Michael Ball]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Danfoss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daphne Caruana Galizia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Trudeau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tweets of the Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Von der Leyen Commission]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: 400">VDL Commission takes up its seat, Trump under fire as NATO leaders meet, and Rule of Law in Malta feeling the heat.</span>]]></description>
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		<title>Slovak President asks court to quash Europe&#8217;s longest pre-election poll blackout</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/slovak-president-asks-court-to-quash-europes-longest-pre-election-poll-blackout/</link>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Georgi Gotev]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jan Kuciak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scandals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slovak elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slovakia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zuzana Caputova]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Slovakia's president asked the Constitutional Court on Thursday (5 December) to strike down a lengthy ban on publishing opinion polls ahead of elections in February, a restriction seen by most opposition parties as an attempt to sideline political newcomers.]]></description>
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		<title>Europe must uphold key EU law protecting freshwater fishes</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/europe-must-uphold-key-eu-law-protecting-freshwater-fishes/</link>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 06:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Steven Weiss]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rivers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Framework Directive]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Europe is no exception to the decline in freshwater biodiversity, due to many threats such as agricultural pollution, or the overwhelming development of hydropower, writes Dr Steven Weiss. Dr Steven Weiss is an associate professor at the Institute of Biology,...]]></description>
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		<title>EU reaches milestone by agreeing on green criteria for finance</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/eu-reaches-milestone-by-agreeing-on-green-criteria-for-finance/</link>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 20:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jorge Valero]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[sustainable finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxonomy]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[MEPs and the Finnish presidency of the EU Council agreed Thursday (5 December) on a taxonomy to determine what economic activities can be considered ‘green’, paving the way for billions of euros to be channelled into investments to fight climate change.]]></description>
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		<title>The Brief &#8211; No choice at all</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/the-brief-no-choice-at-all/</link>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin Fox]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Brief]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Let’s face it: the choice facing British voters next Thursday is not an appealing one. Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are locked in an unpopularity contest – both are deeply divisive, on Brexit and a swathe of domestic policies – and the winner will be the person deemed least unpalatable.]]></description>
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		<title>EU needs to focus on legislation in the digital sphere, MEP Angelika Niebler says</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/interview/eu-needs-to-focus-on-legislation-in-the-digital-sphere-mep-angelika-niebler-says/</link>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beatriz Rios]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angelika  Niebler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-money laundering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cross Border Cooperation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDPR]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[The EU has proven to be successful in legislating in the digital age but it needs to keep up the work to avoid being left behind, because "the digital revolution has been moving faster than legislation", MEP Angelika Niebler (EPP, Germany) told EURACTIV in a written interview.]]></description>
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		<title>EU study to clarify gene editing court ruling further muddies waters</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/eu-study-to-clarify-gene-editing-court-ruling-further-muddies-waters/</link>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 14:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Foote]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[agricultural innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biotechnology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Court of Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Green Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetic engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetic modification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetically modified organisms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GMOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new plant breeding techniques]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[After the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling that organisms obtained by new plant breeding techniques (NBTs) should, in principle, fall under the GMO Directive, the Council of the EU has requested a study from the Commission to clarify the situation. But what this means in practice remains unclear.]]></description>
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		<title>Eurogroup fails to move forward on eurozone reform</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/all/news/eurogroup-fails-to-move-forward-on-eurozone-reform/</link>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 14:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beatriz Rios]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic and Monetary union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ESM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eurogroup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Klaus Regling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mário Centeno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paolo Gentiloni]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[EU finance ministers failed to reach an agreement on Wednesday (4 December) on the reform of the EU's bailout fund and move to political discussions on the European Deposit Insurance Scheme ahead of the Euro summit next week.]]></description>
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		<title>Brexit party imploding after four MEPs defect to back Boris Johnson</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/brexit-party-imploding-after-four-meps-defect-to-back-boris-johnson/</link>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 14:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin Fox]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[John Longworth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigel Farage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Brexit Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK general election]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[The Brexit party, formed by veteran Eurosceptic Nigel Farage, is in danger of imploding after suffering a series of high-profile defections and expulsions a week before the UK's general election on 12 December.]]></description>
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		<title>Digital Brief: Mastering Innovation</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/digital-brief-mastering-innovation/</link>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samuel Stolton]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital Brief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Digital Brief]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.  &#160; “We don&#8217;t want to be dependent on imports of crucial technologies.”  &#8211; Lucilla Sioli, Director of Artificial Intelligence and...]]></description>
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		<title>Revolt brewing against EU’s ‘unrealistic’ climate goals</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/revolt-brewing-against-eus-unrealistic-climate-goals/</link>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frédéric Simon]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Andrej Babis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frans Timmermans]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has threatened to veto Europe’s goal of becoming the first climate neutral continent in the world by 2050, adding his voice to a growing chorus of discontent as EU leaders prepare for heated climate discussions at a summit in Brussels next week.]]></description>
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		<title>Babies exposed to endocrine-disruptors in medical products, new study shows</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/endocrine-disruptors/news/babies-exposed-to-endocrine-disruptors-in-medical-products-new-study-shows/</link>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Foote]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[babies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Endocrine disruptors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endocrine system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hormones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intensive care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical devices]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Recent research published found that new-borns in intensive care units are in contact with a variety of medical products that contain endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) such as bisphenol A (BPA) and parabens.]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy and Digital: trusted media and platform regulation </title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/opinion/democracy-and-digital-trusted-media-and-platform-regulation/</link>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A group of MEPs and media policy experts]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[digital platforms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet media]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Democratic debates require trusted information, less economic pressure on media, and more policy pressure on platforms. Supporting citizens&#8217; choices, three concepts will help the von der Leyen Commission: ‘co-regulation’, ‘trust indicators’, ‘systemic publishing platforms’. This open letter to the new...]]></description>
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		<title>A ruin to serve as Children&#8217;s Hospital? Angry Bulgarians call on Brussels to intervene</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/a-ruin-to-serve-as-childrens-hospital-angry-bulgarians-call-on-brussels-to-intervene/</link>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Krassen Nikolov]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bad governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bulgaria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[A conflict is brewing in Bulgaria between civil society and the government over plans to reconstruct a 12-floor ruin, built during the last years of communism and abandoned ever since, into a children's hospital.]]></description>
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		<title>On Enel’s sustainability strategy and sustainable finance [Promoted content]</title>
		<link>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/on-enels-sustainability-strategy-and-sustainable-finance/</link>
				<comments>https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/on-enels-sustainability-strategy-and-sustainable-finance/#respond</comments>
				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Teresa Dominguez]]></dc:creator>
		
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				<description><![CDATA[The urgent need to act fast and now It is becoming increasingly evident that actions to limit global warming to 1.5°C are no longer a choice. As stated by the IPCC Special Report, we are running out of time and,...]]></description>
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