Tag: EU Parliament
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Riace to lose its mayor: Mimmo Lucano announces resistance to judgement – and would give up seat in EU Parliament
The Europe-wide known architect of a solidarity-based refugee model in Italy is to be deposed. Right-wing extremist Matteo Salvini was one of the people behind the move. However, there is a last chance. Domenico ‘Mimmo’ Lucano is perhaps best known…
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Maja T. transferred to prison hospital in Hungary, decision on immunity of MEP Ilaria Salis postponed
Maja T.’s hunger strike entered its fifth week on Friday and they are now been hospitalised. The father of the non-binary person is drawing attention to this with a march to Berlin. Maja T. has now been starving in prison…
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Frontex significantly expands drone operations: Number of flight hours increases by 50 per cent
The EU border agency is spending another quarter of a billion on Israeli long-range drones. This unmanned aerial surveillance is being expanded with expensive high-flying technology. The EU border agency Frontex has significantly expanded its drone surveillance for migration control…
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Antifa trial hits EU right-wing parties: MEPs and Commission criticise Hungary
Left-wingers from Italy and Germany are on trial in Budapest for allegedly attacking neo-Nazis. This is causing problems for the government in Rome and now also for the right-wing parties in the EU Parliament. The Budapest antifa trial is increasingly…
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Refugee helpers in danger: The EU wants to pass new laws against „migrant smuggling“
Europe’s rigid migration policy is creating an increasing demand for a business of refugee aid. Europol and the EU member states are now tasked with curbing this industry. In December, the EU member states and Parliament adopted the “Asylum and…
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Asylum seekers: EU fingerprint database to be expanded as it reaches capacity limit
Eurodac, the EU biometric migration control database, is reaching its capacity limit. However, a political agreement to expand it has not progressed since 2016. Now an immense number of queries by police from Germany come as a surprise. According to…