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The European Commission has decided to extend the anti-dumping and countervailing measures against imports of electric bicycles from China for another five years. This decision follows an expiry review investigation and aligns with expectations. The remaining imports of electric bicycles from China predominantly consist of extremely low-cost products. For LEVA-EU, this provides strong grounds to c...
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Member States across the European Union are at risk of missing out on significant funds to improve their railway networks and renewing their rolling stock fleets, which would create jobs, boost European competitiveness and deliver much-needed rail upgrades. UNIFE Director General Enno Wiebe today cautioned many EU Member States are at risk of forgoing much-needed funds for European rail investm...
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The FPS Foreign Affairs adjusted the travel advice for the Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday evening. The travel advice was modified following recent developments in the country that could have an impact on the safety of Belgians there. All travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo is currently discouraged. On 28 January, a violent protests took place in Kinshasa against, amongst other...
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Brussels, 29 January — With the new recently installed European Commission, there is new potential to finish the revision of the coordination of the social security regulations (Regulation No 883/2004 and Regulation No 987/2009), now in its eighth year of negotiations, having been first proposed in December 2016. Ahead of the Social Questions Working Party that will take place tomorrow, the Eur...
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Thank you. [This is a] great initiative from Minister Rosencrantz. I am also very happy to have you here, Olha. Always good to cooperate together with the Enlargement Commissioner. Ukraine is our priority. That is very clear. We have to support Ukraine in the really immediate term but also looking to the future. Therefore, the enlargement process is extremely important because it gives hope...
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Good afternoon,  ­ It is good to be here again. So, together with the European Foreign Ministers we addressed many pressing security issues today, starting with Ukraine’s security. Europe is Kyiv’s largest international donor. We have provided over € 134 billion in total, but it is clear that Ukraine needs more. The front line is moving west but it should be moving east. Ukraine requir...
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The press briefing ahead of the Informal EU leaders' retreat of 3 February 2025 will take place on Thursday 30 January 2025 at 14.30. This briefing will be "off the record". The press briefing will take place in a hybrid format: EU accredited journalists or journalists accredited for the summits will be able to participate and ask questions either in person at the Justus Lipsius press room o...
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We are united in our condemnation of the sham presidential elections in Belarus on 26 January and the ongoing human rights violations perpetrated by the Belarusian regime. Recently announced sanctions represent a coordinated, multilateral effort to hold the Lukashenko regime to account. No election can be considered free, fair or in line with international standards when it is held in a cli...
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President of the Court of Justice, Judges and Advocates-General, Presidents, Excellencies, Ladies Gentlemen, My fellow Europeans, Exactly 25 years ago, in January 2000, a European Convention gathered to draft our Charter of Fundamental Rights. It was chaired by President Roman Herzog. And its goal was to put people at the centre of our Union. With their dignity and their r...
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Good morning, everybody, So, yesterday we had a good evening with the Belarusian leader [of the opposition], Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. We were talking about the sham elections that happened in Belarus and, of course, we are standing with the Belarusian people. Belarus is still high in the European agenda. Today, in the morning, we will have a discussion over hybrid threats. We see things hap...
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