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1 month ago | 
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Raluca Besliu |Matt Lynes |Leonardo Delfanti
Several EU states are coming down hard on environmental groups like Last Generation. Lawyers and human rights groups say over-prosecution violates fundamental rights. Last Generation activists Ester Goffi and Guido Viero at the Vatican in 2023, where they awaited a court ruling for their protest in 2022. Ester Goffi, an environmental activist with Last Generation Italy, never expected her protest at the Vatican Museums would lead to a protracted legal battle.
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2 months ago | 
greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Ronald H. Linden |Hannah Neumann |Roderick Kefferpütz |Raluca Besliu
As Donald Trump returns to power, the world is bracing for four more years of US isolationism and transactional diplomacy. Taiwan, strategically important to China, the US, and the European Union, now finds itself at the centre of escalating geopolitical tensions. Amid Trump’s strategic ambiguity, the EU’s push for stronger domestic chip production, and Beijing’s increasingly confrontational stance, what does the future hold for the autonomous island?
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Edouard Gaudot |Raluca Besliu |Filipe Henriques |Séverine Sajous
Desde su llegada al poder en 2019, Kais Saied ha reforzado su control sobre las instituciones tunecinas y ha dado marcha atrás en las reformas democráticas vinculadas a la Primavera Árabe. Su popularidad se alimenta del resentimiento contra los migrantes subsaharianos, las élites y la injerencia extranjera. La UE, deseosa de frenar la inmigración y desarrollar la energía verde, hace la vista gorda ante los abusos de Saied.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Konrad Bleyer-Simon |Raluca Besliu |James Pearce
This year’s four elections have revealed the disillusionment of Romanian citizens with available political options. Amidst cases of corruption and the absence of real alternatives in mainstream parties, the appeal of anti-establishment forces such as the far-right AUR is growing. But no one is seriously dealing with the cost of living, housing, and healthcare crises. Romania is gearing up for two highly consequential elections.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Eloise Hardy |Raluca Besliu
The 45th president of the United States will also be its 47th. After a one-term hiatus, Donald Trump is set to return to the White House — and this time he has the popular vote behind him.
Not just Trump, but the Republican party more widely outperformed polls that predicted a much closer election. Republicans have retaken the Senate. The House remains undecided, but if it stays in GOP hands, it would mean a clean sweep, handing Trump a powerful mandate to govern as he sees fit.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Eloise Hardy |Raluca Besliu
The EU is pulling out all the stops this week for its first-ever summit with the Gulf Cooperation Council. But, so far at least, major Arab players in the GCC like Saudi Arabia don’t appear to be all that interested.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Daniel Segoin |Shahin Vallée |Simon Holmes |Raluca Besliu
The continent’s economic footing has consistently weakened in recent years due to a combination of dwindling industrial capacity, an increasingly hostile global trade environment, and a limited ability to raise capital. In its efforts to strengthen its economic sovereignty, Europe must try to build on its diversity, avoid the pitfalls of monopolisation and concentration, and tackle the climate crisis.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Ben Ryan |Raluca Besliu
It has been a year since Hamas launched a horrific incursion into southern Israel, killing nearly 1200 people and taking hundreds of hostages. Israel’s response to the raid was forceful and bloody. Since 7 October 2023, the Israeli armed forces have killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children. Many countries and international organisations have accused Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of committing genocide and crimes against humanity.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Matt Lynes |Raluca Besliu
As AI advances, digital twins of everything from cities to aircraft to the human body are helping to predict real-world problems and optimise solutions. Now, the EU is working on cloning something even bigger: the Earth itself.
The European Commission’s Destination Earth project (DestinE) went live on 10 June this year, creating two digital twins – one focused on weather-induced extremes and the other on climate change adaptation.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
republik.ch | Raluca Besliu |Katharina Wecker
Agrarkonzerne patentieren Saatgut – und privatisieren damit die Grundlage unserer Nahrung. Die neue Gentechnik wird den Trend verstärken. Von Raluca Besliu, Katharina Wecker (Text) und Bruce Eesly (Bilder), 04.10.2024Der Broccoli ist nur ein Broccoli, bis man sich seine Anfänge genauer anschaut. Zum Beispiel auf den Feldern des Züchtungsunternehmens Sativa in Rheinau, Kanton Zürich. Hier entsteht ein Sprossenbroccoli, den die Bauern im Herbst säen und im Frühling ernten sollen.
