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In today’s Capitals news:
ROME
The leader of Italy’s far-right League, Matteo Salvini, called on the European People’s Party (EPP) at a meeting of EU far-right parties in Florence to collaborate and “liberate Brussels” from those who “occupy” it illegally. Learn more.
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PARIS
Macron at COP28: “Nuclear energy is back”. France and around twenty other countries signed a commitment on Saturday to “triple nuclear energy capacity from 2020 to 2050” during the COP28 international meeting in Dubai. Learn more.
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BERLIN
The German government coalition differs on how to close the budget deficit. As the German government struggles to close the budget deficit left by a recent Supreme Court ruling, proposed solutions have diverged the three-party coalition, exposing old budget ideologies. Learn more.
SOUTHERN EUROPE
MADRID
Sánchez urged shedding light on mediator-led meetings with separatists. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez should shed light on the “humiliating” meeting held between his party colleagues and the Catalan separatist group JxCat in the presence of a controversial mediator from El Salvador, the center-right Popular Party said on Sunday. Learn more.
EASTERN EUROPE
WARSAW
Duda will name Tusk despite warnings. President Andrzej Duda will appoint Donald Tusk as Polish prime minister if he wins the parliamentary bid, despite advice that he should not do so, the president’s aide Łukasz Rzepecki confirmed to Radio ZET. Read more.
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PRAGUE
Czech far-right parties to push for cancellation of Green Deal after EU elections. Two Czech far-right parties have confirmed a joint list of candidates for the 2024 European elections, with overturning the European Green Deal one of their top priorities, the parties announced on Saturday. Learn more.
NEWS FROM THE BALKANS
SOFIA
Bulgarian populists want to join the conservative EU bloc. The populist group There Is a Such People (ITN), created just two years ago, announced its intention to join the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR). Learn more.
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BUCHAREST
Romania announces an offer to develop photovoltaics by 2030. Romania aims to install more than eight gigawatts (GW) of renewable photovoltaic energy production units by 2030, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai the weekend after the his country’s membership in the International Solar Alliance. Learn more.
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BELGRADE
People with disabilities are “invisible” in Serbia. People with disabilities in Serbia face systemic discrimination and live on the brink of poverty, Branko Jokić, president of the Phoenix Disability Association, told Euractiv Serbia. Learn more.
AGENDA:
- The Justice and Home Affairs Council meets to exchange views on the functioning of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Schengen area, asylum and migration, and much more;
- The Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council meets to discuss land transport and road safety, maritime safety, and more;
- Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič attends Abu Dhabi Sustainable Development Week Summit at COP28; Co-chairs the Ministerial Meeting on Global Methane Commitment; Delivers keynote speech at the high-level opening of the Just Transition Pavilion at COP28;
- Vice President Vĕra Jourová speaks via video conference with Google and Alphabet President of Global Affairs Kent Walker; He welcomes the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al-Nashif; Speaks at the European News Media Forum, 25th EU-NGO Human Rights Forum 2023;
- Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson meets EESC President Oliver Röpke; Gives a speech at the 8th EESC European Migration Forum;
- Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Iliana Ivanova, receives UK Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Michelle Donelan;
- Parliament President Roberta Metsola and Italian Minister for European Affairs, Cohesion Policy, South and National Plan for Recovery and Resilience Raffaele Fitto hold a joint press conference in Lecce, Puglia ;
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(Edited by Sarantis Michalopoulos, Daniel Eck, Alice Taylor, Sofia Stuart Leeson, Sofia Mandilara)
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