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STOCKHOLM
Turkey will say yes to Sweden’s NATO bid if the United States keeps its promise to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, President Erdogan said on Tuesday, even though he had previously claimed that the sale of combat aircraft had nothing to do with membership.
Erdogan’s surprising statement comes days after a corruption scandal involving a top US senator – who opposed the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey – broke. Learn more.
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BERLIN
Germany will begin checks on the border between Poland and the Czech Republic despite fierce opposition. Germany’s Interior Ministry is set to reinstate border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic to combat irregular immigration, despite strong opposition within the coalition government and trade unions, who have called the move ineffective. Learn more.
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PARIS
The French Foreign Minister denounces Russian “complicity” in Karabakh and calls for international diplomatic action. France needs more support to help preserve Armenia’s territorial integrity and protect displaced populations in Nagorno-Karabakh, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna told lawmakers as she announced several international initiatives on Tuesday. Learn more.
Macron unveils a €100/month leasing program for electric cars manufactured in the EU. A €100/month electric vehicle (EV) rental program will be introduced in France in November as part of the country’s climate action strategy, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday, although only cars manufactured in EU will be eligible. Learn more.
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VIENNA
Austria pledges “unconditional support” for Ukraine’s EU membership. Austria will continue to support Ukraine and support the war-torn country on its path to EU membership despite Austria’s tradition of neutrality, Austrian Parliament Speaker Wolfgang Sobotka said on Tuesday , during a speech in Kiev. Learn more.
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THE HAGUE
Climate groups and farmers are angered by the ‘nature permit’ for the Dutch airport. The outgoing cabinet’s decision to grant a “nature permit” to the country’s largest airport, Schiphol, which would allow it to schedule at least 440,000 flights per year, sparked outrage from climate groups, farmers’ representatives and lawmakers Tuesday. Learn more.
UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND
LONDON
The Labor Party accuses the British Home Secretary of having “given up” on solving the asylum chaos. house secretary Suella Braverman’s speech on migration in Washington on Tuesday – where she spoke about how laws have shifted from helping those fleeing persecution to those who fear prejudice – drew criticism from the Party Labor. Learn more.
SOUTHERN EUROPE
VALLETTA
Former Maltese Prime Minister “misled” the European Commission over the controversial gas deal with Azerbaijan. Former Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat misled the European Commission over the previously hidden security of supply deal signed by his former energy minister Konrad Mizzi and Azerbaijan’s national energy company Socar. Learn more.
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ATHENS
The Greek left leads the conservatives in the race for same-sex marriage. The intention of the newly elected leader of the main opposition party Syriza (European Left), the first leader of an openly gay political party in Greece, to promote the legalization of same-sex marriage, was a wake-up call for the government conservative, asking him to accelerate his LGBTIQ program. Learn more.
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MADRID
The Catalan Prime Minister demands a “reconciliation referendum” on self-determination. The central government in Madrid must commit to holding a self-determination referendum for Catalonia and approve an amnesty law for those involved in the 2017 secessionist attempt, regional Prime Minister Pere Aragonès said on Tuesday. Learn more.
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LISBON
EU court case brought by young Portuguese man, biggest climate case ever. The lawsuit brought by young Portuguese people against 32 states at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) could force Europe to act urgently against the climate crisis, according to the environmental association Zero. Learn more.
EASTERN EUROPE
WARSAW
Polish minister examines extradition of Ukrainian Nazi ‘hero’ in Canadian Parliament. Education and Science Minister Przemysław Czarnek wants the country’s national memory institution to examine whether there is reason for a Ukrainian Nazi – who received a controversial standing ovation during the visit President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Canadian parliament last Friday – be deported to Poland. Learn more.
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PRAGUE
Czech Prime Minister: The EU Green Deal has failed to steer countries towards transformation. Four years after its announcement, the European Green Deal has failed to lead EU countries towards innovation and economic transformation, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS, ECR) said on Tuesday. Learn more.
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BRATISLAVA
Inefficient use of EU funds costs Slovakia “three hospitals a year”. Insufficient public investment in Slovakia, which has been on average 1.2 billion euros less per year than in its neighbors over the past five years, has led to an investment debt of more than 40 billion euros, the equivalent of the cost of building three new hospitals or 13 kilometers of motorway each year. year. Learn more.
NEWS FROM THE BALKANS
SOFIA
Bulgaria will not wage diplomatic war against Schengen. Bulgaria will not play hardball with Austria and the Netherlands, who are blocking its Schengen membership, but it will try soft diplomacy and political pressure in Brussels to overcome the veto, several sources in Sofia told Euractiv. Learn more.
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BUCHAREST
Romania adopts tax reform in the face of business concerns. The Romanian government’s tax reform program, which aims to combat tax evasion and create a fairer tax system, was hastily passed by Parliament without amendment or debate on Tuesday evening, but did not go well welcomed by the business world. Learn more.
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BELGRADE
Vučić meets Quint’s ambassadors and asks KFOR to take charge of the security of the Serbs in Kosovo. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić demanded that KFOR take responsibility for all security issues in northern Kosovo instead of the country’s national police during a meeting with ambassadors of the Quint countries and the head of the delegation of the EU in Serbia on Tuesday. Learn more.
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PRISTINE
Serbian list leader implicated in Kosovo terrorist attack, Albanian PM pushes EU and US to act. A video showing the vice-president of the Serbian List in northern Kosovo, Milan Radoicic, among the group of individuals who carried out a terrorist attack on Sunday, was released by Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla. Learn more.
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TIRANA
Tirana hosts EU regional economic ministers, PM says ‘EU needs Western Balkans’. Prime Minister Edi Rama received economic ministers from 20 regional and European countries in Tirana on Tuesday as part of the Berlin process and stressed that the EU needs the Western Balkans as much as the region needs it. Learn more.
AGENDA:
- EU: An informal meeting of the General Affairs Council takes place in Murcia, Spain; Agenda highlights include working sessions on preparation for enlargement;
- Commission President Ursula von der Leyen chairs the meeting of the College of Commissioners; Welcomes Prime Minister of Latvia Evika Siliņa;
- Vice President Margaritis Schinas participates in the meeting of EPP Interior Ministers;
- Vice President Maroš Šefčovič participates in the Green Gas Business Forum;
- Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni receives the President of the European Fiscal Council, Niels Thygesen;
- Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders receives Moldovan Justice Minister Veronica Mihailov-Moraru;
- Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson delivers speech at Energy Community’s Ukraine Renewable Gas Forum;
- Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen attends the Democracy Forum in Athens, Greece;
- Parliament Speaker Roberta Metsola meets Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković;
- Belgium: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina;
- Russia: President Vladimir Putin chairs government meeting on economic development of Kaliningrad;
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(Edited by Sarantis Michalopoulos, Daniel Eck, Alice Taylor, Sofia Stuart Leeson, Sofia Mandilara)
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