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> âWe seem to have lost our belief in a market economy somewhat and our trust that letting go can lead to something great,â he said. âThe government does not have to subsidise and compensate for everything. People flourish in freedom, as does innovation. And that is what we need to drive up productivity.â [Separate article](https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/09/dutch-finance-minister-puts-faith-in-frugality-and-free-markets/) with more details on the proposed budget.
> The funds will come from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of a joint operation launched with Frontex.
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FRIEDRICH MERZ is doing it, and Iâm fine with that.â This brief statement by Markus SĂśder, the head of Bavariaâs governing Christian Social Union (CSU), was enough to confirm what had long been clear in German political circles: that Mr Merz, leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the CSUâs larger sibling, would be the partiesâ joint candidate at next yearâs federal election. Mr Merz will thus lead the opposition conservativesâ bid to unseat Olaf Scholz, the Social Democratic (SPD) chancellor.
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European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen revealed her top team Tuesday, appointing French candidate StĂŠphane SĂŠjournĂŠ to the powerful post of executive vice president overseeing industrial strategy. Von der Leyen also raised eyebrows with her decision to name Italy's Raffaele Fitto, a member of Giorgia Meloni's far-right Brothers of Italy party, as one of the commission's six vice-presidents.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/42598572
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> The future of the European economy will be characterised by labour shortages and an ageing population. More effective integration of migrants into the economies of host countries could be the answer. In Spain, a major platform calling for the regularisation of thousands of undocumented people could set an important precedent for European integration policy. > Living without papers is like living inside an invisible prisonâ, utters Lamine Sarr with a voice clipped and filled with impotence. The 40-year-old, who crossed the sea from Senegal to reach Spain eighteen years ago is one of the spokesperson of RegularizaciĂłn Ya, a popular platform calling for the Spanish state to regularise the legal situation of thousands of undocumented migrants and to change the current immigration law to put an end to this situation. > Thousands of people live without legal documents in Europe, around 700,000 in Spain. However, Sarrâs platform, which was created after the Covid-19 pandemic, highlighted the vulnerability of undocumented people. It could achieve the extraordinary regularisation of 500,000 of them following parliamentary discussions in September 2024. > Backed by 700,000 signatures and a coalition of 900 civil society groups, RegularizaciĂłn Ya managed to get this popular legislative initiative into the Spanish Congress and the text is now going through the regular legislative process. > âThe regularisation initiative is of vital importanceâ, Caritas Spain tells Voxeurop, one of the organisations calling on parties to finally make this bill a reality. âWe consider it necessary in order to alleviate the enormous amount of migrants in an irregular situation in Spainâ, whose irregular status, they claim, keeps them âliving under continuous stress and anxietyâ, and âprevents them from fully engaging in the life of the community.â > **The undocumentedâs invisible prison** > The current migration law in Spain requires people in an irregular situation to prove that they have lived on Spanish territory for three years in order to obtain a work and residence permit, among other things. However, Lamine Sarr claims that the reality is much more complex than it seems. > After arriving in Spain via dinghy in 2006, he was only able to acquire legal papers until 2019, thirteen years later. âWhen you have been here for three years, it means that you can begin to process your application, but it does not mean that you are able to finish the processâ, he tells Voxeurop. Some of his colleagues, he says, have been waiting for 20 years for their residence permits to be issued. Licensed under Creative Commons. The Article is licensed under Creative Commons [as per the website terms of service](https://voxeurop.eu/en/legal-notice-privacy/), which allow me to republish it here under the same license.
In Denmark we usually have coalition governments, and when they are constituted you can see who's important and who's not from the ministries they are given. Some ministries are more important - Finance, Justice, Foreign Affairs - and some are less important. But which commission posts are the most important and powerful? I want to take a more active interest in EU politics, but that requires me to know what to look for :D
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> Storm Boris causes four deaths in Romania and swells rivers in the Czech Republic and Poland, forcing thousands to abandon their homes.
www.theguardian.com
All over the world, the far right comes to power through an alliance with the right and part of the business community > > > To win back the blue-collar vote, the left needs to make a strong case for reindustrialisation, and breaking with the great blindness of the 1990s and 2000s in favour of a factory-free economy. We need to radically transform the production model to make it environmentally sustainable. The same applies to agriculture and food. To respond to the mobilisation of farmers who are demanding to be able to make a living from their work, we need to attack the profit margins of agricultural giants instead of, as the French government has done, calling into question the environmental transition of the agricultural model. > > > > A critical assessment of public services needs to be done. Austerity measures have considerably weakened the quality of care in public schools and hospitals. All those who can afford it are turning to the private sector. This pauperisation of public services is fuelling the âtax bowlâ. The middle classes feel they are having to bleed to pay for public services from which they no longer benefit, while at the same time the richest pay no more tax. > >
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At least this time it is taken more seriously than in 2002.
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> > > BEUC [the European Consumer Organisation] and 22 of its member organisations from 17 countries have filed a complaint on 12 September 2024 to the European Commission and the network of consumer protection Authorities (CPC-Network) to denounce several deceptive practices by leading video game companies (Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Mojang Studios, Roblox Corporation, Supercell and Ubisoft) marketing popular games (such as Fortnite, EA Sports FC 24, Minecraft, Clash of Clans and others) and affecting millions of European consumers. > > The Norwegian Consumer Council's [@finnmyrstad](https://eupolicy.social/@finnmyrstad) posted [a thread about it on Mastodon](https://eupolicy.social/users/finnmyrstad/statuses/113123925054237104): > > > 2/ đš According to our analysis, these companies are using misleading tactics that do not comply with the EU rules on unfair commercial practices. In particular we identified that: > > > > đ° Gamers cannot see the real cost of digital items, leading to overspending. > > > > đľ Companiesâ claims that gamers prefer in-game premium currencies are wrong. > > > > â Consumers are often denied their rights when using premium in-game currencies. > > > > đ¸ Children are vulnerable to these manipulative tactics. > >
New EU #ChatControl proposal leaked +++ Governments to position themselves by 23 September, will be very tight... +++ Will messenger services be blocked in Europe? https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/new-eu-push-for-chat-control-will-messenger-services-be-blocked-in-europe/ Help pressure your government now to defend privacy and secure encryption: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/take-action-to-stop-chat-control-now/
www.theguardian.com
Loreto Gesualdo, the president of the Italian Federation of Medical-Scientific Societies (Fism), has proposed legislation to suspend free access to medical care for three years for those who assault healthcare workers or damage health facilities. Fism reported more than 16,000 verbal and physical attacks against doctors and nurses in Italian hospitals in 2023 alone.
> Philippe Close tells Euronews that Brussels will not be 'held hostage' by Viktor OrbĂĄnâs government.
A new regulation has shaken up the industry
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Turns out AbbĂŠ Pierre was a creep... This is like learning Mohter Theresa was a sexual predator.
www.euronews.com
> "We don't need another war, in this case, a trade war. We need to build bridges between the EU and China," Pedro SĂĄnchez said in Shanghai.
cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/17405067
