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FILE -A woman walks passed a 12-meter Amazon tree trunk placed in front of the European Union Council building by environmental activists in Brussels, July 2, 2008 (AP Photo/Thierry Charlier), File)

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EU pushes back deforestation law by a year after outcry from global producers
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Wed,12/04/24-2:31AM , 68 Reads
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union agreed to delay by a year the introduction of new rules to ban the sale of products that lead to massive deforestation, caving in to demands from several producer nations from across the globe and do
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The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, left, and Italy's Premier Giorgia Meloni, right, address the media during a joint press conference on Sept. 17, 2023. It seemed like a throwaway line by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, yet it encapsulated what is at stake for many in this week's European Union parliamentary elections — What to do with the hard right? And should it be trusted? (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

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Hard right is set to surge in this week's European Union elections. Center set to tilt to right, too
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Tue,06/04/24-11:31PM , 46 Reads
BRUSSELS (AP) — It seemed like a throwaway line by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, yet it encapsulated what is at stake for many in this week's European Union parliamentary elections — What to do with the hard right? And should it be trusted?
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French and Spanish farmers blocked a highway on the French-Spanish border on Monday, a day before a large farmers' protest against the European Union's agricultural policies in Brussels.

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Tractors rumble in streets again ahead of EU polls. Farming is a big issue and the far right pounces
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Mon,06/03/24-11:08PM , 56 Reads
BEERSEL, Belgium (AP) — The far-right Flemish Interest party had set up the demonstration in the picture-pretty rolling fields south of Brussels, ahead of the four-day European Union election starting Thursday.
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Irish foreign minister Micheál Martin, at a news conference with his counterparts from Spain and Norway, says Europe should support steps to end the war in Gaza and establish a Palestinian state.

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Relations between EU and Israel plummet as Spain, Ireland prepare to recognize a Palestinian state
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Mon,05/27/24-4:59AM , 65 Reads
BRUSSELS (AP) — Relations between the European Union and Israel took a nosedive Monday, the eve of the diplomatic recognition of a Palestinian state by EU members Ireland and Spain, with Madrid insisting that sanc
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