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9th Jun 2023

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German minister mulls EU citizenship for young Brits

Germany's vice-chancellor and economy minister Sigmar Gabriel said Britons living in Germany should get EU citizenship following the UK's vote to leave the EU. Gabriel said that Germany should not "pull up the drawbridge". "Let's offer it to the young Brits who live in Germany, Italy or France so that they can remain EU citizens in this country," he said during his centre-left SPD party's conference in Berlin.

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EU's proposed ethics body 'toothless', say campaigners

Transparency campaigners say the new ethics body proposed by the European Commission will do little to prevent corruption at the EU institutions. The proposal comes six months after allegations of a Qatari corruption affair involving a former European Parliament vice-president.

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The 'BlackRock exemption' has no place in the EU's due diligence directive

With the EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, there's an opportunity to harness the power of investment for truly sustainable activities. But to do this, it must not allow the 'BlackRock exemption' and instead cover institutional investors and asset managers.

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