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19th Mar 2024

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EU finance rules need 'neutral' enforcer, Germany says

German finance minister Wolfgang Schauble said Friday in Bratislava that “neutral” institutions - such as the Luxembourg-based European Stability Mechanism - should, in the long term, enforce EU rules - such as on budgetary discipline or state aid - while the European Commission becomes a “European government”. Finance commissioner Moscovici defended the commission’s flexibility towards France, Spain, and Italy on budgetary discipline; France and Italy finance ministers backing him.

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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