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26th Apr 2018

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Erdogan tells Dutch not to vote for PM Rutte or Wilders

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A day before the Dutch parliamentary elections, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Turkish-Dutch voters on Tuesday not to vote for the parties of prime minister Mark Rutte, or anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders. His diplomatically unusual request comes after a diplomatic row between the Netherlands and Turkey escalated. Erdogan's party has its own agenda: to win an April referendum that would grant the president more power.

EU tells platforms to sort fake news by October or face new law

The European Commission wants results by October against fake news - or it may impose regulations targeting "a few platforms." But its current plans are not acceptable to everyone, with civil groups saying more evidence is needed to shape policy.

Analysis

Commission wants bigger post-Brexit budget

The Commission wants the next EU budget to prove the bloc has survived Brexit unscathed. However, some net payers disagree. The EU executive plans to put out an overall budget figure of 1.13 to 1.18 percent of EU GNI.

EU shelves Macron idea for 'European Darpa'

The European Commission's new strategy on artificial intelligence contains nothing that resembles French president's idea for a US-inspired agency for disruptive innovation.

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