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19th Mar 2024

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MEPs criticise Juncker over climate and tax policies

During the evaluation of the outgoing European Commission, its president, Jean-Claude Juncker, received tributes from the biggest parliament groups. However, conservative and left-wing MEPs criticised some elements of Juncker's record, including on shortage of ambitious climate policies and lack of tax harmonisation. The co-president of the conservatives, Polish MEP Ryszard Antoni Legutko, also blamed Juncker for losing one of the "most influential" EU member states due to Brexit.

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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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