Link to article:https://www.yahoo.com/news/french-farmers-wall-off-public-120145162.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMV6x9cym7Hjb8NYqOj4rJM3vl2UoBxDQZuG6TdkJ7VY4Vre-bSQMLIpGfOA6xxMarED2kGMf9qJozTqeN_G7NX4pDSQrpswau_FVWkAEA1USgjMJ4nalsnq36HQyGSP3xOZoT1-GSbpNE8xNdGIdWpC_FAkSPdtzzHeKBikFQVHV0 French farmers are continuing to protest over constraints imposed by regulatory agencies. On Thursday, a group of around 100 farmers set up a cardboard wall in front of the ANSES building south of Paris. ANSES is the food safety agency for the country. They also placed breeze blocks in front of INRAE, which is the agricultural research… Read more »
Link to article:https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/wealthy-countries-back-raising-cop29-climate-deal-300-billion-sources-say-2024-11-23/ The COP29 summit was held in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 24, with member countries adopting a $300 billion a year finance target to help poorer countries fight climate change. However, the countries that this deal was meant to help have come out and criticized its sufficiency. They claimed the Azerbaijani host was gavelling through the deal too… Read more »
Link to article:https://apnews.com/article/italy-albania-migration-ba37f514ca4cefab40047722006a2978 A collection of NGOs have recently come out and stated that the Italy-Albania migration deal is unethical and has urged health workers not to comply. The deal would have male migrants found at sea detained in Albania while their asylum cases are processed. However, this deal hasn’t bore fruit yet due to a series of obstacles that… Read more »
Link to article:https://apnews.com/article/cyprus-ukraine-landmines-explosive-ordnance-demining-munitions-45aaa2eb9ac4d1dd9e94d3a8b666d1d1 Cypriot National Guardsmen and other experts from EU countries are training Ukrainians how to safely locate, disarm and dispose of landmines and other bombs that are littered around the country because of its war with Russia. Cyprus is doing this as a part of the EU’s Military Assistance Mission to Ukraine. Cyprus Foreign Ministry spokesperson Theodoros Gotsis… Read more »
Link to article:https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-farmers-stage-protests-against-mercosur-deal-next-week-2024-11-13/ A group of European farmers protested in the streets of Brussels outside the EU headquarters on Wednesday. The farmers were protesting the EU-Mercosur free trade deal, which would open up markets in Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay for European exports. It hasn’t been signed yet, but Brazil wants it done by the end of the month…. Read more »
Link to article: https://www.courthousenews.com/with-trump-presidency-looming-macron-calls-on-europe-to-write-its-own-history/ French President Emmanuel Macron gave a speech at the most recent European Political Community Summit in Budapest on Thursday. The EPC is a forum made by Macron to regularly bring together EU countries outside the bloc, like Turkiye, Ukraine, Moldova, and Azerbaijan, among others. He urged the representatives of the 47 member countries to distance themselves… Read more »
