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Ukraine’s accession would cost €186B, EU estimates (www.politico.eu)

What is the law like on unwanted fatherhood in your country?

Let’s talk about safe sex in Europe. It’s quite the big legal subject, but one needn’t get into all the details....

Social networks can keep storing EU user data in the US under new agreement (www.theverge.com)

Children in UK are the shortest in Europe because parents simply do not have enough money for a healthy diet. (www.economist.com)

Why aren't there any sanctions from EU against USA for stealing Syrian oil?

Why doesn’t EU demand withdraw of US Army stealing the Syrian oil, or “this is different you don’t understand”?

Calling people to respect her country's law when they visit but she doesn't mind violating the law in other countries, welcome to European double standards (lemmy.ml)

The picture of Nancy Faeser, The Federal Minister of the Interior and Community of Germany promoting gay culture in Qatar.

Germany's Economy Shrank, and It's Facing a Spending Crisis That's Spreading More Gloom (www.usnews.com)

MEPs to propose ending geo-blocking of films and series in the EU (twitter.com)

Yesterday, the traditionally highly conservative legal affairs committee voted to end geo-blocking of films and series in some limited contexts. It’s a tectonic shift from the previous position of the legal affairs committee, and comes ahead of today’s vote in the more progressive Internal Market & Consumer protection, where...

[pétition] Tax The Rich (www.tax-the-rich.eu)

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“Ukraine is corrupt to the core,” says leading candidate for Polish ruling party (notesfrompoland.com)

Ukraine accuses Chinese oil and gas firms of sponsoring Russia’s war (www.politico.eu)

Germany seeks ‘grand bargain’ with France over energy | Financial Times (www.ft.com)

Italians are angry about wages and healthcare, and Meloni knows it - Il manifesto global (global.ilmanifesto.it)

A New Powerful Heat Dome across Western Europe, Forecast to Drag a Major Heatwave north as we head into the Weekend (www.severe-weather.eu)

Commission proposes list of principles to boost cycling across Europe (transport.ec.europa.eu)

Germany to Supply Air Defenses for Kyiv to Protect Grain Routes (www.bloomberg.com)

Germany approves bringing coal-fired power plants back online this winter (www.reuters.com)

The Large Hadron Collider - Europe's Crown Jewel of Physics Research and One of the Largest International Scientific Collaborations (lemmy.ml)

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerators with a 27km circumference with over 9,000 magnets that can generate 9 billion collisions per second. It first started up on 10 September 2008, and remains the latest addition to CERN’s accelerator complex. The LHC consists of a...

Poland no longer supplying weapons to Ukraine amid grain row (www.bbc.com)

Macron slams two-term limit on French presidency as ‘damnable bullshit’ (www.politico.eu)

ECB survey to chose the theme of the future Euro banknotes (www.ecb.europa.eu)

We are asking Europeans of all ages and backgrounds to give us their opinions about possible new themes for future euro banknotes. We want to hear from you – take part in our public survey by 31 August 2023.

Biden pushes for Von der Leyen to be Nato chief (www.telegraph.co.uk)

OpenAI Lobbied the E.U. to Water Down AI Regulation (time.com)

Behind the scenes, OpenAI has lobbied for significant elements of the most comprehensive AI legislation in the world—the E.U.’s AI Act—to be watered down in ways that would reduce the regulatory burden on the company, according to documents about OpenAI’s engagement with E.U. officials obtained by TIME from the European...

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