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Parliament want to better protect Europeans and businesses against growing cyber threats. Learn more in our interview with MEP Bart Groothuis.

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Governor of Cloverhill Prison and Others
External relations
The provisions in the Withdrawal Agreement concerning the European arrest warrant regime with respect to the United Kingdom and the provision in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom concerning the new surrender mechanism are binding on Ireland

Commission v Hungary
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
By criminalising organising activities in relation to the initiation of a procedure for international protection by persons not fulfilling the national criteria for granting that protection, Hungary infringed EU law.

Prokuratura Rejonowa w Mińsku Mazowieckim
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
EU law precludes the regime in force in Poland which permits the Minister for Justice to second judges to higher criminal courts; secondments which that minister - who is also the Public Prosecutor General - may terminate at any time without stating reasons

The European Parliament urges the EU to lead global efforts against tax evasion, tax avoidance and money laundering.

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Russian travellers are flocking to Croatia to get jabs of EU-approved vaccines, according to Reuters. "Just this month we've had about 1,000 Russians who received vaccines. So far we have had altogether 4,908 foreign citizens here, most of whom are Russians," the head of Zagreb's biggest vaccination centre said. "Demand is not just big, it's avalanche-like and growing exponentially," an employee of Russian travel agency Russian Express also said.

A French court began hearing an appeal by former prime minister François Fillon against a conviction in a corruption scandal that torpedoed his presidential ambitions and sealed the rise of Emmanuel Macron, France24 writes. Fillon, a conservative candidate in the presidential elections in 2017, was charged with corruption after revelations that his wife Penelope was paid over €800,000 over 15 years for a suspected fake job as a parliamentary assistant.

The EU has said Russia was complicit in Belarus' attack on Polish borders, while warning Russian president Vladimir Putin not to also strike Ukraine.

Belgium's government is bringing forward a meeting to decide on tighter measures to control the spread of Covid-19, amid a rapid increase in infections and hospital admissions, The Guardian writes. The meeting, originally set for Friday, was brought forward to Wednesday so that any measure approved midweek could be operational by the weekend, the government said this morning. Hospital admissions are up 30 percent on a weekly basis.

The European Environment Agency on Monday revealed that 307,000 people died prematurely due to air pollution in the EU in 2019. These deaths are concretely related to the exposure of fine particulate matter, coming from emission sources like road transport, industrial processes or agriculture. At least 58 percent, or 178,000, of these deaths could have been avoided, if all member states had applied international air quality standards, it said.

A letter from 180 MEPs is demanding the European Commission perform better when it comes to responding to their written questions, in an initiative taken by Dutch liberal MEP Sophie In't Veld. "The quality of answers to written questions is deplorable. Answers come in too late, they are evasive, incomplete, and void of any substance," she said, demanding the executive takes measures to improve responses.

Hungary's Constitutional Court on Monday discussed a challenge by justice minister Judit Varga to an EU court ruling stating Budapest broke EU laws designed to protect refugees, by deporting them to the Serbian border. Varga's motion, submitted in February, asked Hungary's top court to assess whether the implementation of the EU court ruling would be compatible with country's constitution. A ruling is expected later.

MEPs have fought for and obtained better support for health, research, climate action, SMEs and the young in next year’s EU budget, after talks with Council on Monday.
Committee on Budgets

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MEPs have fought for and obtained better support for health, research, climate action, SMEs and the young in next year’s EU budget, after talks with Council on Monday.
Committee on Budgets

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BUDGET AMENDMENTS 2022 Budget
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Urmas Paet

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Length of video : 75'

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Following the deal reached in Glasgow, the MEPs leading Parliament’s delegation to the COP26 commented on the outcome of the negotiations.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Following the deal reached in Glasgow, the MEPs leading Parliament’s delegation to the COP26 commented on the outcome of the negotiations.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Parliament and Council have suspended the talks on the EU budget for 2022 on Friday without agreement.
Committee on Budgets

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