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Seit der Nominierung von Martin Schulz werden auf Twitter seltsame Hashtags viral verbreitet. Sie lauten #MEGA, #Gottkanzler, #SchulzExpress, #KeineBremsen etc. Dahinter steckt der unkonventionelle Kampf gegen den Faschismus im neuen Gewand, meint Michael Vogtmann von Euractivs Medienpartner "treffpunkteuropa.de".

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.

Plenary sessions : Negotiated for nearly five years and four months, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada is now ready for the final vote by the European Parliament. If MEPs approve it during next week's plenary, the agreement could already provisionally applied from April. In 2015 EU-Canada trade accounted for more than €60 billion and Ceta is expected to boost this. Read on and watch our video to find out more about the difference the trade deal could make.

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Plenary sessions : Negotiated for nearly five years and four months, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada is now ready for the final vote by the European Parliament. If MEPs approve it during next week's plenary, the agreement could already provisionally applied from April. In 2015 EU-Canada trade accounted for more than €60 billion and Ceta is expected to boost this. Read on and watch our video to find out more about the difference the trade deal could make.

Source : © European Union, 2017 - EP

L’Irlande souhaite que sa frontière avec le Royaume-Uni demeure « invisible » malgré le Brexit.  Mais a  clairement pris position l'UE, refusant de devenir le maillon faible de la future Union à cause de sa proximité avec Londres.

Le point de vue de Pascal Boniface, directeur de l’IRIS.

Three weeks after Trump's inauguration a look at the opinion pieces shows that many European journalists believe Europe's reaction has been too weak. The EU must not tremble in anticipation of Trump's next move but reorganise itself, they say, preferably with Macron and Schulz at the helm.

55 percent of Europeans want immigration from Muslim countries to come to a halt, according to a study by the British Think Tank Chatham House. The conclusions of the study seem consistent with the recent attempts to tighten asylum law in Germany, Britain and other European states. Is Europe's criticism of Trump hypocritical?

A Russian airstrike in northern Syria left three Turkish soldiers dead and eleven wounded on Thursday. Moscow confirmed the soldiers' deaths as an "accidental" consequence of operations against the IS. Commentators speculate about the reasons behind the incident.