The narrow water dividing the island from the continent feels infinite today, the channel islands with their special status, important. Fish and chips and no idea of what will be but the understanding that this vote meant more than the exit from Europe.
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EU leaders: “This is an unprecedented situation but we are united in our response. We will stand strong and uphold the EU’s core values of promoting peace and the well-being of its peoples. The Union of 27 Member States will continue.”
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If there is a Brexit, then the EU would be confronted with a great problem: The disobedience of the member-states. There would be the “brave” and the “cοwards”. Without cohesion Europe cannot operate.
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Dutch finance minister and ECOFIN Chair Jeroen Dijsselbloem worries that the way in which the EU Commission applies Stability and Growth Pact rules may not be entirely objective, he told Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs.
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Europe’s business leaders gathered in Amsterdam with a clear agenda: how to get more from the European Union’s Single Market.
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The Digital and Open Government conference was opened Friday by Ronald Plasterk, Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. Plasterk was keen to stress that ‘digitisation is a tool that governments can use to provide the public with better services’.
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“Generally speaking, please tell me if you are very satisfied, rather satisfied, rather unsatisfied or not at all satisfied with the quality of the air and the noise level in your city?” inhabitants of 83 European cities were asked in 2015.
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The European Commission presented guidance aimed at supporting consumers, businesses and public authorities to engage confidently in the collaborative economy. These new business models can make an important contribution to jobs and growth in the European Union, if encouraged and developed in a responsible manner.
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European Commission together with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft unveiled a code of conduct that includes a series of commitments to combat the spread of illegal hate speech online in Europe.
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European cities must increase their influence on EU legislation, access to European funds and knowledge exchange. These are the main issues to be discussed at the informal ministerial meeting on the Urban Agenda for the EU and the Pact of Amsterdam.
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