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Europe's biggest party set to take tougher line on China
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], March 11 (ANI): The European People's Party (EPP), the biggest party in the European Parliament, is set to adopt a hardline policy on China, including an investment treaty with Taiwan and a total ban on goods "produced in re-education camps" of Xinjiang.
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EU-China investment deal faces flak in European Parliament
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 24 (ANI): The European Commission on Wednesday faced backlash on its investment deal with China in the European Parliament and was forced on the backfoot in a lively session of the Committee on International Trade.
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EU Foreign Policy Chief Borrell defends Russia trip after lawmakers call f
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Josep Borrell, the European Union's foreign policy chief, has defended his recent visit to Russia, saying that it was the right time to set out the bloc's position on the Alexey Navalny case, despite facing fierce criticism from European Parliame
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EU Parliamentarians strongly back India-South Africa proposal for COVID-va
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 5 (ANI): Members of the European Parliament have backed a joint proposal by India and South Africa for waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccine patents.
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EU risks losing credibility with China deal amid crackdown in Hong Kong, s
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 23 (ANI): The European Union risks losing credibility as a human rights actor by signing an investment deal with China and not taking concrete action against serious and ongoing human rights violations in Hong Kong, according to a resolution in the European Parlia
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EU Parliament President invites Biden to speak at plenary session in futur
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 21 (ANI/Sputnik): President of the European Parliament David Sassoli has congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their inauguration as president and vice president of the United States and invited the new US leader to speak at an EU Parliament session in the
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Baloch, Sindhi organisations call for international probe into activist Ka
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], January 19 (ANI): Baloch and Sindhi human rights and political organisations have called for an international investigation into the death of activist Karima Baloch.
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MPs should respect the sovereignty of parliaments of other countries: Om B
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday asserted that MPs should respect the sovereignty of other countries' Parliament and system.
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Hong Kong arrests threaten passage of EU-China investment deal: European P
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 9 (ANI): The EU-China investment deal, tentatively reached just last week, faces a new hurdle as a growing number of European Parliament members expressed concern on Wednesday over the mass arrests of over 50 pro-democracy politicians in Hong Kong under Beijing's draconian
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Xinjiang forced labour issue may hit China's investment agreement with EU
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 20 (ANI): With the European Parliament (EP) passing a resolution on forced labour and the condition of the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), China's plans to have investment agreements with the European Union (EU) member states seem to be now
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European Parliament asks China to allow UN fact-finding team to visit Xinj
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 18 (ANI): The European Parliament on Friday passed a resolution on forced labour and the situation of the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region while calling on the EU to proactively work towards an independent UN inquiry on China with a view to ensuri
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EU targets spread of terrorist content online
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union will obligate internet service providers to remove online content deemed terrorist within an hour, according to a draft regulation unveiled by the European Council on Thursday.
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