EU and Ukraine step up pressure on Russia
By Martin Banks The EU and Volodymyr Zelensky have joined forces in a fresh attempt to being peace to war-torn Ukraine.
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December 2, 2024 Pressure mounts on Georgia after EU accuses its government of “backsliding”
By Martin Banks The European Union says it “regrets” the Georgian Dream’s decision not to pursue the opening of EU accession negotiations and rejecting EU financial support until 2028.
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EUROPE
November 11, 2024 Valencia president refuses to resign despite pressure over flooding
The regional President of Valencia, Carlos Mazón, refused to resign on Sunday, a day after thousands protested, accusing the centre-right politician of mishandling the disaster.
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EUROPE
January 17, 2023 Growing demand puts EU electricity grid under pressure
Europe’s power grid is under pressure, faced with growing demand from electric vehicles and heat pumps as well as lagging investments in new infrastructure. Is a blackout imminent?
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WORLD
March 6, 2022 McDonald’s under pressure for failing to boycott Russia
McDonald’s has come in for criticism for continuing to trade in Russia in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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EUROPE
November 12, 2021 Commission bows to pressure to water down Green Deal ambitions in CAP plans
The European Commission’s ambition to tie the EU’s farming subsidies programme to the European Green Deal is set to fall victim to pressure from member states in a behind-closed-doors procedure.
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EUROPE
October 31, 2021 EU countries ramp up pressure to grant nuclear a ‘green’ investment label
A group of ten European countries have heaped pressure on the European Commission to grant nuclear energy a ‘green’ label under the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy, which acts as a guide to climate-friendly investments.
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POLITICS
August 20, 2021 Raab faces further pressure over Afghanistan delays as it emerges phone call delegated to junior minister never took place
A phone call that Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was advised to make to Afghanistan’s foreign minister but which was delegated to a junior minister did not take place, it has emerged.
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UK NEWS
July 24, 2021 PM under pressure to allow fully vaccinated close contacts to be exempt from isolation
Boris Johnson is facing growing pressure to allow fully vaccinated people who have been identified as close contacts of coronavirus cases to be exempt from isolation.
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POLITICS
June 26, 2021 Hancock fights for job as pressure mounts over Covid rules breach
Pressure is mounting on Matt Hancock to resign – and on Boris Johnson to call in the Government’s ethics adviser – after the Health Secretary was caught kissing a close aide in breach of coronavirus restrictions.
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