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EU launches reset with Africa after pandemic disruption

Africa summit European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi

Brussels, Belgium Reuters   The EU welcomed more than 40 African leaders to Brussels on Thursday in an effort to reassert its influence on a continent where China and Russia have made hefty investment inroads, and where many felt let down by Europe’s COVID-19 vaccines rollout. The European Union will offer several packages of support […]

Most Europeans think governments will miss climate goals, poll finds

Germany Bonn thermometer July 2020

Brussels, Belgium Reuters A majority of European Union citizens think their government will fail to tackle climate change, which Europeans view as the biggest challenge facing humanity this century, a survey published by the European Investment Bank on Wednesday showed. Of 27,700 survey respondents in the EU’s 27 countries, 58 per cent said they believed […]