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good morning. Starting scoop: British hope for a quick transaction with Brussels on security and defense cooperation was derailed by the EU capital, led by Paris. Immigration, trade, fish.
Today, our climate correspondents have reported on an increase in rebound against rebound on Brussels, as Brussels is preparing to reveal new plans to make Industrial Law more competitive. Masu. And Laura has the story of a former Belgian national soccer player arrested for being associated with drug gangs.
Lost without a compass
According to a liberal European assembly member who plans to stick to the climate goal, companies are hijacking Brussels campaigns to reduce the deficit to promote their own deregulation agendas.
Continal: The European Commission will present a “competitive compass” today. This hopes that Donald Trump will save the block industry and improve economic growth, with concerns about the oath of deregulation of deregulation.
Some of the efforts are to reduce corporate reporting requirements and rationalize sustainability rules. This corresponds to heavy lobby activities by companies and central governments.
This week, the biggest business group in France, Germany and Italy joined Putsch to the shared letter seen by FT, and adjusted the EU law to “match the standards of competitors as needed”. , I asked for adjustment beyond that promise. Reduce only reporting obligations.
Gelven Jean Gerbrandi, Vice Chairman of the European Council’s Liberal Renewal Group, said that Trump’s deregulation agendas use the opportunity to seek reduction in Europe. ”
Gerbrandy said that the EU’s Green Deal Environmental Policy has been presented as “a new growth model and all discussions to maintain its new growth model.”
A paper written by Gelbrandi, a new member of the Diet, with Pascal Canphin and Christoph Grudler, suggests how to attract venture capital to the EU, reduce energy costs, and raise demand for green products. I am.
Several ideas, such as the Pan -European administration to relieve emerging companies and new business bureaucrats, have already been mentioned in the recent speech by the Ursla Von del Rayen Committee.
However, the main political disparity is about the carbon national tax (CBAM), which will be implemented for the first time this year. Fondelleyien’s center right European People’s Party wants to delay it, but we believe that liberal updates should be maintained and expanded.
“For example, China does not want to pay through the CBAM system, so it uses many climate law, so you are destroying the positive external effect,” says Gerbrandy. Say.
Today’s chart: The old man and the weak
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Policy creators around the world are working on the same problem. No matter what incentives they provide, people do not have more babies. Instead of paying for this issue, experts believe that childcare and other services that are easier to access can help.
White line
Laura Duboa wrote that soccer players on the Belgian national team were charged as part of a survey of cocaine trafficking.
Context: On Monday, Belgian authorities have detained 18 Antwerp and Brussels as part of a survey of cocaine smuggling from South America to Antwerp Port.
Among the detained people, there was Radi Ningoran, a former player of Intel Milan and Belgium’s representative team. He is currently playing Lokeren-Temse’s midfielder in the first Belgian category.
Nainggolan was asked yesterday and was prosecuted for participation in a criminal organization, and the authorities later released him under conditions, and prosecutors Julieen Moinil said in a statement.
Omar Souidi, a NAINGGOLAN lawyer, told Belgian media that NAIGGOLAN had denied involvement in cocaine trafficking. “He is not a criminal, but a soccer player,” said Sedi in the de standard.
According to prosecutors, 11 other suspects were arrested, charged with crimes such as imports, transportation, and sales, and led criminal organizations.
Moinil added that the investigation continued, adding another suspect that he had still wanted in Dubai.
What to see today
The European Commission will offer a proposal for a competitive compass.
Chairman Antonio Costa will hold a meeting at Mark Latte, Secretary -General of NATO.
Jordan’s King Abdora is in Brussels to sign a partnership agreement with the EU.
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