Day: March 20, 2021

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European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies – Genome editing: Commission’s Ethics Group calls for wide-ranging societal debate and global governance

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The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), an independent advisory body to the Commission, has today published its Opinion on the ethics of genome editing. The Opinion analyses ethical questions raised by the application of genome editing in humans, animals and plants, and hence spans health,

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Paweł Adamowicz Award will honour those who fight for freedom and solidarity and combat intolerance, oppression and xenophobia

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The European Committee of the Regions, together with the International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) and the city of Gdańsk, announced today, at the presence of Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, the creation of the Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Award. The award – named after Paweł Adamowicz, mayor of Gdańsk

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Regions and cities call for a stronger European financial support for territories worst affected by Brexit

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Increase the size of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve from EUR 5 billion to EUR 6 billion; adapt the support for fisheries to regional impact; provide more flexibility with regard to state aids and involve local and regional representatives in the designing and managing processes of the new instrument. These are

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Regional leaders call for upward convergence of minimum wages across Europe and an end to in work poverty

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Regions and cities believe that a social, fair and sustainable market economy cannot be achieved in the European Union without combatting in-work poverty and securing upward convergence of minimum wages. The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has therefore welcomed the European Commission’s proposal for a directive, which provides a

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Protecting rights “must be given priority” in EU’s migration pact

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The European Union’s institutions should revise proposals in its New Pact on Migration and Asylum in ways that provide greater support to regions on the EU’s borders, ensure better protection for the vulnerable, and reduce the length of time spent at reception centres on the EU’s borders, the European Committee

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Integration of migrants: Commission and Committee of the Regions partnership for EU support to local action

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The Commission and the Committee of the Regions are launching today a new partnership to increase cooperation and support to EU cities, regions and rural areas for their work to help integrate new arrivals. The partnership is a follow-up to the action plan on integration and inclusion 2021-2027 that the

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