EU Vice President @VeraJourova announcing now new Commission proposals to reinforce democracy and the integrity of national elections in the EU.

It includes a proposal for new rules on political advertising, electoral rights and funding of political parties.
“Elections must not be a competition of opaque and non-transparent methods," says Jourova.

"People must know why they are seeing an ad, who paid for it, how much, what micro-targeting criteria were used. New technologies should be tools for emancipation, not for manipulation."
Some of the proposed EU rules emulate what has been attempted in the US to stop opaque campaign financing.

Paid political advertising would have to be clearly labelled with key information including the name of the sponsor prominently displayed, and declaring the amount spent.
The EU rules would set strict conditions for targeting and amplification of political ads.

Anything targeting ethnic origin, religious beliefs or
sexual orientation would be banned. Transgressions would be fined heavily.

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25 Nov
Migrants caught in the middle of a disastrous low in Anglo-French relations.

UK politicians blaming French for lack of border vigilance. French politicians blaming British for extensive black market labour conditions that act as a pull across the channel. politico.eu/article/france…
"Everyone knows there are more than 1.2 million illegal immigrants in Great Britain, and that British employers use this labor force to make things that the British manufacture and consume," says French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.
This is a point European politicians have long made privately, but never so publicly before.

They say it's easier to work as an undocumented worker in UK than in continental Europe, which is why people try to cross the channel even after they've already snuck into EU/Schengen.
Read 4 tweets
25 Nov
@EmmanuelMacron's government reacting very positively to the German government coalition agreement yesterday.

The governing plan includes key Macroniste ideas like "strategic autonomy", stronger EU foreign/defence policy and a carbon border tax (CBAM).
Key line suggests new German government wants to break from the practice until now of handicapping the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs role created in 2009 (countries have given limited powers and not appointed strong people).

It calls for “a real EU foreign minister"
So, the new German government may depart from status quo until now of Germany pretending it's a Switzerland and holding back the EU from taking a strong role in the world.

They may also break from the German orthodoxy until now of resisting true EU fiscal union and solidarity.
Read 4 tweets
15 Nov
EU High Rep @JosepBorrellF on new #Belarus sanctions following EU foreign ministers' meeting:

"We are looking at all possible solutions to stop the Lukashenko regime from targeting us, and targeting its own population."
audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/live/2?…
Though the legal basis to expand the EU's sanctions against Belarus was adopted today, the specific list of who/what will be sanctioned was not.

That will be adopted in the coming days, Borrell says.
Borrell's message to migrants: "The road to the EU does not lead through #Belarus."

EU is "providing information in order to avoid people being instrumentalised and weaponised with a political objective. This is illegal, and inhuman."

"This crisis has been artificially created"
Read 6 tweets
14 Nov
The Netherlands has imposed a partial lockdown for at least 3 weeks.

Bars, restaurants and shops must all close at 8pm.

There is speculation Belgium will follow, as our caseload here is similar to NL.
theguardian.com/world/2021/nov…
I'm surprised that liberty-loving Netherlands is 1st in Western Europe to impose a lockdown since mass vaxination.

It's quite severe: No more than 4 guests at home, spectator sports banned, home working mandatory.

PM Rutte called them "very unpleasant and far-reaching measures"
NL is 1st W. European country to impose a lockdown since vaccines became available.

Countries in E. Europe, with much lower vax rates, imposed lockdowns a few weeks ago.

Vax rate is biggest determiner of deaths. But some very vaxed countries (🇬🇧🇮🇹🇧🇪) seeing increasing deaths.
Read 6 tweets
5 Nov
I’m at a global travel & tourism conference in León, Spain - hearing from industry experts about what they’re expecting for the next year.

This is an industry on its knees, and much of what I heard was depressing. But there’s also very promising signs. Some takeaways: (🧵 1/6)
One thing’s clear: industry feels EU’s successful #VaccinePassport scheme saved the summer.

Travel within 🇪🇺 now totally open and mostly hassle-free, esp compared to European countries requiring PCR test instead (UK). But travel outside EU will stay at low levels for some time.
I heard predictions that travel & tourism sector won’t recover to 2019 levels until *2025*.

Many tourism businesses will fold if it takes that long. What do they need? Quick international coordination on travel requirements and globally recognised vaccination certification.
Read 6 tweets
27 Oct
“You cannot pocket all the money but refuse the values,” Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo warns #Poland.

"Here in Europe some want to install 'illiberal democracy', as if something like that could exist."
Belgian PM warns the European illiberal camp wants "the tyranny of the majority over the minority".

"This tyranny is exactly what's popping up in Europe today. Governments attacking the free press, denigrating Muslims and immigrants, denying fundamental rights to women & LGBTI"
"Our European liberal democracy is exactly the opposite," the Belgian PM continues.

"It's about human decency, personal freedom, and allowing all people to live their lives freely and come together as one society. It is about the separation of powers"
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