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Feb 17 β€’ 6 tweets β€’ 3 min read
πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί European Front Pages 17/02/23

Happy Friday!

Was going to post a few of these late last night, but well Whiskey got in the way.

So you don't get #TomorrowsPapersToday, and instead get #TodaysPapersToday

Here's a selection of the front page stories across the EU.

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GR πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· - Kathimerini

LABOR DAY: The Greek Labor Ministry is expanding its Digital Labour Card scheme to two new sectors, which tracks the clocking in and out times of all employees in companies with a 250+ headcount.

Yes, the govt are tracking their working hours.

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ES πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ - La RazΓ³n

EQUALITY?: New and controversial amendments to abortion and trans laws in Spain have been approved by Congress, despite warnings from judges that they may have unintended and unwanted impacts.

The article looks to what happened in Scotland as a case study.

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FR πŸ‡«πŸ‡· - Le Figaro

ASSISTED SUICIDE: 13 organisations, representing over 800,000 care givers and health workers across France, have signed a letter to the govt stating that their proposals of legalizing assisted suicide are incompatible with their duty of care.

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DE πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ - Rheinische Post

RELIEF DELAYED: Relief payments to energy customers, to help with the high energy prices, are to be further delayed due to "software issues".

Payments were already being backdated in March to cover Jan and Feb, adding further pressure on consumers.

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FR πŸ‡«πŸ‡· - Le Parisien

NUCLEAR WORRIES: To meet the promises made by the Macron govt, an additional 80,000 people will need to be hired in the next 10 years to build next gen nuclear reactors.

All in the climate of dismal financials and abysmal debt published by EDF today.

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More from @TerraOrBust

Feb 18
TANGIBLE BREXIT BENEFITS: ONE YEAR LATER

About a year ago, I was asked to provide 10 "Tangible Benefits" of leaving the EU. So over the course of a lunchbreak I wrote a list of 10 and sent it over.

Since then it has been shared thousands of time, and even made the press.

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Over the year, as more benefits came to fruition, I have done the research - and those where I was able to confidently demonstrate and verify a true Brexit benefit as existing, I added to the list.

Today I added the 20th item onto the list. Double the original challenge.

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So to celebrate the task having been delivered twice over, and to reflect that time has passed and some items in the list needed updating as to current status, I have decided to rewrite the full 20 items in a new post - so please, sit back and enjoy.

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Feb 18
πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί European Front Pages 18/02/23

Welcome to the weekend people.

Here's what the papers have in store for us on the continent, should we find ourselves at some continental Bistro by accident when we wake up.

#TomorrowsPapersToday

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FR πŸ‡«πŸ‡· - Le Figaro

POWER LOSS: EDF published bleak financials yesterday, with the fallout of how the French govt handled the energy crisis resulting in them showing a nearly €18bn loss in 2022, giving them a total debt of nearly €65bn.

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DE πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ - Bild

FLUG ZONK: An airport workers strike in Germany resulted in more than 2,300 flights having to be cancelled, and over 300,000 passengers travel plans ruined.

The workers in strike are wanting a 10.5% pay increase.

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Feb 15
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ UK Trade Negotiations In Flight πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§

Since some of these things drop off the radar when they are not actively discussed, thought I would do a quick 🧡 to run through some of the negotiations that are known to be under way between the UK and other countries around the world

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To summarise all the negotiations that I know about:

Canada FTA Upgrade
CPTPP Accession
GCC FTA
Greenland FTA
India FTA
Israel FTA Upgrade
Mexico FTA Upgrade
Singapore Green Economy Agmt
Switzerland Fin Svs Agmt
USA Critical Minerals Agmt
USA State Specific MoUs

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UK πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ - πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Canada FTA Upgrade

βœ… Kickoff: March 2022
βœ… 1st Round: 28 Mar - 8 Apr
βœ… 2nd Round: 20 - 24 Jun
βœ… 3rd Round: 12 - 16 Sep
βœ… 4th Round: 28 Nov - 4 Dec
πŸ“… 5th Round: March 2023

Target Completion Date: Dec 2023

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Feb 15
πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί European Front Pages 15/02/23

Been a few days since I've done one of these - frankly the papers have been a bit dull and I've had other things to do. So sue me πŸ€ͺ

But here comes a snapshot of the news hitting the continent in the morning

#TomorrowsPapersToday

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FR πŸ‡«πŸ‡· - Le Figaro

MINOR INCREASE: France has seen a significant increase in unaccompanied foreign minors crossing the French-Italian border illegally in recent years - from 174 in 2014, to over 5,000 in 2022.

Some are putting this down to the "Meloni Effect"

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FR πŸ‡«πŸ‡· - Le Monde

JOBS HIGH: France recorded a further fall in unemployment in Q4 2022 to 7.2%, which is the lowest it has been since Q4 2008.

UK unemployment stood at 3.7% in December 2022.

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Jan 7
Bonus Item 16

As covered by The Spectator, the recent partnership on cancer treatment R&D between the UK govt and BioNTech, is only possible due to the post-Brexit regulatory environment that we have been able to foster and develop.

Which could benefit all of humanity.

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Bonus Item 17

Outside of the EU CAP, which mainly benefitted very large landowners with subsidies, the UK system is being changed to encourage better stewardship of farmland as animal habitats, and will spread the subsidies better amongst smaller farms.

bbc.com/news/science-e…
Bonus Item 18

Removing a regulation that the EU itself says is pointless, will save consumers upwards of 5-10% off an average bottle of sparkling wine.

Removing the pointless regulation will see upto 50p saved on manufacturing costs, per bottle. Image
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