WAR IN UKRAINE
Russian Missile Barrage Cuts Power and Water Across Ukraine / Photographer: Andrew Kravchenko/AP Photo
Around 70% of the Ukrainian capital remained without power on Thursday morning, as work continued to restore the city's water supply, as covered by the BBC.
European Parliament calls Russia a ‘state sponsor of terrorism’: Yesterday, the European Parliament declared Russia a "state sponsor of terrorism", as detailed by EU Observer. "MEPs, with 494 voting 'yes', 58 'no' votes and 44 abstentions, argued that Moscow's military strikes on civilian targets such as energy infrastructure, hospitals, schools, and shelters violated international law."
This prompted a stark answer - a cyberattack on the Parliaments servers by a Pro-Kremlin group of hackers. Find out more about the attack and the alleged culprits - Killnet - trough the articles below.
ENERGY
Ministers gathered in Brussels for today’s Energy Council reached an informal agreement on the less controversial elements of the Commission’s energy crisis package, but did not agree on a way forward on the so-called Market Correction Mechanism, four EU diplomats said.
EU energy ministers will reconvene for another extraordinary Energy Council before Christmas — most likely on December 13 — amid widespread disapproval of Brussels’ gas price cap proposal. More here, with POLITICO PRO.
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Traffic Jam in Brussels
Le centre de Bruxelles est saturé en raison d’une visite d’État. Une visite d’État de la Suisse a lieu en ce moment dans le centre de notre capitale, ce qui occasionne d’importants embarras de circulation.
Le trafic est d’ailleurs pratiquement à l’arrêt :
Plus avec RTF ici.
ENERGY
EU BUDGET
RULE OF LAW
HUMAN RIGHTS & FREEDOM
This week we take a look at a series of topics through our selection of in-depth and opinion articles. First, a follow up from last weeks' Musk-Twitter shenanigans - should we start looking for a new Twitter? Mastodon is rising as an ethical social-network.
We then move onto some critical remarks over FIFA and the Qatar World Cup - suggesting the EU should better align their liberal ideas to their spending habits.
Updates on the Scottish case, after the UK Supreme court has ruled unanimously that the Scottish government cannot hold a vote on independence without permission from Westminster - causing strong declarations from Nicola Sturgeon.
To conclude, an article by PES MEP Pedro Marques wonders "how will Europe finally deal with the rise of the far right? Still plagued by inward looking national selfishness, will it manage to survive the attacks on democracy from within? " and a piece on the shortcomings of EU's security order.
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