The Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union pushes for privacy law to be passed By TPN/Lusa, in News, Europe · 23-02-2021 19:00:00 · 0 Comments
Several MEPs, concerned with data protection and the impact on fundamental freedoms, argue that the regulation should apply only to videos or images exchanged in messaging and email services, and not to the monitoring of communications by text or audio.
The Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union wants to quickly agree with the European Community s privacy law on electronic communications to combat sexual abuse of children on the Internet.
To try to unblock the current struggles, and given the “fundamentally different” positions of the two institutions around the proposal for regulation with a view to a temporary derogation from
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Quotes: Global Citizen Launches a Recovery Plan for the World - a Campaign to End COVID-19 for All and Kickstart a Global Recovery
Published 02-23-21
Submitted by Global Citizen
NEW YORK, GENÈVE, Switzerland, and BRUSSELS, February 23, 2021 /CSRwire/– International advocacy organization Global Citizen today launched a Recovery Plan for the World - a campaign to end COVID-19 for all and kickstart a global recovery. The Recovery Plan for the World is a year-long campaign and series of events that aims to: 1) end COVID-19 for all; 2) end the hunger crisis; 3) resume learning everywhere; 4) protect the planet; and 5) advance equity for all.
The high-level conference on the topic “Finding Direction with a Strategic Compass? Reflections on the Future of EU Security and Defence” took place on 19 February 2021 under the auspices of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
The Portuguese Defence Minister, João Gomes Cravinho, opened the conference, which was also addressed by the Deputy Secretary General for Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), Charles Fries, and the Director of the European Defence Agency (EDA), Jiří Šedivý.
This event was part of the Portuguese Defence Ministry’s initiatives during the Portuguese Presidency and the semester of “strategic dialogue”, to prepare the Strategic Compass, the document providing the new CSDP guidelines. Wholly online, the proceedings attracted an audience of over 200 people from think thanks, academic circles, and the main institutions of the EU and the Member States.
The Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union will present on 3 March a text on the position of EU Fisheries Ministers with a view to quickly.
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