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European Union backs peace and security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with new aid for police reform

The European Union (EU) is maintaining its commitment to the security of the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by earmarking €20 million from the 11th European Development Fund for the Police Reform Support Programme over five years. This brings EU support for police reform up to a total of €60 million.

Commission launches new complaints system to fight trade barriers and violations of sustainable trade commitments

The European Commission has today launched a new complaints system for reporting market access barriers and breaches of Trade and Sustainable Development commitments in the EU’s trade agreements and under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences.

LIFE programme: over €280 million in EU funding for environment, nature and climate action projects

The European Commission has approved an investment package of more than €280 million from the EU budget for over 120 new LIFE programme projects. This EU funding will trigger total investments of nearly €590 million to help meet these projects’ ambitious goals for environment, nature, and climate action. This amount represents a 37% rise compared to last year.

Coronavirus survey: 60% of French admit flouting at least one lockdown rule

Six out of ten French people admit that they have flouted lockdown rules since it was reimposed across the country in an effort to flatten the ballooning COVID-19 curve. In a survey conducted a week after France’s second national lockdown came into force on October 30 and released last week, 60 per cent of respondents admitted […]