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Wmdy EU cash: start the tough talking now
Belgium headed toward lockdown unless coronavirus cases stop rising, experts warnThis week will be important to determine whether new restrictions are necessary, top virologist says.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInA street in Antwerp on July 27, 2020 | John Thys/AFP via Getty ImagesAugust 10, 202012:55 pm CETBy Laurenz GehrkeThis week will be important in determini stanley cup ng whether Belgium has to introduce stricter measures to fight the coronavirus, including a potential second lockdown, experts told national media on Monday.Belgium number of new coronavirus cases has been rising for several weeks now, a development t stanley termoska hat has already prompted the government to tighten rules again after relaxing them earlier in the summer. Antwerp saw the steepest increase, triggering a nighttime curfew in the city.If the numbers don ;t stabilize this week, tightening is needed. I am not going to speculate about what they should be. But there are no longer many options, said virologist Marc Van Ranst of KU Leuven. Then you quickly end up with lockdown-like ; measures and nobody wants that. 822 stanley cup 1;AdvertisementAdvertisementAccording to data published by Belgian health authorities Monday morning, between July 31 and August 6, the number of positive test results in the country increased by 16 percent compared with the previous seven days. From Sunday to Monday, the number of confirmed cases grew by 751.Geert Molenbergh Avsh Parliament critique of Commission agri-fund
Rehn keeps doors open for further enlargementIn the face of considerable political opposition, Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn yesterday 8 November set out the case for furthe stanley cup r expansion of the EU.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInNovember 8, 20065:00 pm CETBy Andrew BeattyPresenting the Commissions strategy on enlargement and the annual reports on seven countries progress towards joining the EU, Rehn admitted that the coming months would be difficult, but insisted that enlargement was the very essence o stanley thermobecher f European integration. Despite his playful references to Bob Dylan, Credence Clearwater Revival and George Orwell, the difficulties that the commissioner faces in keeping enlargement on the agenda in the coming months and years are evident.His most pressing task will be to help reach a deal allowing Turkey to open its ports and airports to ships and planes from all EU member states, including Cyprus, in exchange for ending the Turkish Cypriots isolation 鈥?by mid-December. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Commission said it would wait until just before EU leaders meet in Brussels on 14-15 December before recommending whether talks with Turkey should be suspended over the dispute, the train crash that Rehn had warned against. stanley borraccia Most analysts agree that the prospect for a deal is not good, but Rehn said option B is bad or worse . With the Spring presidential elections looming in France, Rehn attempted to reassure France and other m |
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