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On China's labor law and industrial overcapacity [closed]
Regarding the issue of overcapacity in China, I know its root causes, and a significant factor is the connection between overcapacity and China's labor laws. When China joined the WTO, it committed to ...
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What polls are there within EU whether people agree with given support for Israel?
There have been many protests in the world and in America and Europe against Israel's alleged war crimes in Gaza.
What polls are there (within this year) within the EU zone considering whether people ...
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Can New Member States Be Admitted to the EU with an Ongoing Territorial Conflict?
Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004 despite its unresolved territorial division [Robert Schuman Foundation] between the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is ...
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How do the EU countries control artificial market prices?
Suppose various classes of people, e.g., whole-salers, retailers, middlemen, brokers, etc., sell the products or produce at much higher rates than the factory or farm sold them.
As a result, there is ...
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Why couldn't/wouldn't Scholz just block the EU tariffs on Chinese cars?
According to Euronews, in a speech in the Bundestag, Scholz criticized the (recently adopted) EU tariffs on Chinese electric cars.
Why just criticize though? Couldn't Germany have blocked those ...
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Voting strategy for 3-way race/pick 2 [closed]
I’m pondering an upcoming race in which 3 candidates are running to fill 2 seats.
Candidate A is disliked but a lock to win due to majority party affiliation.
Candidate B is well-liked but will have ...
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Were the Europeans taking Syrian refugees by their national decisions?
Were the Europeans taking Syrian refugees by their national decisions? Or were they encouraged to do so by external actors (e.g., the US administration, or any pressure groups, etc.)?
(Asides from the ...
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Why are poverty definitions not based off a person's access to necessities rather than a fixed number?
According to this report on poverty in the EU:
The measure of financial poverty used here is the main indicator of
poverty of the European union. this so-called “at-risk-of-poverty” rate is
a ...
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Why do instructions for various goods sold in EU nowadays lack pages in English?
I have noticed that while user guides, info booklets, stickers, etc. for many goods sold in EU contain information in many languages, this time and another I find that English is not amongst them (at ...
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What are some roadblocks preventing a free trade agreement between the EU and the US?
Despite the US being the EU’s largest trade and investment partner,
there is no dedicated free trade agreement between the EU and the US.
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) ...
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How would a country leaving the EU be worse off economically?
I've been told the UK would be worse off but how exactly would it be? Would a country that left the EU:
Lose anything more than just funding they receive from the EU?
Not just copy the EU's policies ...
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Why does the EU invest in the adherence of countries with very low chances of becoming EU members?
According to Wikipedia, the European Parliament supports the Republic of Moldova's integration in European Union:
The European Parliament passed a resolution in 2014 stating that "in
accordance ...
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Except/before the IRGC vote/resolution, did the US Congress formally urge the EU to designate other organizations as terrorists?
H. Res. 288 passed by a large majority (411-14) on April 16 urges the EU to designate the IRGC as terrorists. Vote summary:
Urging the European Union to expeditiously designate the Islamic ...
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What does "far right tilt" actually mean in the context of the EU in 2024?
The Washington Post's June 9, 2024 European Parliament tilts right; Macron calls snap elections in France uses the terms "far right" and "conservative" three times and "...
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Why are there so many protest against the agriculture policy despite the strong lobby
Generally, the common agriculture policy is a big thing in the European Union (Why does the Common Agricultural Policy exist?)
I read in many German articles that the lobby of the sector is extremely ...
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Couldn't those threatened with asset freezes simply move their money?
There's all this rhetoric about freezing the assets of certain Russians. What I'm asking is, aren't governments issuing these threats simply giving people warning in time to move their money out of ...
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Why is EU strategy dependent on US strategy? [closed]
Why they say that "It would be unlikely that the EU would have developed sufficient “strategic autonomy” to distance itself from a US strategy"?
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Why does the EU find the foreign agent law in Georgia against their values?
The draft law would require organizations receiving more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as "foreign agents".
The EU, which gave Georgia candidate status in December, has ...
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Why has Turkey attached the EU accession condition late?
Turkey could have attached the EU accession condition with Finish NATO membership.
Why has it given Finland a free pass?
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Could European union member countries bypass the EU and make their own individual trade deal with the U.S.?
Could European union member countries bypass the EU and make their own individual trade deal with the U.S.?
For instance Italy decided to join the Belt and Road before other countries meaning that it ...
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Has the UK's HMRC begun the process of inspecting arrivals of EU goods?
It was made clear at the start that notwithstanding EU checks on UK movements into the single market, Britain would delay its implementation of checks.
Have they now begun?
If not will it cause yet ...
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Why is North Korean airline Air Koryo banned from the European Union?
Air Koryo is currently banned from the European Union with the cited reason being safety.
Yet Air Koryo had its last accident with fatalities in 1983 thus being one of the safest air companies in the ...
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Is the UK not member of Schengen, Customs Union, Economic Area, Free Trade Association among others anymore now after Brexit?
I have picture showing where the UK is now compared to other countries. (Outside of European Free Trade Association, European Economic Area, Schengen Area, European Union, Eurozone, EU Customs Union).
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Western politicians who accused Israel of starving Gaza
On March 18, Josep Borrell, the European Union's High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, claimed that Israel is deliberately causing famine in Gaza:
"In Gaza we ...
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Agricultural subsidies of the EU: Why didn't / don't developing countries impose import tariffs on agricultural products?
A common criticism against the agricultural subsidies (mainly against export subsidies) of the European Union is that it leads to dumping in developing nations (say, for example, Ghana) and destroys ...
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Why did food "double standard" reach the political level?
Several East-European countries have called on the EU to address the "double standards" used by food companies in selling different products under identical labels in the bloc's eastern and western ...
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Where can I find the final text of EU Deal for Double Food Standards?
This Politico article argues about the EU deal related to Double Food Standards:
After fighting long and hard to reach an agreement, the European
Commission passed a set of rules last week that ...
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How does the EU allocate food quotas to individual countries/producers?
The EU regulates food imports by publishing a list of quotas for each food category and country of manufacture. Some of the quotas are also available to any country worldwide rather than a specific ...
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Is there any legal consequence that can come from Israel not abiding by the latest UN resolution?
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council on Monday (Mar 25)
demanded an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian
militants Hamas and the immediate and unconditional release of all
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Does the EU have similar deals with other countries to prevent migrants from illegally immigrating to Europe?
The European Union on Sunday announced a €7.4 billion aid package for
cash-strapped Egypt amid concerns that economic pressure and conflicts
and chaos in neighbouring countries could drive more ...
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Why did the former SSR countries like Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia face no trouble from Russia joining NATO and EU?
Why did the former SSR countries like Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia face no trouble from Russia to join NATO and EU, while countries like Georgia and Ukraine were/are facing Russian military ...
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Is food additive usage unified across the EU (except for traditional foods)?
Some time ago I saw on the news a person arguing about the differences between food additives (Es) within EU, focusing on the fact that some countries allow more additive than others.
This EU ...
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Why wouldn't the EU recommend to Baltic states and Ukraine to give Russian language official status?
As known, the Russian language is widely spoken in the states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, which are EU members, and Ukraine, which has signed the association with the EU, is native to 29.6% of ...
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What EU preparations does Christine Lagarde propose for a Trump presidency in the areas of 'capital market union' and 'single market', and why?
In CNN's January 31, 2024 ECB President: I don't regret warning about Donald Trump where CNN's Richard Quest interviews European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde there is this exchange after ...
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Why is Austria's foreign minister explicitly not supporting Ukraine's full membership in the European Union?
According to this source, Austria's foreign minister said that Ukraine shouldn't be given full EU membership:
While Schallenberg supports stronger relations between Europe and
Ukraine, he doesn't ...
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Why would Putin or Russia benefit from a weak EU or weak EU countries?
Various (western) commentators and politicians state that "the only one happy with/benefiting from [insert bad scenario here] is Putin/Russia" (I'm not sure which one(s) of the two they mean). ...
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Does Hungary have anything to gain from defending Israel's actions in Gaza?
But despite Berlin joining the likes of France, Spain, Ireland and
Belgium, which have strongly pushed for measures against violent
Israeli extremist settlers in the West Bank, the EU is stuck. The
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Is the requirement of being aligned with the EU's foreign policy in order to join it written into law?
The threat Russia poses in the Western Balkans should not be
exaggerated. Virulent nationalist rhetoric aside, Serbia is not
beholden to the Kremlin but rather is hedging its bets, as it has done
for ...
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What is the point of northern European countries being part of the Union for the Mediterranean?
The Union for the Mediterranean is an organization which has the aim of "enhancing cooperation and partnership in the Mediterranean through the implementation of specific regional cooperation ...
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What is the purpose of Kosovo's Application Request to Join EU if several EU members do not recognize its independence?
At the end of 2022 Kosovo's leaders (..) signed a formal application seeking the status of candidate for membership in the European Union.
According to Wikipedia, five EU members do not recognize ...
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Has the EU or EC done anything to stop laborers from North Korea from being exploited in Poland?
"I could feel the tremendous fear he was going through. The fear that
something horrible would happen to his family because he did not
return to North Korea," says Kati Piri, a Dutch Social ...
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What was the last time an EU member used its veto power to prevent a country from joining the EU?
“Hungary’s perspective is clear: Ukraine is not ready for us to begin
negotiations on its EU membership. It’s a completely illogical,
irrational, and improper decision,” Hungary’s prime minister said.
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What is the political argument of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy that Ukraine should not join NATO or EU, and remain neutral?
This article in LeMonde - Sarkozy criticized for call to compromise with Russia - states that the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is a strong advocate of Ukraine being neutral:
France's ...
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Why does the fishing industry have such a powerful lobby in Europe?
Fishing has been the last issue blocking the ratification of the Brexit and is seemingly the primary reason why Iceland and Norway have refused to join the EU. But why is the fishing lobby so powerful?...
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Like the EU, have US states discussed refugee sharing system?
EU countries have been talking about an agreement wherein the burden of refugees will be shared across many countries, not just the ones on frontier. For example, refugees that come to Italian shores ...
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Is there an advantage in being a member of the EFTA, but not a member of the EU?
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is a regional trade
organization and free trade area consisting of four European states:
Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.[4] The organization
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Is there a reason why Liechtenstein is not a member of the European Union?
Economically, Liechtenstein has one of the highest gross domestic
products per person in the world when adjusted for purchasing power
parity.[17] The country has a strong financial sector centred in
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Which is the most recent European country that joined the EU without a referendum?
Twice, in 1972 and in 1994, the Norwegian government had tried to join
the EU (still the EEC, in 1973) and by doing so, leave the EFTA.
However, both the times, the membership of the EU was rejected ...
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If the EU were viewed as a federation, would it appear more decentralized than the U.S.?
The U.S. may appear distinctive compared to many European nations in the extent to which state laws differ from state to state, as they are given more jurisdiction to govern themselves. For example, ...
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Are there EU countries that offer a path to citizenship for non-EU foreign workers?
In the US there exist "dual intent" visas, e.g. H-1B, which while being a temporary work permit, nevertheless can lead to a permanent residence rights ("green card", usually sponsored by the employer ...
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