Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Union’s executive branch, announced that the European Commission’s plan, which has a budget of €120 million, would allow public authorities to create local wireless access points across parks, squares, libraries, and buildings.
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The European Commission (EC) proposals would also require platforms to deploy technology that can detect songs or videos which have been requested for removal by rights holders. (NASDAQ: AAPL) owes the Irish government in back taxes was not specifically mentioned it may be implied he was directly referring to Apple.
“The keys to a healthy balance between the priorities of member states and those of the Union lie in national capitals”, Mr Tusk said. “I do think there was a European message in this too”. He said a common European defense force “should be in complement to North Atlantic Treaty Organisation”.
“We Europeans can never accept Polish workers being harassed, beaten up or even murdered on the streets of Harlow”, Juncker said.
“Europe is a cord of many strands – it only works when we are all pulling in the same direction”, Juncker said.
Juncker said, “we would be happy if the request for Brexit could happen as quickly as possible so that we could take the specific steps which need to happen”.
“Post Brexit and without the British veto [a new military headquarters] has now very much become an option”, said Sophia Besch, research fellow at the Centre for European Reform.
Jean-Claude Juncker, who is in Bratislava for the first summit of European Union leaders without the United Kingdom, suggested there was no prospect of compromise between the two.
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When Britain was a member it was against such a move, preferring to put a reliance on North Atlantic Treaty Organisation forces. He also highlighted some of the successes he felt the European Union had achieved this year; namely the setting up of a strategic investment fund – one of his key manifesto promises. Some EU countries are still grappling with double-digit unemployment rates since the global financial crisis. EU officials say the goal is not a separate “EU Army” – but a better blending of member capabilities.
