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Belgium’s Consultation Committee, which includes representatives of the various governments of the country, is set to examine whether a ban on non-essential travel could be imposed in the absence of an EU-wide solution after the EU summit on Thursday. Read more.
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BERLIN
Germany wants to talk Nord Stream 2 with Biden administration. German Chancellor Angela Merkel aims to discuss the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with the Biden administration after US sanctions against companies participating in the project went into effect this week. Read more.
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PARIS
French health minister defends vaccination strategy. “Before the end of January, we will have carried out 1.3 or 1.4 million vaccinations, more than the one million we announced,” French Health Minister Olivier Véran said on TF1’s evening news Thursday in defence of his government’s vaccine strategy, which had been criticised for its slowness. Read more.
– Dunja Mijatović, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights.
Story of the week: As the European Commission readies new rules on Artificial Intelligence to be presented in March, we take look at what could be in store.
Podcast: In this week’s edition, we draw on comments from high-level Commission officials to get a picture of the EU executive’s vision for AI in the EU. We also catch up with Ella Jakubowska, a campaign officer for EDRi, the European Digital Rights group, who is behind a new EU Citizens Initiative dubbed ‘Reclaim Your Face,’ which advocates for a blanket ban on facial recognition technologies in public spaces.