LISBON|BRUSSELS
Portugal’s Secretary of State for European Affairs, Ana Paula Zacarias, said on Wednesday that the procedure for assessing violations of the rule of law in Poland and Hungary may be delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more.
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BERLIN
Warnings over growing anti-Semitism in Germany. In honour of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the German Bundestag dedicated an hour to commemorating the victims of the Shoah on Wednesday, during which speakers warned of growing anti-Semitism in the country and condemned the Holocaust’s trivialisation by coronavirus sceptics. Read more.
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PARIS
Unemployment up by 7.5% in 2020. The number of unemployed people rose by 7.5% in 2020 despite a 2.7% drop in the fourth quarter, according to figures published Wednesday by the French labour ministry’s department. Read more.