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Last EU-US tech council before elections, cloud sovereignty requirements deleted from EUCS – Euractiv

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“Regardless of whoever is going to be next year in the White House or in the Berlaymont, this strength has to continue to be nurtured and developed.”

– An EU official said at the EU-US Trade and Technology Council in Leuven, Belgium, on Thursday.

 

Story of the week: The European Commission played down fears that the EU-US

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Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe QUITS Greens to become leader of an Aboriginal sovereignty movement

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Victorian senator Lidia Thorpe has quit the Greens to become the leader of the black sovereignty movement, she revealed on Monday afternoon. 

Wearing Sovereignty Never Ceded earrings, Senator Thorpe confirmed her exit after a Greens partyroom meeting on the first parliamentary sitting day.

‘Now I will be able to speak freely on all issues from a sovereign perspective, without being constrained by portfolios and agreed party positions,’ she said.

‘This country has a strong grassroots black sovereign movement full of

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Good ol’ health sovereignty – EURACTIV.com

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In its presentation of the external dimension of the European Health Union, the EU executive introduced a new buzzword – ‘health sovereignty’. However, once you scratch the surface, little new remains.

Exactly a week ago, the European Commission presented the EU Global Health Strategy (and EURACTIV readers already got a sneak peek of its content a few days before its unveiling).

In a nutshell, the strategy mostly consists of replicating the leadership role of the EU in the global response

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The Story of Baby O—and the Case That Could Gut Native Sovereignty

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In March of 2016, a newborn baby was left at a hospital in Nevada. In court documents, the child is called “Baby O,” but we will call her “Octavia.” When she was 3 days old, Octavia went to live with a couple named Heather and Nick Libretti in the small city of Sparks, Nev., just outside of Reno. At the time, Heather did PR for a classic cars festival, while Nick worked as a mechanic. The

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From food sovereignty to food security – EURACTIV.com

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Last week saw France’s agriculture minister, Julien Denormandie, step back from politics altogether after being snubbed for the role of prime minister.

His shoes were quickly filled by Marc Fesneau, who is, despite having a relatively low public profile, well respected in the field of agriculture and received strong backing from the sector.

And, interestingly, alongside a shiny new minister came a shiny new title.

‘Alimentation’ (‘food’) has been officially dropped from the minister’s title in favour of

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health data space, Russian internet sovereignty, DMA’s final rush – EURACTIV.com

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“The European Health Data Space is a health-specific data environment which comprises rules, common standards and practices, infrastructures and a governance framework for the use and reuse of electronic health data.

-Leaked communication introducing the European Health Data Space

 

Story of the week: EURACTIV got hold of a leaked draft of the European Commission’s proposal for a

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