Author: Euronews

The European Commission has asked X, TikTok, Facebook and other online platforms to mitigate risks to elections and clamp down on voter disinformation, as part of new guidelines adopted on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENTThe guidelines – targeted at online platforms with more than 45 million active users in the EU, and therefore designated ‘Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines’ under the bloc’s pioneering Digital Services Act (DSA) – set out potential measures to tackle election-related risks, harmful AI content, and misleading political advertising.They also include specific guidelines for June’s crunch pan-EU election, amid fears of increased malign interference and a deluge of misinformation…

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Statistics agency INSEE said the 2023 public accounts showed a fiscal shortfall of 5.5% of economic output last year, up from 4.8% the previous year – and significantly more than the government’s target of 4.9%. ADVERTISEMENTFrance’s public sector budget deficit widened in 2023 by more than the government had planned, according to data released on Tuesday by statistics agency INSEE.This means there was a greater gap between income and spending, throwing Macron’s reputation as a fiscally stable president into doubt.The deficit can largely be explained by France’s lower growth figures last year, which reduced tax revenue.The rate of spending expansion…

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Europeans give a thumbs down to the European Union’s efforts to control irregular migration and demand stronger border controls. ADVERTISEMENTThis is one of the eye-catching takeaways from an exclusive Euronews poll conducted by Ipsos among almost 26,000 respondents across 18 member states ahead of the elections to the European Parliament, which will be held between 6 and 9 June.The first-of-its-kind survey shows that 51% of Europeans have a “negative” assessment of the bloc’s impact on migration policy, while only 16% have a “positive” view. Meanwhile, 32% say the impact has been “neither positive nor negative.”The trend cuts through genders, age…

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Merlin joins in criticism of the UK government for failing to bring back a tax cut for overseas visitors, saying it makes it hard to plan big investments. ADVERTISEMENTPrices at some of the UK’s most popular tourist attractions are set to rise for peak-time visits.Merlin Entertainments, the company which owns Legoland, Sea Life and Madame Tussauds, says it is building a “dynamic pricing model” that means charges will be higher at peak times.The model – also known as surge pricing – will be brought into play worldwide at Merlin’s top attractions by the end of 2024.A Merlin Entertainments spokesperson told…

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Brussels has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin not to use the Moscow terror attack as a pretext to intensify his war against Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENTA spokesperson of the European Commission said on Monday that the European Union is “naturally concerned” by Russian officials’ allegations that Kyiv was involved in Friday’s shooting at a concert venue, which killed at least 137 and left more than 180 injured.The Kremlin’s accusations have sparked fears in Europe that Putin could use the Moscow massacre to justify an escalation in Ukraine, now in its third year.”We reject this. There is no indication, no evidence, that Ukraine was…

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