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EU and Japan prepare for Brussels summit as new trade deal underway
The European Union is holding a summit with Japan in Brussels later today.
The high level gathering precedes the G20 meeting, which is to take place in Osaka in June.
It also comes less than three months after the EU-Japan trade deal came into force.
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The Brief: Climate protests go rogue, trade talks, copyright and Mid-East policy
In this edition: Extinction rebellion protests, encouraging civil disobedience to force governments to act on climate change have reached the Belgian capital. Also, EU-US trade talks progress, the controversial copyright rules pass final hurdle and Europe's Mid-East policy up for question.
Belgium
European Elections 2019: What happened this week?
This week we take a look at some of those running for election, including a former tennis world No.1 and a great-grandson with a formidable political lineage, and examine a poll that shows an upward trend for both the parliament's largest groups.
My Europe Series
Between Brexit and a blackhole
Two major news stories in Brussels this week, not related, but it might seem like Brexit is becoming an inescapable political void, and many want it to disappear over the event horizon. Instead the special EU summit moved the leave date to October 31st.
World
Right wing VOX party ruffling feathers at the European Parliament
“Our rights are not negotiable” was the message on display at the European Parliament on Wednesday. A powerful message from a group of Parliament officials protesting a conference involving the far right Spanish political party VOX.
