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USA
Euroviews. How Trump officials' fixation on false rape accusations hurts the real victims ǀ View
Members of Congress can't let Education Secretary Betsy DeVos off easy when she testifies Thursday about her department's new budget request. They must use this opportunity to interrogate her about her planned changes to sexual harassment rules on college campuses.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. Privacy is overrated. It’s time Big Tech made the positive case for harvesting our data ǀ View
There are lots of people telling us how concerned we should be about giving up our data - but almost no one can tell us exactly why. And even fewer people are reminding us that privacy is a small price to pay for what tech platforms have created for our lives, economies and societies.
USA
Euroviews. McConnell will keep trying to limit abortion until voters end the GOP's majority ǀ View
Yes, you read that right: The GOP wanted to jail doctors who perform abortions. The bills, if they had become law, would have allowed judges to sentence doctors to up to five years in prison. Yes, this is happening in the United States. Yes, you should be outraged.
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Turkey
Euroviews. A EU-Turkey trade pact is a better solution to deal with the Syrian refugee crisis than aid ǀ View
The EU could pursue a track focused on mutual economic benefits, creating attractive trade incentive programs in exchange for Turkey continuing its difficult task. Direct aid is helpful, but perhaps the most sustainable and realistic approach is for Europe to set a new higher mutual trade volume.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. Britain’s “Hostile Environment” is destroying the lives of those who contribute to the UK ǀ View
I had never heard the phrase “hostile environment” until I moved to the UK in 2016, just a few months before the Brexit vote. I assumed - perhaps naively, perhaps arrogantly - that this hostility was reserved for vulnerable refugees, illegal immigrants or convicted criminals.
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Euroviews. An innovation fund could be the best way to cut maritime carbon emissions ǀ View
At the International Chamber of Shipping, we recognise that we have to act, and that’s why, in December, we took steps to play our part in addressing the climate crisis. We submitted a proposal for a research and development (R&D) fund, the likes of which have never been seen before.
Israel
Euroviews. Palestinians need business and opportunity more than a flawed Middle East peace plan ǀ View
Rather than a top-down solution crafted in Washington DC (a strategy that has failed for three decades), the world should focus on “quick wins” to reinvigorate the Palestinian economy and increase startup programmes, business ties and social integration between Israelis and Palestinians.
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Euroviews. The Kremlin is trying to force Twitter and Facebook to store data locally. It’s not alone ǀ View
Required storage of data in a certain location might seem like the anti-internet openness pipe dream of an authoritarian government. But, that could not be further from the truth, with governments from New Delhi to Washington also implementing or considering rules that mandate local storage of data.
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Euroviews. Human rights are at stake in Europe’s fight against nativist populism going mainstream ǀ View
Over the last decade, nativist populists across the European Union have grabbed the headlines. But the cost of that political attention has been less focus paid to how their ideas have entered the mainstream.
USA
Euroviews. Primary voters know Bernie Sanders can beat Trump with his vision for America ǀ View
With the slogan “Not me. Us,” Sanders acknowledges he’s part of something larger than himself: A movement for social justice and economic democracy to counter the threat of right-wing authoritarianism.
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Euroviews. Our disposable culture must end. We need the ‘right to repair’ not recycle our smartphones ǀ View
The Green Deal has paved the way for a sustainable product policy. Now legislators must seize this opportunity to ensure all smartphones sold in the EU are designed to be repaired and last longer.