Update. @pensoft just released a strong endorsement of the #EuropeanCouncil proposal for no-fee #OpenAccess.
https://blog.pensoft.net/2023/08/21/pensofts-statement-on-the-european-unions-conclusions-on-oa-scholarly-publishing/

"Hereby, we wish to express our full agreement with the Council of the European Union’s conclusion, that 'it is essential to avoid situations where researchers are limited in their choice of publication channels due to financial capacities rather than quality criteria'."

#APCs #DiamondOA #Pensoft

Every now and then, I remember that the #CounciloftheEU and the #EuropeanCouncil include the government of a kleptocracy, that one #EU member state is officially no longer a #democracy and everyone just shrugs it off as we ignore what the Council(s) are, do, decide, etc.

#EuropeanUnion #europol #europolitics #EuropeanParliament #EuropeanMediaFreedomAct #Europe #Europa #UE #mediafreedom #journalism #Pegasus

https://www.investigate-europe.eu/en/2023/meps-call-for-strong-safeguards-for-journalists-against-spyware/

"Regulations approved by the European Council now mandate that companies, including Apple, must ensure that batteries in the iPhone and other products are replaceable by users."

#EU #EuropeanUnion #EuropeanCouncil #Technology

https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/07/13/new-eu-regulations-mandate-user-replaceable-batteries-in-apple-products

"MEPs accuse EU countries of undermining attempts to protect journalists"

More accurately, EU member state governments are undermining Daphnes Law, setting themselves against a united front of Parliament and Commission.

This highlights the need for wholesale reform of EU structures, with more power in Parliament, and less in the European Council.

#SLAPPs #MediaFreedom #journalism #EU #EuropeanParliament #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanCouncil #DaphnesLaw

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/06/26/meps-accuse-eu-countries-of-undermining-attemps-to-protect-journalists

Finde ich einen Fortschritt

European Council
Council of the European Union:
"member states would be obliged to enable the confiscation of unexplained wealth"

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/jha/2023/06/08-09

#europeancouncil

The #EuropeanCouncil has published a statement about high-quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and equitable scholarly publishing. These conclusions support "policies towards a scholarly publishing model that is not-for-profit, #OpenAccess and multi-format, with no costs for authors or readers". https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/05/23/council-calls-for-transparent-equitable-and-open-access-to-scholarly-publications/

The #EuropeanCouncil today issued a statement about #SpaceDebris that mentions impacts to the night sky: “Ministers recognise that while space technology provides multiple benefits to society and the economy, some of the orbits around the Earth are congested with satellites and debris that make the future development of space activities riskier and more complex. In addition, #LightPollution and electromagnetic interference disturb astronomical observation and research.”

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/05/23/the-council-calls-for-a-european-approach-on-space-traffic-management/

Update. The #EuropeanCouncil just adopted the #OpenScience proposal anticipated earlier this month. No #embargoes. No #APCs. #OpenLicenses. #Nonprofit publishing. #Open #infrastructure.
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/05/23/council-calls-for-transparent-equitable-and-open-access-to-scholarly-publications/

EU members approve carbon market scheme, other climate laws

https://www.dw.com/en/eu-members-approve-carbon-market-scheme-other-climate-laws/a-65427299?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#EU #carbonmarket #climatechange #carbonemissions #Fitfor55 #EuropeanCouncil

"Charles Michel, un président du Conseil européen aux voyages coûteux et polluants"

I understand that patience is wearing a little thin with the European Council president. His use of private jets is just one part of it.

#CharlesMichel #EuropeanCouncil

https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2023/04/09/charles-michel-un-president-du-conseil-europeen-aux-voyages-couteux-et-polluants_6168833_3210.html

Ein spaeter #FensterFreitag
A late #WindowFriday
🇪🇺
#Europa building
#Brussels
#EuropeanCouncil

EU leaders set to sign off on Ukraine ammunition deal

https://www.dw.com/en/eu-leaders-set-to-sign-off-on-ukraine-ammunition-deal/a-65088136?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#EuropeanCouncil #EuropeanUnion #WarinUkraine

⚡️#Zelenskyy, #Macron arrive in #Brussels for #EU summit.

The #Ukrainian and #French presidents flew together from #Paris on the morning of Feb. 9 as part of #Zelenskyy's second international trip since #Russia's full-scale invasion of #Ukraine.

Zelenskyy was greeted on the tarmac by #EuropeanCouncil and #EuropeanCommission presidents #CharlesMichel and #UrsulavonderLeyen among other officials.

Photo: Charles Michel/Twitter

#Ukraine

🇪🇺 #EuropeanCouncil President #CharlesMichel officially invited #Zelenskyy to attend the #EU summit on February 9-10 in #Brussels.

#Ukraine

#EuropeanCouncil President #CharlesMichel: “The next weeks, two or three, are decisive. For war and for peace. What happens in 2023 depends a lot on the coming weeks.”

#Ukraine

#CharlesMichel of the #EuropeanCouncil and #DenysShmyhal PM of #Ukraine at today's meeting.

⁉️Now they say we all have a double somewhere.

WHO'S WHO 👀

During a speech in the @Verkhovna_Rada on Thursday, January 19, #EuropeanCouncil President #CharlesMichel said that the #EU is determined to help #Ukraine win on the battlefield and supports #VolodymyrZelenskyy 's peace plan. He also said that the coming weeks and months would be decisive in the war and that Ukraine needed tanks from its partners "immediately."

A new name appeared on the #Alley_of_Courage - #CharlesMichel, the President of the #EuropeanCouncil in #Kyiv.

Thanks for all the help and strong support! #Ukraine appreciates it very much.

#VolodymyrZelenskyy

Communication with media representatives of the President of #Ukraine #VolodymyrZelenskyy and the President of the #EuropeanCouncil #CharlesMichel after the meeting in #Kyiv.

"We are all happy to welcome today in Kyiv our friend, a true friend of #Ukraine - Mr. Charles Michel, President of the European Council. As always, we had a meaningful dialogue, a meaningful visit, meaningful negotiations - in an important, testing time for our state.

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Meaningful negotiations with the President of the #EuropeanCouncil, #CharlesMichel.

#Ukraine and the #EuropeanUnion have already achieved significant results in our historic rapprochement. We are working on achieving even bigger ones.