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Eine Bundespolizistin zieht sich am Grenzübergang zur Schweiz vor einer Kontrolle eine Atemmaske auf. In der Coronavirus-Krise führt Deutschland am Montag umfassende Kontrollen und Einreiseverbote an den Grenzen auch zur Schweiz ein.

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A surgeon receives a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. Photo: Loic Venance / AFP

A surgeon receives a dose of the Pfizer/... […]

An airplane flying above Liverpool's John Lennon Airport, 05 January 2007, on the day that British Environment Minister Ian Pearson said that budget airline Ryanair was the "irresponsible face of capitalism". The European Commission proposed last month to set carbon dioxide emission quotas starting in 2011, airlines will be asked to pay for exceeding their current level of emissions. This could have the effect of raising ticket prices by up to nine euros (about 12 dollars) by 2020 for internal European flights. Ryanair has opposed efforts to control carbon emissions saying a trading scheme would discriminate against low-cost airlines. AFP PHOTO/PAUL ELLIS (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)

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European Medicines Agency (EMA) Executive Director, Emer Cooke, poses outside the EMA headquarters in Amsterdam. Photo: FranÁois Walschaerts / AFP

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Europe put to the test by the pandemic

Health

A surgeon receives a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. Photo: Loic Venance / AFP

A surgeon receives a dose of the Pfizer/... […]

An airplane flying above Liverpool's John Lennon Airport, 05 January 2007, on the day that British Environment Minister Ian Pearson said that budget airline Ryanair was the "irresponsible face of capitalism". The European Commission proposed last month to set carbon dioxide emission quotas starting in 2011, airlines will be asked to pay for exceeding their current level of emissions. This could have the effect of raising ticket prices by up to nine euros (about 12 dollars) by 2020 for internal European flights. Ryanair has opposed efforts to control carbon emissions saying a trading scheme would discriminate against low-cost airlines. AFP PHOTO/PAUL ELLIS (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)

An airplane flying above Liverpool's Joh... […]

European Medicines Agency (EMA) Executive Director, Emer Cooke, poses outside the EMA headquarters in Amsterdam. Photo: FranÁois Walschaerts / AFP

European Medicines Agency (EMA) Executiv... […]

Facing new risks

Economy

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Joe Biden (centre) is flanked by Ursula von der Leyen (left) and Charles Michel ahead of the EU-US summit in Brussels. Photo: Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP

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An Airbus A380 (right) taxis past a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at the 2014 Farnborough Air Show in Hampshire, England. Photo: Leon Neal / AFP

An Airbus A380 (right) taxis past a Boei... […]

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline landfall facility in Lubmin, northeast Germany, pictured on September 7, 2020. Photo: Odd Andersen / AFP

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The economic recovery of Europe

Trade

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Joe Biden (centre) is flanked by Ursula von der Leyen (left) and Charles Michel ahead of the EU-US summit in Brussels. Photo: Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP

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An Airbus A380 (right) taxis past a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at the 2014 Farnborough Air Show in Hampshire, England. Photo: Leon Neal / AFP

An Airbus A380 (right) taxis past a Boei... […]

France's President Emmanuel Macron (left) and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) look at US President Donald Trump during a 2019 NATO summit in Watford. Photo: Christian Hartmann / AFP-Pool / File

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Internal market flourishes, but protectionism looms

Transportation and mobility

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Joe Biden (centre) is flanked by Ursula von der Leyen (left) and Charles Michel ahead of the EU-US summit in Brussels. Photo: Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP

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An Airbus A380 (right) taxis past a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at the 2014 Farnborough Air Show in Hampshire, England. Photo: Leon Neal / AFP

An Airbus A380 (right) taxis past a Boei... […]

The EU has already launched legal proceedings against the UK after it delayed custom controls on some goods arriving in Northern Ireland from mainland Britain. Photo: Paul Faith / AFP

The EU has already launched legal procee... […]

The European Union in motion

Energy

Abendröte schmückt den Himmel am Freitag (11.10.2002) am Kohlekraftwerk Mehrum (Kr. Peine) bei einer Temperatur um drei Grad und scharfem Ostwind. In der Nähe dieser Anlage drehen sich viele Windräder auf den landwirtschaftlichen Flächen. dpa/lni

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The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline landfall facility in Lubmin, northeast Germany, pictured on September 7, 2020. Photo: Odd Andersen / AFP

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline landfall ... […]

The idea would make it mandatory for all major companies to disclose, for example, their carbon dioxide emissions. Photo: Ina Fassbender / AFP

The idea would make it mandatory for all... […]

At the heart of Northvolt’s plans is what the company calls a “gigafactory” producing batteries in northern Sweden. Photo: Ronny Hartmann / AFP

At the heart of Northvolt’s plans is w... […]

The journey from a coal union to the energy transition

Defence and security

25.04.2018, Brandenburg, Schönefeld: Das zweistrahliges Mehrzweckkampfflugzeug Dassault Rafale aus Frankreich ist bei der Raumfahrtausstellung (ILA) ausgestellt. Bis Sonntag präsentierten 1100 Aussteller aus 41 Ländern ihre Neuheiten von Flugzeugen über Drohnen und Flugtaxis bis hin zu Raketentechnik. (zu dpa "Ein Kampfjet für Europa - Berlin und Paris gehen in Rüstungsoffensive" am 26.04.2018)

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US President Joe Biden disembarks from Air Force One after arriving at Melsbroek Military Airport in Brussels on June 13, 2021, ahead of the NATO and EU-US summits. Photo: Yves Herman / Pool / AFP

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A Ukrainian serviceman in a trench on the frontline with Russia-backed separatists near the town of Zolote, in Ukraine's Lugansk region, on April 8, 2021. Photo: Str / AFP

A Ukrainian serviceman in a trench on th... […]

Austrian police work on November 3, 2020 at Morzinplatz, one of the areas of the multiple shootings that occured on the eve in the center of Vienna, Austria. - A huge manhunt was under way November 3, 2020 after gunmen opened fire at multiple locations across central Vienna, killing at least three people and wounding several more in what the Austrian Chancellor described as a "repulsive terror attack". One of the suspected killers, identified as an Islamic State group sympathiser, was shot dead by police who said they were searching for at least one more assailant still at large. (Photo by ALEX HALADA / AFP)

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A continent's preparations for a world of challenges

Climate change

An airplane flying above Liverpool's John Lennon Airport, 05 January 2007, on the day that British Environment Minister Ian Pearson said that budget airline Ryanair was the "irresponsible face of capitalism". The European Commission proposed last month to set carbon dioxide emission quotas starting in 2011, airlines will be asked to pay for exceeding their current level of emissions. This could have the effect of raising ticket prices by up to nine euros (about 12 dollars) by 2020 for internal European flights. Ryanair has opposed efforts to control carbon emissions saying a trading scheme would discriminate against low-cost airlines. AFP PHOTO/PAUL ELLIS (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)

An airplane flying above Liverpool's Joh... […]

The idea would make it mandatory for all major companies to disclose, for example, their carbon dioxide emissions. Photo: Ina Fassbender / AFP

The idea would make it mandatory for all... […]

A coal-fired power station in western Germany. Photo: Ina FAassender / AFP

A coal-fired power station in western Ge... […]

Tackling global warming

Digitalization

Netzwerkkabel hängen am 14.02.2013 in Jülich (Nordrhein-Westfalen) im Forschungszentrum an der Rückseite des Supercomputers Juqueen. Europas schnellster Rechner, Juqueen, geht offiziell an den Start. Mit einer maximalen Rechenleistung von 5,9 Petaflops kann der Supercomputer sechs Billiarden Rechenoperationen pro Sekunde durchführen. Foto: Oliver Berg/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

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Despite Amazon's colossal footprint and market capitalisation of more than $1 trillion, its profit margin last year amounted to just 6.3%. Photo: David Becker / AFP

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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (L) meets President of the Eurogroup, Paschal Donohoe, during the G7 finance ministers meeting in London on June 5, 2021. Photo: Alberto Pezzali / Pool

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (L) m... […]

A family photo of the G7 Finance Ministers meeting at Lancaster House in London on June 5. Photo: Henry Nicholls / AFP-Pool

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A connected continent

EU budget

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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (L) meets President of the Eurogroup, Paschal Donohoe, during the G7 finance ministers meeting in London on June 5, 2021. Photo: Alberto Pezzali / Pool

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A family photo of the G7 Finance Ministers meeting at Lancaster House in London on June 5. Photo: Henry Nicholls / AFP-Pool

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Combination of pictures created on January 12, 2021 shows a file photo taken on October 2, 2020 of Italian PM Giuseppe Conte at The European Council Building in Brussels (L) and then former Italian PM, Matteo Renzi, on March 5, 2018 at the PD headquarters in Rome.

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A new framework for funding the future of Europe

Brexit

The EU has already launched legal proceedings against the UK after it delayed custom controls on some goods arriving in Northern Ireland from mainland Britain. Photo: Paul Faith / AFP

The EU has already launched legal procee... […]

Head of the Task Force for Relations with the UK, Michel Barnier, pictured during the debate on EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement at the European Parliament in Brussels, on April 27, 2021. Photo: Olivier Hoslet / Pool / AFP

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View of the Canary Wharf financial district in east London. Photo: Tolga Akmen / AFP

View of the Canary Wharf financial distr... […]

Britain’s divorce from the EU

Food and agriculture

The EU has already launched legal proceedings against the UK after it delayed custom controls on some goods arriving in Northern Ireland from mainland Britain. Photo: Paul Faith / AFP

The EU has already launched legal procee... […]

A person holds a handful of dry mealworms, the larval form of the mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor), produced for animal feed in the premises of French company Invers in Saint-Ignat, central France, on May 27, 2020. Photo: Thierry Zoccolan / AFP

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The warehouse of logistics platform 2XL in Zeebrugge that delivers groceries to UK retailers from the Belgian port, pictured on December 14, 2020. Photo: Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP

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Feeding a continent

Tourism

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People sunbathe at an hotel pool in the Algarve. Photo: Patricia De Melo Moreira / AFP

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The IATA reported last week that on average, people travelling at peak times now stay twice as long at airports -- three hours -- compared with 2019. Photo: Stephane De Sakutin / AFP

The IATA reported last week that on aver... […]

A Covid-19 vaccine and a syringe on an European passport. Photo: Joel Saget / AFP

A Covid-19 vaccine and a syringe on an E... […]

Holidays in the coronavirus-era

Environmental pollution

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The idea would make it mandatory for all major companies to disclose, for example, their carbon dioxide emissions. Photo: Ina Fassbender / AFP

The idea would make it mandatory for all... […]

A coal-fired power station in western Germany. Photo: Ina FAassender / AFP

A coal-fired power station in western Ge... […]

Electric vehicles (EV) charge at a charging station in east London on November 18, 2020. - Britain will ban petrol and diesel vehicle sales from 2030 as part of a 10-point plan for a "green industrial revolution" to be unveiled Wednesday by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

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Working towards a cleaner union

Terrorism and security

A Belarusian dog handler checks luggage from a Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS (flight number FR4978) parked on Minsk International Airport's apron in Minsk, on May 23, 2021. Photo: Onliner.by / AFP

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Austrian police work on November 3, 2020 at Morzinplatz, one of the areas of the multiple shootings that occured on the eve in the center of Vienna, Austria. - A huge manhunt was under way November 3, 2020 after gunmen opened fire at multiple locations across central Vienna, killing at least three people and wounding several more in what the Austrian Chancellor described as a "repulsive terror attack". One of the suspected killers, identified as an Islamic State group sympathiser, was shot dead by police who said they were searching for at least one more assailant still at large. (Photo by ALEX HALADA / AFP)

Austrian police work on November 3, 2020... […]

French police patrol the border with Belgium in Quievrechain during a Covid-19 lockdown imposed by French authorities on November 6, 2020. Photo: Francois Lo Presti / AFP

French police patrol the border with Bel... […]

The EU's fight against terror

Migrants

Spanish police tries to disperse migrants at the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Fnideq on May 18, 2021. Photo: Fadel Senna / AFP

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Migrants leave the "Lipa" migrant camp near the northwestern Bosnian town of Bihac, on December 29, 2020 after it was destroyed by a fire. Photo: Elvis Barukcic / AFP

Migrants leave the "Lipa" migrant camp n... […]

An anti-Brexit protester holds Union and EU flags outside a conference centre in central London on December 4, 2020, as post-Brexit trade deal talks continue. Photo: Niklas Halle'n / AFP

An anti-Brexit protester holds Union and... […]

A new home in Europe?

Elections

German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel waves after delivering her speech at a CDU party congress in Hamburg, northern Germany on December 7, 2018. Photo: Odd Andersen / AFP

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North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier and candidate as leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Armin Laschet delivers a speech on the second day of the party's 33rd congress held online because of the coronavirus pandemic, in Berlin on January 16, 2021. - Germany's conservative CDU party will elect a new leader on on January 16, 2021, in a key vote kicking off the race for Germany's top job as a deadly pandemic roils Europe's biggest economy. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / various sources / AFP)

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 22, 2019 German Chancellor Angela Merkel walks on stage during the party's annual congress in Leipzig, eastern Germany. - Germany's conservative CDU party will pick on January 16, 2021, during an online congress a new leader from three candidates: moderate Armin Laschet, arch-conservative Friedrich Merz and outsider Norbert Roettgen. (Photo by Odd Andersen / AFP)

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The populist challenge

Eurozone

ILLUSTRATION - Griechische Euro-Münzen stehen am 07.01.2015 in Köln (Nordrhein-Westfalen) auf einer EU-Fahne. Die Bundesregierung entwickelt einem Medienbericht zufolge konkrete Strategien für einen möglichen Austritt Griechenlands aus der Eurozone. Foto: Oliver Berg/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

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A nurse takes care of a Covid-19 patient in the intensive care unit of the Centre Hospitalier Privé de l'Europe in Port-Marly, France, on March 25, 2021. Photo: Martin Bureau / AFP

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ILLUSTRATION - Eine 2-Euro Münze. Foto: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

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Former ECB head Mario Draghi leaves the Quirinale palace in Rome after a meeting with the Italian president on February 3, 2021. Photo: Andreas Solaro / AFP

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Many states, one currency

Europe's Workforce

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A man poses holding a smartphone showing the Uber app: Photo: Tolga Akmen / AFP

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Aircraft stored by Tarmac Aerosave at the firm's aerodrome in Azereix, southwestern France, on February 4, 2021. Photo: Lionel Bonavenure / AFP

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Former ECB head Mario Draghi leaves the Quirinale palace in Rome after a meeting with the Italian president on February 3, 2021. Photo: Andreas Solaro / AFP

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Tensions between the poor and the rich

Women's rights

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A woman in Zurich walks past a campaign poster in favour of the "burqa ban", ahead of a nationwide vote. Photo: Fabrice Coffrini / AFP

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A police car patrols on April 10, 2018 in Lille, northern France. (Photo by Philippe HUGUEN / AFP)

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Demonstrators take part in a pro-choice protest in Warsaw, on January 27. Photo: Wojtek Radwanski / AFP

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The #MeToo effect

Europe's youth

Schüler der Edith-Stein-Schule präsentieren am 06.09.2017 in Erfurt (Thüringen) die selbstgestalteten Wahlplakate für die U18-Bundestagswahl. Foto: Martin Schutt/dpa

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In a reception classroom, children sit apart from each other on a carpet where crosses have been marked out for them to sit on, in a teaching environment safe from Coronavirus for pupils and teachers at Brambles Primary Academy in Huddersfield, northern England on June 4, 2020, as the Government's recommencing of education for Reception and Years 1 and 6 classes gets underway. - Primary schools reopened the week commencing June 1, welcoming back children in Reception, year 1 and year 6 age groups, alongside priority groups. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 10, 2020 people dance and attend a rave party, on an agricultural land in Causse Mejean, in the heart of the Cevennes National Park, southern France, despite the limitation of gatherings linked to COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. - The summer has been marked by hundreds of 'free parties' in France, in spite of the COVID-19 outbreak, AFP reports on August 23, 2020. (Photo by Pascal GUYOT / AFP)

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Rentrée des classes en Serbie. Photo: Andrej Isakovic/AFP

Rentrée des classes en Serbie. Photo: A... […]

Endless opportunities or no future?

European election

ARCHIV - ILLUSTRATION - Ein Mann steckt am 20.02.2014 in in Frankfurt (Oder,Brandenburg) eine Europafahne in den Schlitz einer Wahlurne.

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Former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe (L) and newly-appointed Prime Minister Jean Castex react as they give a speech during the handover ceremony, in the courtyard of the Matignon Hotel in Paris on July 3, 2020. (Photo by Ludovic Marin / AFP)

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Newly elected mayor of Bordeaux, EELV green party's Pierre Hurmic (C), takes part in a meeting with members of his campaign team on June 29, 2020 in Bordeaux, southwestern France, a day after the second round of the French mayoral elections. (Photo by MEHDI FEDOUACH / AFP)

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Where is the EU headed?

Populism

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Italian Lega party leader Matteo Salvini addresses the Senate in Rome on February 12, 2020. Photo: Filippo Monteforte / AFP

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Italian PM Giuseppe Conte (C), flanked by Deputy PM and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini (L) and by Deputy PM and Minister of Economic Development Luigi Di Maio (R), delivers a speech at the Italian Senate, in Rome, on August 20, 2019

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Simple answers to complex questions

EU enlargement

ARCHIV - Zwei Männer feiern am 01.01.2007 vor einer EU-Fahne den EU-Beitritt Rumäniens in Bukarest. EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT (zu dpa Berichterstattung vor dem EU-Gipfel) +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks to members of staff and contractors as she tours the NHS Louisa Jordan field hospital, set up at the Scottish Events Campus (SEC) in Glasgow on April 10, 2020, to potentially help with extra patients caused by the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. - The disease has struck at the heart of the British government, infected more than 60,000 people nationwide and killed over 8,000, with a daily death toll in England of 866 reported on April 10. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / POOL / AFP)

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A health employee wearing a protective jumpsuit disinfects a local tram in Zagreb as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19 caused by novel coronavirus on March 13, 2020. - Since the novel coronavirus first emerged in late December 2019, more than 135,640 cases have been recorded in 122 countries and territories, killing 5,043 people, according to an AFP tally compiled on March 13, 2020 based on official sources. (Photo by Damir SENCAR / AFP)

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European flags are waving in front of the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels. Two days before Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, the European Parliament also ratified the EU withdrawal agreement at a meeting in Brussels and finally sealed the brexit.

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The Union is growing