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Despite the current dramas, the last year in Slovakia has been a showcase of efforts against corruption, says MEP Vladimír Bilčík (Together, EPP) in an interview. He appreciates that the new prime minister has a different vocabulary towards journalists than the previous one, but he believes the government missed its chance to pass the protection law.
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The three levels of policies relating to data access are still different. Member States and the EU regulate internal market rules and talk about data sovereignty. At the transatlantic level, new rules on data transfers have been discussed for over a year, and although the United States claims that a solution is close, the Union is far from seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
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Although she has become an inspiration to women and girls aspiring to political office around the world, the German Chancellor has also built her political career on downplaying her female identity. Yet she is increasingly heard espousing feminism.
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In her State of the Union address, the President of the European Commission focused intensively on the Union's defence plans, where she wants to do "more without the help of others". "What has held us back so far is not just a lack of capacity, but above all a lack of political will," she appealed to member states.
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In her praise, the President of the European Commission drew on a document that assessed Slovakia back in July. She also named Ján Kuciak and promised legislation on media freedom.
