The report was passed by 375 votes to 133, with 87 abstentions. Turkey already slammed it for references to the Armenian genocide, but other texts, such as making Turkish an official language of the EU, are obviously designed to please Ankara. Source EurActiv
The French government was on Sunday hoping the sharp drop in “yellow vest” demonstrators signalled an end to the biggest crisis of Emmanuel Macron’s presidency, but conceded “mistakes” had been made. Source: France24
Austria is to hold talks with Egypt this week in an attempt to use the last days of its EU presidency to revive the bloc’s campaign for north African countries to take in more Mediterranean Sea migrants. Source: Financial Times
China and Russia have modified an important layer of the atmosphere above Europe to test a controversial technology for possible military application, according to Chinese scientists involved in the project. Source: South China Morning Post
