The three main police union organizations announced Thursday evening that they are suspending their protest movement after having obtained guarantees as to the maintenance of a specific pension scheme, and not only for civil servants who are on the ground. Source Actu17
Several hundred health workers took to the streets of Paris on Thursday afternoon to protest against conditions in French hospitals, as the number of new coronavirus cases surges across the country. Source France24
Since a new decree went into effect in Italy this summer, 220,000 migrants have applied to get temporary papers, according to Deputy Interior Minister Matteo Mauri. Meanwhile, he also said that the exploitation of undocumented farmworkers in the Foggia region had to be stopped. Source Info Migrants
‘An armed attack on Sweden cannot be ruled out,’ said Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist as he presented the country’s future military strategy. Sweden said Thursday it would boost military spending by 40 percent over the next four years as it seeks to ramp up defence capabilities in the face of European tensions. Source The Local
