Новости за 13.04.2018

French president to deliver speech on EU democratic model after populist victories in Hungary and Italy and amid an escalation of the Syria crisis.

A 30-minute phone call between EU justice commissioner Vera Jourova and Facebook deputy chief Sheryl Sandberg on Thursday was a "constructive and open discussion", a European Commission spokesman said Friday. He said that the firm "confirmed" that other applications could be affected by the massive data breach that was recently revealed, and that it would conduct an "extensive audit" to look into it.

"We [the EU] are keeping up the political pressure on Russia, we'd like to step it up further because Russia needs to be prompted to change its behaviour," German foreign minister Heiko Mass said in Brussels on Friday, referring to Russia's use of UN vetoes to shield the Syrian regime despite its use of chemical weapons on civilians and Russia's own use of a chemical weapon in the UK.

Trade negotiators are pushing to finish work on an updated free-trade agreement between Mexico and the European Union ahead of Mexican president Pena Nieto's trip to Europe in April where he will be visiting the Hannover Messe, reports Bloomberg. The EU is Mexico's second-biggest export market after the US and EU-based firms have accounted for 36 percent of foreign direct investment in Mexico over the past two decades.

Germany is proving less keen than the European Commission had hoped to share its wealth with poorer EU states.

Germany is proving less keen than France had hoped to share its wealth with poorer EU states, putting at risk Macron's flagship plan on euro reform.

Germany followed Sweden on Thursday in requesting permission from the European Commission to prolong border controls for another six months. Interior minister Horst Seehofer said in a statement that lack of protection of the EU's external borders make controls at the German-Austrian border necessary. Germany is one of six countries that reimposed controls in the visa-free Schengen zone following the migration crisis in 2015.

Whistleblower Maria Efimova will not be extradited to Malta under a European arrest warrant, Greek courts ruled on Thursday. Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Galizia, who was later assassinated, used Efimova as a source to expose alleged corruption in Malta's political system. The former Pilatus Bank employee had twice failed to turn up in the Maltese court. She was facing charges of fraud filed by the bank.

Oettinger and Canete spoke to representatives of the German carmakers 15 days before the commission presented a bill o CO2 emission standards.

At least 11 European political parties, two EU agencies, and the Nordic Council have a controversial tracking pixel on their website.

No one can escape death. But choices over how one's body is disposed of could either lessen or increase your carbon footprint.