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[Interview] Ceuta crisis shows how EU border outsourcing puts children at risk, says German lawyer (opens the original)
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Spain is coordinating with Morocco to prevent a new mass crossing into Ceuta this week, Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares said ealrier in September in response to renewed encouragement to storm the Ceuta border crossing on social media. Warnings of a new wave of border crossings has caused alarm in Madrid, with fears that July’s large-scale border crossing surge could be repeated. When around 70,000 irregular migrants entered the small Spanish territory in North Africa by land and sea
[Interview] ‘In Germany, everyone is constantly afraid Putin will get angry’. German military expert on Berlin’s response to Leipzig drone plot and Moscow’s hybrid attacks (opens the original)
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There are still many citizens and politicians in Germany who, according to military expert Nico Lange, are singing a “pro‑Kremlin tune”. The airport drone incident in Leipzig, where the German government blamed Russia. A secret weapons cache near Berlin, used by the Russian intelligence service. Suspected arson targeting an arms manufacturer in Munich and signs of sabotage at power stations. These are just some of the events German authorities have had to deal with in recent weeks, with many of
[Interview] Oligarchs could hijack Reykjavík’s EU referendum, Icelandic professor warns (opens the original)
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The European Union could one day expand not only eastwards, but also westwards — or, more precisely, north-westwards. Iceland is set to hold an important referendum this Saturday (29 August), in which voters will decide whether to resume negotiations on joining the EU. The Icelandic government has framed the vote as a “now or never” opportunity. Either Icelanders embrace the prospect of EU membership, or the current status quo will be preserved — access to the European single market, but no say
Russia killed Austria’s dream of peace, but military service is also cheap labour (opens the original)
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Since Austria still has no plans to join Nato, the country must consider how to strengthen its own security without the alliance’s protection. Austria is among the last countries in the European Union where young men are required to complete compulsory basic military service. And that will not change any time soon. The Austrian government announced last week that it not only has no plans to abolish the obligation, but instead intends to extend it. “The dream of lasting peace in Europe has dissol
German spies to get offensive powers, breaking post-Cold War taboo on ‘secret police’ (opens the original)
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Act instead of merely watching. Move from defence to offence. This is how German media have commented on a draft law through which the German government aims to make its intelligence services more effective. “We are turning our intelligence services into genuine secret services,” said interior minister Alexander Dobrindt. And while this may sound surprising, Germany has not until now had a genuine secret service of the kind operating in other Western countries. German media have described it as
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