🇷🇴🤝🇵🇱🤝🇺🇦—🇪🇺📰 EURACTIV | Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki laid out his hopes to build a new economic community in Central and Eastern Europe with the participation of Romania and Ukraine on Tuesday in Bucharest, where he also criticised powerful Western countries for undermining the region for many years.
At the Polish-Romanian intergovernmental consultations in Bucharest, Morawiecki stressed cooperation between Poland and Romania is key to making the region’s voice better heard.

“We cannot look at the European Union as those who must be listened to and must always have the best solutions transported in a suitcase to Bucharest or Warsaw,” he said, quoted by TVP public broadcaster.

In his speech, Morawiecki also praised his Romanian counterpart and the country’s president for pursuing a policy that aims for cohesion, synergy and efficiency between both countries.

According to Poland’s prime minister, countries in the region were used by stronger countries in the West and the East, noting that when the area first transitioned towards capitalism after the fall of Communism, “the West was making use of us for its own goals.”

Last week Morawiecki also laid out his vision for the future of Europe in a speech at Heidelberg University, Germany, highlighting the role of sovereign nation-states against a European federation.
“Nothing will safeguard the freedom of nations, their culture, their social, economic, political and military security better than nation states,” Morawiecki said, adding that “other systems are illusory or utopia,” warning of a further federalisation of the EU.

Morawiecki also suggested Poland and Romania should develop cooperation in a triangle with Ukraine, which would help to enhance investments and military strategic plans for the future and allow the creation of a “new economic community in the region of Central and Eastern Europe.”

For Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă, 2022 was “fruitful for the Polish-Romanian business community” as trade between the countries amounted to €11 billion – which represents an increase of 20% compared to 2021.

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A demonstration was held outside the Azerbaijani consulate in Tabriz, calling for the immediate closure of the diplomatic mission.

🇺🇸 KJP: "Our hearts go out to the trans community, as they are under attack right now."

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Finland will officially become a member of NATO in the coming days, as announced by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

He also expects NATO members to approve "the swift completion of the ratification process for Sweden" in the "common interest."

🇮🇹 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's party has proposed imposing fines of up to €100,000 on public and private entities which use foreign terms, most notably English, instead of Italian in official communications.

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🇨🇱❌🇳🇮💥— “It is not acceptable that we remain silent before the Ortega family dictatorship”, says Boric; the Chilean president spoke at the Ibero-American Summit, and before the Nicaraguan Chancellor, criticizes the withdrawal of the nationality of 94 citizens by the Daniel Ortega regime

Chilean President Gabriel Boric condemned the decision of the Government of Daniel Ortega to withdraw the nationality of 94 Nicaraguans, including writers, journalists and human rights defenders, during the Ibero-American Summit held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

In his speech, Boric expressed his indignation at the actions of the Nicaraguan government against opponents and stressed that it is not acceptable to remain silent in the face of the “family dictatorship” of Ortega and Murillo in Nicaragua.

Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada responded to Boric's statements, demanding respect for the Nicaraguan government and citizens.

🇨🇱Parliament approves bill to give police more permission to use lethal force

On March 29, Chile’s Lower House of Congress approved the rewritten Naín and Retamal laws. The proposed new laws, accepted by a large majority, include possible new powers for the Carabineros, Chile’s national police force.

The so-called “privileged self-defense” principle would expand the situations in which police officers may use their service weapons. After being approved in the Lower House, the bill now goes to the Senate for additional review, and possibly modification.

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Constitutional Court of Ecuador gives way to the political trial against Lasso