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Expectations for migration deal low as Stockholm starts EU presidency
Regardless of an imminent EU summit on migration in February, the brand new Swedish Council Presidency is displaying no signal of wanting to assist push by the bloc’s lengthy gridlocked measures on the difficulty.
The EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum goals to reform Europe’s method to migration, with a concentrate on shared duty and solidarity with regards to migrants coming to the continent.
However with Stockholm, whose new right-wing authorities is propped up by the far-right Sweden Democrats, taking up the bloc’s agenda-setting EU Council Presidency for the subsequent six months, hopes will not be excessive in Brussels.
Swedish Minister of Employment and Integration, Johan Pehrson, argues that extra migration may push down wages.
“It’s a must to maintain it on a socially acceptable degree, with respectable wages…consistent with the reforms we have now launched in Sweden to ensure that folks work for a good pay,” he advised Euronews.
Studying the language, getting details about social companies, housing and employment are what migrants and refugees search at Caritas welcoming centre in Stockholm.
The Nordic nation has an extended custom of welcoming foreigners, however in keeping with George Joseph, Managing Director at Caritas Sweden, one thing has modified.
“Many of the surveys present about 60% of the inhabitants was optimistic in the direction of migration till just a few years in the past,” Joseph stated.
“After which the entire thing modified, and partly additionally because of the adverse narrative by political management making a narrative about connecting migration with all of the criminality and what went fallacious within the society and blaming the migrants and migration for the whole lot.”
Two million folks in Sweden are foreign-born — about 20% of the inhabitants. Round 600,000 have their very own companies and contribute to the economic system, in keeping with Caritas, however now they’re dealing with an increasing number of mistrust.
Julius Ntobuah, a mediator at Caritas Sweden, advised Euronews that he arrived from Cameroon eight years in the past and has seen how the nation has slowly closed its doorways.
“I believe everyone knows that with the brand new authorities in place, it’s like: ““Goodbye!” Sweden is full, we don’t need extra folks,” he stated.
“Which is unlucky as a result of we had been a really welcoming and beneficiant nation. However as time goes by, immigration legal guidelines have gotten very powerful and harder. And, yeah, it is unlucky. I’d advise to not come as a result of it is now not welcoming to be right here.”
Even if there might be strain from the European Parliament and a few member states – specifically Italy – the Swedish authorities doesn’t intend to have migration as a precedence.
It’s possible that any choices taken might be in the course of the Spanish EU Council Presidency, within the second half of the yr.
Lawmakers from South Korea’s governing party protested on Friday against a vote to impeach the country’s acting president, Han Duck-soo. The motion, which passed 192-0, came less than two weeks after President Yoon Suk Yeol was also ousted by the opposition in the National Assembly.
The frantic search for a Norwegian Cruise Line passenger who went overboard has been called off.
A spokesperson for the cruise line confirmed to Fox News Digital that the 51-year-old went overboard from Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Epic late Thursday afternoon.
The incident was first noted at approximately 3 p.m. as Norwegian Epic was sailing from Ocho Rios, Jamaica en route to Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas.
The passenger was on the cruise with his family, the spokesperson said. The cruise left from Port Canaveral, Florida on Saturday, Dec. 21 and was a seven-night Western Caribbean voyage.
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The cruise liner Norwegian Jewel built at the ship yard Meyer in Papenburg, northern Germany, goes down the river Ems. (AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach, File)
The cruise line said that authorities were quickly notified and search and rescue efforts were immediately implemented.
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“After an extensive search that was unfortunately unsuccessful, the ship was released by the authorities to continue its voyage,” the spokesperson said.
The Norwegian Epic, which was built in 2010 and refurbished in 2020, has 19 decks. (Norwegian Cruise Line)
Norwegian Cruise Line said the passenger’s loved ones on board were “being attended to and supported during this very challenging situation.”
“Our thoughts and prayers are with his loved ones during this difficult time,” the spokesperson added.
The Norwegian Epic, which was built in 2010 and refurbished in 2020, has 19 decks. It can accommodate 4,070 passengers with double occupancy of its cabins and has 1,724 crew members.
It was not immediately clear what caused the man to go overboard. The man has not been identified.
After food prices soared in 2021 and 2022, over five essential food products saw price drops in 2024, including milk and cereals.
In 2024, agricultural prices in the European Union saw a modest decline, falling by 2% compared to 2023.
This price decline followed sharp increases in 2021 and 2022 that occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather conditions and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Despite a surge in olive oil prices in 2024, the prices of cereals dropped by 15%, eggs by 8%, and vegetables and horticultural products declined by 2%.
The price of pigs and poultry also shrank by 7% and 8%, respectively.
According to Eurostat figures, milk prices decreased in 16 EU countries in 2024.
The sharpest decline was recorded in Finland with a 12% drop in prices, followed by Portugal with 10% and Spain with 8%.
By contrast, the sharpest increase was in Ireland with a 15% rise in prices, followed by Lithuania with 11% and Latvia with 10%.
In terms of production, the cost of seeds and veterinary services rose by 3%.
However, prices for fertilisers and soil improvers plummeted by 18%, food for animals by 11%, and plant protection products and pesticides by 2%.
Commission measures between farmers and buyers
After a year in which farmers have protested regularly, the EU Commission has presented an initiative to ensure they receive fair compensation and are no longer forced to sell products below production costs.
The proposed measures include mandatory written contracts that require buyers to clearly outline key terms such as price, quantity, and delivery timelines, taking into account market conditions and cost fluctuations.
The package also introduces a regulation to enhance enforcement of the Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs) Directive, which was adopted five years ago but remains largely unimplemented.
Video editor • Mert Can Yilmaz
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