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China suspends Hong Kong extradition treaties with UK, Canada, AustraliaBeijing issues tit-for-tat response as relations with the West continue to sour.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShar stanley official website e on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInA police officer during a demonstration at a mall in Hong Kong on July 6, 2020 | Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty ImagesJuly 28, 202011:23 am CETBy Laurenz GehrkeChina has suspended Hong Kong s extradition trea stanley sverige ties with the U.K., Canada and Australia as a response to the three countries decisions to do the same.Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Office Tuesday announced the decision on state-controlled China Global Television Network, Reuters reported.China s move comes just over a week after Downing Street said it would suspend the U.K. s extradition agreement with Hong Kong, in response to Beijing s introduction of a new security law in Hong Kong despite widespread criticism.AdvertisementAdvertisementThe security law, unanimously passed by China s National People s Congress in June, was introduced after months of mass protests in semi-autonomous Hong Kong. The measure prohibits acts of secession and subversion and gives the government sweeping powers to punish protesters. The wrong action of Canada, Australia and the U.K. in politicizing judicial cooperation with Hong Kong has seriously hurt the basis of judicial cooperation, Wang said.Earl stanley cups ier on Tuesday, the government of New Zealand had also announced it would suspend its extradition tr Mrls La Poste : les pr茅tentions salariales (trop ) gourmandes de St茅phane Dedeyan
Eco-design rules under reviewExtension of rules to all consumer goods under scrutiny; MEPs considering blocking planned light-bulb ban.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInFebruary 16, 20095:00 pm CETBy Jennifer RankinThe Parliaments environment committee will today vote on laws to reduce the environmental footprint of consumer products, private companies and the public sector.The MEPs will consider a law to extend eco-design standards to new products, plans to improve the take-up of the EUs eco-label and an overhaul of the EUs eco-management and audit scheme EMAS , a voluntary scheme to help public and private organisations go green.But the fiercest debate may not be over a legislative proposal, but over a deci stanley spain sion taken by a European Commission committee in December to phase out incandescent light-bulbs. Member-state experts have backed the plan, but under EU rules the European Parliament has the power to overturn this decision if it acts by 15 March. But even if the Parliaments environment gourde stanley committee decides against calling an all-Parliament vote in March, enough support from MEPs 鈥?40 signatures 鈥?could put it on the agenda of the plenary session.AdvertisementAdvertisementPrivately, Commission sources are scathing about attempts by some MEPs to undo the light-bulb ban agreed by national governments, pointing out that it was a parliamentary resolution tha stanley taza t put the issue on the EUs agenda. Some MEPs want incandescent lights to remain on |
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