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S&D Leader Iratxe Garc?a said EPP Chair Manfred Weber was “making a fool of himself” after Weber attacked the European Commission’s partiality.

The new system aims to make medicines more affordable and available for citizens across the bloc but the sector is criticising key measures.

The European Commission unveiled on Wednesday a series of legislative proposals to reform the EU’s fiscal rules.

The bodies of 11 people, (including a child) have washed up on the shores of Libya -after their boat sank while they were trying to cross the Mediterranean. At least four people were able to swim to safety. FRANCE 24’s James Mulholland tells us more.

In Spain, scorching temperatures are set to break records for April. A week of unprecedented heat’s on the way bringing with it concerns over the country’s water reserves and warnings of wildfires. FRANCE 24’s Charlotte Hughes tells us more.

In an interview with Euronews, Emily O’Reilly said citizens were “almost predestined” to distrust the EU institutions.

The new law will mean greater investments in new technologies, as well as industries that contaminate wastewater having to pay-to-pollute.

Tech companies with over 45 million active monthly users are considered “very large” by the European Commission and have to respect certain privacy and transparency obligations.

Russian forces occupy some 20 percent of Georgia’s territory, a consequence of two wars. Officially, Georgia wants to join NATO and the EU; these ambitions are even written into its constitution. But behind the scenes, the country’s de facto ruler – oligarch Bidzina Ivanizhvili – is suspected of sabotaging the reforms demanded by Brussels. This has put the ruling party at odds with the population, since the vast majority of Georgians are in favour of joining the EU. FRANCE 24’s Elena Volochine reports from Tbilisi.

Several companies have already put in bids, an EU official said in the morning, just two hours after the platform was launched. The first deliveries are now expected to be carried out in late June or beginning of July.