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A Greenpeace activist hangs from the building hosting the Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels, organised by the IAEA, holding a sign that reads "Nuclear Fairytale." Promoting nuclear energy has been a taboo in Brussels, but the summit is designed to send out the message that it is key to fighting climate change. IMAGES
Brussels (Belgium), Sep 11 (EFE), (Camera: Leo Rodríguez).- The environmental organization Greenpeace unveiled a giant banner at the headquarters of the European Commission (EC) in Brussels on Friday to denounce the deforestation of the Amazon as a criticism of the agreement reached between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur, which has not yet come into effect. FOOTAGE OF THE BANNER AND STATEMENTS BY SÉBASTIEN SNOECK, CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR OF THE GREENPEACE ECOSYSTEMS TEAM.Translation: "We think the agreement between the European Union and Mercosur must stop one day, the European Union can't be complicit with the destruction of the amazon forest.We know that the current regime of (Brazilian President Jair) Bolsonaro encourages the destruction of the Amazon, the European Union can't be complicit with that destruction.Our 10 activists from here, since 6am have put up this message on the building, with respect for safety measures for them and everything else."
File images of the Latvian MEP Tatjana Zdanoka who has been accused by a press investigation of spying for Moscow over the past two decades. The European Parliament has announced that it has opened an investigation into the MEP. According to the Russian investigative website The Insider (based in Latvia), Tatjana Zdanoka, a non-attached MEP elected in 2004, is alleged to have collaborated with the Russian security services (FSB) from 2005. IMAGES
Ukrainian president Zelensky is welcomed by a standing ovation in the European Parliament at a European summit in Brussels. IMAGES
Lawyers leave a Brussels court after hearings in the case of former European Parliament Vice-President Eva Kaili, former MEP Italy's Pier-Antonio Panzeri, human rights lobbyist Niccolo Figa-Talamanca and Francesco Giorgi, a parliamentary assistant with the European Parliament's Socialists and Democrats group and partner of Eva Kaili. All are charged with corruption in an alleged bribery plot by Qatar. IMAGES
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