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The EU's shifting of the blame toward AstraZeneca throughout last week's crisis was as baseless as it was pointless.

That ignorance has just resulted in an astonishing "preliminary conclusion" on hemp by the European Commission that that extracts from the flowering and fruiting tops of the hemp plant should be considered a drug.

"While we recognize we have more to do, these results suggest we are moving in the right direction and have systems in place which continue to lead our industry," one Facebook executive said.

"Both the depth of the recession and the strength of recovery will be uneven," the EU's economy commissioner said.

"We, as Europeans, want to play an active part" in China's Belt and Road Initiative, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager accused Google of "illegal misuse of its dominant position."

The fine will only take the company two weeks to pay, however.

"This is the first administration that thinks it is in the American interest to have a divided Europe rather than a united one," Frans Timmermans said.

More than 90 percent of the seafood Americans consume is imported, according to the executive director of the East Coast Shellfish Growers Association.

Social media companies have stepped up both the speed and number of removals of content on their platforms.

European politicians have stated strong opposition to Turkey trying to reintroduce the death penalty.

The president of the European Commission said President Donald Trump's support for Brexit was "annoying" and "surprising" and called Trump's "America First" promise frightening to Europeans.

A long-running EU battle over the rule of law in Poland could be drawing to a close.

Preliminary deal paves the way for the abolition of roaming fees in June.

Prime Minister Theresa May has said that Britain will leave the EU by 2019.

IMF officials described the current plan as "simply not credible."

EU members meet this week to plan for different realities based on 'what the British interest is.'

If Uber is designated as a "transport company," it could be subject to strict regulations that may spill over to other web-based startups.

Günther Oettinger, Germany's European Commissioner, used the phrase to refer to Chinese people.

Euroskeptics have leapt on his proposals for greater defense co-operation, branding them an "EU army."

Insiders say the European Commission ruling is designed to show eurosceptics that the EU is looking out for their interests.

The EC is demanding that governments levy retroactive tax bills.

Not even the world's biggest company is above the law, writes U.K. MEP Anneliese Dodds.

The Irish government is expected to appeal the decision.

There are huge mutual benefits to all concerned to make the negotiation process as quick and non-confrontational as possible.

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron had hoped to delay Brexit until October.

The project, announced by the EC, aims to develop quantum technologies over the next 10 years.

The European Union: a famously hilarious institution.

The EC has urged the country to do more to protect the EU's external border.

Two of the U.K.'s main political parties wrote to the EU complaining about Google's tax deal.