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The EU is set to unveil new draft legislation to bolster transparency for political advertising, including through limiting practices like user profiling on social media. The WHO warned that Europe and Central Asia could face a further 700,000 COVID-19 deaths by March 1. German finance minister Olaf Scholz will succeed Angela Merkel as leader of Europe’s largest economy. Analysis: Visualizing Risk: Europe’s Winter Delta Wave.

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Visualizing Risk: Europe’s Winter Delta Wave

As temperatures drop across Europe, cases of COVID-19 are rising even in countries with high levels of vaccination. The Delta-driven surge of coronavirus is prompting European governments to re-instate lockdown measures and tighten vaccine requirements. However, the new restrictions - particularly those that differentiate between the vaccinated and unvaccinated - are being met with significant backlash.

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