EU proposal aimed to connect national emergency networks
Shared connections would not replace national control.
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In this lesson: Explain retained national control and the planned start of gradual connections.
Grammar in this story: Despite + noun phrase
despite incompatible national systems
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What would stay under national control, and when were connections planned to begin?
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Member States would keep control of their national networks. Connections were planned gradually from 2030, after the required adoption process.
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