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datetime="2020-06-18T13:07:55+02:00">18 June 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2023-10-06T15:05:28+02:00">6 October 2023</time></a></span><span class="byline"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.aereurope.org/author/vincent/">Francesca Fabbri</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">AER Policy – conveying radios’ points to the EU Institutions</h2> <p>AER promotes and defends the interests of commercial radios to the EU Institutions by taking part in discussions involving stakeholders in the EU legislative process. 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