Is projection of a measurable subset in product $\sigma$-algebra onto a component space measurable?

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$(\Omega_i, \mathcal{F}_i), i \in I$ are measurable spaces. $\prod_{i \in I} \mathcal{F}_i$ is the product $\sigma$-algebra of $\mathcal{F}_i, i \in I$.

For any $A \in \prod_{i \in I} \mathcal{F}_i$ and $k \in I$, is $\{\omega_k \in \Omega_k: \exists \omega_i \in I/\{k\}, (\omega_i)_{i \in I} \in A\}$ measurable relative to $\mathcal{F}_k$? If not, how about when $I$ is countable or finite?

For any $A \in \prod_{i \in I} \Omega_i$, if its projection onto any component space defined as above is measurable, will $A \in \prod_{i\in I} \mathcal{F}_i$?

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Added: For any $A \in \prod_{i \in I} \Omega_i$, if all of its sections onto the component spaces are measurable, will $A \in \prod_{i\in I} \mathcal{F}_i$? A section of $A$ determined by $(\omega_i)_{i \in I/\{k\}}$ is defined as $\{\omega_k \in \Omega_k: (\omega_i)_{i \in I} \in A \}$.

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The answer to the second question is "no". Take $\Omega_1=\Omega_2=\{0,1\}$ and let ${\cal F}_1=\{\emptyset,\{0\},\{1\},\{0,1\}\}$ and ${\cal F}_2=\{\emptyset,\{0,1\}\}$. The diagonal in $\Omega_1\times\Omega_2$ is not measurable with respect to the product $\sigma$-algebra ${\cal F}_1\times {\cal F}_2$, but its projection either way is the whole space.

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The answer to the first question is no in general. Let $V\subset\mathbb{R}$ be non-Lebesgue measurable and $W\subset\mathbb{R}$ of measure zero. Then $A=V\times W\subset\mathbb{R^2}$ is Lebesgue measurable in $\mathbb{R^2}$ (since has outer measure $0$ and Lebesgue measure is complete), and the projection of $A$ on the first component of $\mathbb{R^2}$ is $V$.

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As noted in the comments, Lebesgue measure on $\mathbb{R^2}$ is not the product of Lebesgue measure on $\mathbb{R}$, but its completion. So the answer above is not correct.