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🟦 Daily Update

EU slams Belarus after fresh mass arrests
EU centre-right clashes over qualified majority voting
EIB ready to work more with defence but remains cautious, vice-president says
Ukraine to start building 4 new nuclear reactors this year
Germany’s Habeck wants market power of food industry scrutinised
China presses Iran to rein in Houthi attacks in Red Sea
Gravitational wave, Venus missions get European green light
Italian police disrupt massive Italo-Chinese fraud scheme
EU Greens’ manifesto: A ‘Social’ Green Deal and embrace of NATO
Von der Leyen kickstarts strategic dialogue on future of EU food systems
French Supreme Court finds almost half of controversial immigration bill illegal
A ‘battle of narratives’ behind Georgia’s EU future
The Brief – Fortress Europe
EU-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding state of play
Armenia stuck between ‘strategic ally’ and ‘another Ukraine’
EU electricity prices: Will 2024 mark the end of national tariff shields?
Ethanol stakeholder: EU needs more pragmatic approach to biofuels
French ‘farmfluencer’ slams attempts to politicise farmers’ protests
NGOs take legal action against Commission over reauthorisation of glyphosate
EU bolsters Tunisian navy’s border control, migrant interception capabilities
EU liberals’ new chief Hayer rallies farmers, opposes reopening Green Deal files next term
BP pushes to extend definition of ‘advanced’ biofuels as green aviation targets loom
Most Ukrainians want to join EU despite ongoing Russian disinformation
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico reassures EU allies over Ukraine stance
Biden urges US Congress to approve F-16 sale to Turkey ‘without delay’

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