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No RSS items found. 🟨 Monday EU to downgrade Georgia ties over ‘foreign agent’ law  Germany, Poland warn against French far-right threat looming over Ukraine support  Polish defence minister hints at joining Franco-German fighter jet, tank projects  European Health Council adopts recommendation aimed at eliminating vaccine-preventable cancers  Russia undermines EU efforts to restore Baltic fish stocks, ministers warn  Germany’s Scholz, Habeck pin their hopes on EU-China talks to avoid trade war  The Brief – Single-handed manmade disasters  France’s Hayer tightens grip on EU liberals presidency as opposition divided  EU finds legal way to circumvent Hungarian veto on Ukraine support from frozen Russian assets  The perils of relying on Russian transit for Azeri gas  EU leaders to call on Commission to review key policies by mid-2025  Ahead of France’s legislative elections, unions and employers make their voices heard  EU Commission accuses Apple App store of violating digital competition rules  Used cooking oil: there is a cobra in the room [Promoted content]  China wants EU tariffs on EVs gone by July 4 as talks resume  Europe’s personalised medicine sector boosted by Sino-EU PerMed project [Advocacy Lab Content]  Kazakhstan boosts European university ties, aims for new research institutes [Advocacy Lab Content]  No food, grotesque transportation, barbaric slaughter – EU animal welfare must be better [Advocacy Lab Content]  Green Deal is ‘no longer an ecological, but an economic agenda’, says EU climate official [Advocacy Lab Content]  Italy’s Tajani urges EPP to ally with ECR, not the Greens  Russia says US is responsible for deadly Ukrainian attack on Crimea  Estonia’s Kaja Kallas, the Kremlin-critic in the run for EU chief diplomat post  Journalists facing online threats: a growing risk to democracy [Promoted content]  Russia could reduce decision time for use of nuclear weapons, lawmaker says  French feminists march against far right with days before vote  Antonio Costa, the controversial Socialist pick for European Council president  CBAM: European businesses grapple with ‘bureaucratic madness’  French elections: The left’s ecological programme repackages existing EU measures  North Macedonia parliament approves a new nationalist-dominated government  Netanyahu says ‘intense’ phase of Gaza war nearing end  No RSS items found. 🟦 Tuesday  EU defence funding plan faces uncertainty ahead of summit  Hope on the horizon as high incidence countries focus efforts on eradicating tuberculosis  Negotiators seal EU top job package deal, but still need EU27 approval  French far-right leader Bardella wants to ban dual nationals from strategic government jobs  The Brief – Ursula von der Leyen’s green 420  Ukraine, Moldova begin long road to membership as EU formally opens talks  Spat over subsidies breaks EU consensus on future of farming  Kazakhstan prepares to host World Nomad Games with European competitors   [Advocacy Lab Content]  EU Commission accuses Microsoft of breaking antitrust rules with bundled Teams app  Auditors question EU’s gas crisis response, joint purchases  World not ready for climate change-fuelled wildfires: experts  From Black Sea to US Midwest, extreme weather threatens crop output  Trump reviews plan to halt US military aid to Ukraine unless it negotiates peace with Moscow  Orbán criticises EU top jobs’ handling, Meloni remains silent  A conversation about advanced materials and technologies’ role in combating climate change with Gabriel Meruane, SQM [Advocacy Lab Content]  Ukraine makes its own targeting decisions, Pentagon says after Crimea attack  Far-right leader Bardella unveils immigration programme ahead of snap elections  The Commission’s airline merger dilemma is only getting trickier  WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange to be freed after pleading guilty to US espionage charge  Germany wants upcoming Commission to pursue ‘EU only’ free trade agenda  Everything we know about the Draghi report  Ireland to nominate finance minister McGrath for EU Commission  No RSS items found. 🟨 Wednesday Von der Leyen assures EU leaders external dimension of migration key priority next term  EU officials pitch EU space law as a competitiveness driver  EU must think how to counter Russia’s hybrid attacks on its soil, Lithuania warns  The Brief – Emmanuel Macron, the lonely man  EU CO2 price ‘significantly’ influenced by political backing, researchers find  German Chancellor Scholz urges hesitant EU leaders to greenlight Von der Leyen fast  Timmermans’ cabinet chief Samsom to chair natural gas giant Gasunie  Member states agree on EU-wide rules for the welfare of cats and dogs  EU toughens Belarus sanctions to curb Russia evasion  Leading Slovak politician denies Slovakia’s pandemic, as health ministry rejects revised WHO regulations [Advocacy Lab Content]  Commission’s finance chief: EU leaders must do better at bolstering bank mergers, Banking Union  Meloni’s support for EU top jobs deal increasingly uncertain  Enabling Green and Digital Growth: Making Sustainability Reporting Work for SMEs [Promoted content]  Rutte confirmed as next NATO chief, follows Stoltenberg  Belgium passes on the baton after a well-acquitted Presidency of the EU  EU backs 650-billion-euro plan to help cities reach net zero by 2030  Kazakhstan emerging as haven for biomedical research and clinical testing [Advocacy Lab Content]  The New European Bauhaus – a paradigm shift  Large EU telcos call for more regulation on Big Tech  Poland aims to revise EU green policies during Council presidency  Ukraine, Moldova set sight on next milestones in EU accession process  Sovereignty requirements for cloud providers unlikely to make it to Commission’s proposal for implementing act  Behind closed doors, US reporter Gershkovich to go on trial in Russia  Germany’s Lindner pushes back against industry call for debt-financed fund  Irish Greens show what can be achieved with 7.5%  EU Court ruling casts shadows on Europe’s largest steelmaking plant  EU split on deregulating gene-edited food as Council deadlock persists  Bitter Balkan feuds spill into Euros once again  How did Europeans vote in EU elections? Estimations per age and gender   Germany’s far-right holds off on new EU parliamentary group  🟦 Thursday EU leaders greenlight top job package with Von der Leyen, Costa, Kallas   Macron nominates Breton for Commission, media reports  ECR saved as PiS reaches compromise with Fratelli d’Italia: Polish media  EU’s von der Leyen assesses bloc’s defence needs to €500 billion  NGOs to take Commission to court over re-approval of glyphosate  Next EU Parliament must address voters’ grievances to counter far-right, Metsola says  EU countries not implementing power market reforms  What Meloni wants: Bringing home results  Czechia’s Babiš says new anti-migration, anti-Green Deal EU Parliament group in sight  The Brief – Hardline EU trio to confront Putin  The one thing the Greens and the hard right have in common  It’s all about placating Italy’s Meloni as EU leaders start top job talks  Commission and member states consider new restrictions on acrylamide  What to expect from the summit: From top jobs to Zelenskyy’s visit and future of economy  German farmers’ association slams government relief package  LEAK: Hungary’s agenda for the Environment, Energy and Transport Council meetings  Car industry warns EU leaders against reversing 2035 combustion engine ban  Language rights of Hungarian minority in Ukraine at the heart of Kyiv-Budapest spat  Kazakhstan seeks $150 billion of foreign investment in the next five years [Advocacy Lab Content]  Czechia, Slovakia bicker over bilateral ‘restart’  EU, Ukraine to sign bilateral security agreement  Benefits of selected specialty food ingredients for gut health [Promoted content]  EU leaders expected to agree on Von der Leyen, top jobs despite lingering resistance  Poland, Baltics call for ‘defence line’ along Europe’s Eastern border  How Australia’s quiet diplomacy led Julian Assange to freedom  US Big Tech lobby challenges EU Commission’s telecoms ‘investment gap’  Bolivia coup attempt fails after military assault on presidential palace  EU leaders to decide on top jobs, agenda for next term  🟨 Friday Top EU court upholds Commission’s decision on anti-competitive behaviour in perindopril market  EU Commission demands information from Temu and Shein on illegal products, user protections  The Brief – When politicians don’t want the top jobs  UK Labour Party ready to ban bottom fishing once in power  Danish carbon tax on agriculture, a model for the rest of Europe or a splendid one-off?  France’s mysterious two-round voting system, explained  Challenges remain for new Commission in defining future EU agrifood policies [Advocacy Lab Content]  Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen clash over French EU commissioner pick  EU pushes back on IMF criticism of ‘inward-looking’ industrial policies  EU needs a common sustainable food systems framework, says Europe’s industry chief  French elections: EU capitals fear Euroscepticism spillover  Green Deal in Eastern Europe: still alive after EU elections  China’s Xi calls for ‘bridges’ amid trade, diplomatic frictions  Slovakia limits public gatherings, grants lifetime salary to Fico  Russian satellite breaks up in space, forces ISS astronauts to shelter  EU Competition Commissioner says Apple’s decision to pull AI from EU shows anticompetitive behavior  US presidential debate: Biden falters as Trump unleashes barrage of falsehoods  Support for Farage’s Reform UK party drops after Ukraine comments  European federalist movement Volt presents 22 candidates for French parliamentary election  Von der Leyen’s next challenge: Fishing for votes, left and right  Can Meloni always get what she wants?  Georgia’s accession process to the bloc ‘de facto’ halted, EU leaders warn  Euractiv Media Network BV: International Press Center Boulevard Charlemagne 1, Brussels, 1041 Belgium Feedback    Update your preferences    Unsubscribe from ALL emails from us    Newsletters