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Le Pen blamed President Emmanuel Macron for France's "deeply toxic" politics

Ukraine has learned its lessons from the controversy, says a senior minister

In today’s edition: Germany slamming von der Leyen’s military ambitions, Italy considering a fiscal escape clause to boost defence spending, enlargement talks stalling in Copenhagen, Brussels shelving its safe countries list, and a petition pushing the EU to act on abortion access

The European steel industry is on the brink. A 50% tariff on steel imports into the United States and the lack of a bilateral agreement to preserve EU steel exports to the U.S. under the recent EU-U.S. Joint Statement on...

Marking the war’s 86th anniversary, Poland’s president renews a politically charged call for €1.5 trillion in German reparations – despite government doubts over its feasibility

Slovakia’s opposition lashes out at Prime Minister Fico for planning a third meeting with Putin – this time in China – warning it isolates the country diplomatically and aligns it with authoritarian powers over key EU partners

Industrial clusters in Europe’s heartland look to carbon capture and storage to turn CO2 from climate liability into a commercial resource

Slovakia may be a small player, but a European government that arbitrarily seizes the savings of its citizens sets a very bad precedent for an effort to scale up Europe’s venture capital ecosystem

Across Europe in women's soccer, a significant number of both coaches and players reported altering their behaviour due to gendered expectations

In rare TV appearance, Sánchez urges unity on climate while fending off corruption claims

It was only a matter of time until Trump trained his crosshairs on the bloc's flagship tech regulations. But the lack of EU pushback is remarkable

Activation of the 'national escape clause' would mark a sharp reversal by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s hard-right government

Meeting comes as embattled Spanish premier seeks to shore up support

Length of video : 90'

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Henrik Sass Larsen had denied the charges, saying he had the material because he was trying to find out who had abused him as a child

Length of video : 45'

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Blockade is looming as Germany's coalition partners rule out tax rises and substantive benefit cuts respectively

Belgian MEP Yvan Verougstraete tells Euractiv the EU-US trade agreement is not a negotiation but 'a surrender' - he says signing it would be one of the greatest acts of submission of this century

'I think it is totally wrong to discuss this publicly at this stage,' Boris Pistorius said

Opinion on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 - all sections
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Michael Gahler

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