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Swaths of Europe are in the grips of a second major heatwave this year. The UK is experiencing its highest June temperatures since records began, France has reported several consecutive heat records – with the mercury hitting 40.9 degrees in Paris – and in parts of Spain and Germany, too, temperatures are well above 40 degrees, with the nights bringing little respite. How to cope with the heat – and avoid it?

The draft law aims to respond to the new security environment shaped by Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, where fast and low-cost defence innovation cycles are critical.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Committee on Security and Defence

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The draft law aims to respond to the new security environment shaped by Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, where fast and low-cost defence innovation cycles are critical.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Committee on Security and Defence

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Dubai plant den grössten Flughafen der Welt: Al Maktoum soll 2032 eröffnet werden. Mit einer Fläche von 70 km² wird er fünfmal so gross sein, wie der bisherige Flughafen. Der Flughafen Zürich hat eine Fläche von rund 9,5 km². Der Bau kostet 30 Milliarden Franken.

Der Küstenstaat La Guaira gehört zu den am stärksten vom Erdbeben betroffenen Regionen Venezuelas und wurde zum Katastrophengebiet erklärt. Bisher sind 32 Todesopfer und 700 Verletzte bestätigt. Die Angaben aus La Guaira sind laut Rodríguez darin noch nicht enthalten.

Accredited journalists are invited to an embargoed briefing on the results of a new survey on the public’s view of the EU and its priorities.

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Accredited journalists are invited to an embargoed briefing on the results of a new survey on the public’s view of the EU and its priorities.

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Council agrees position tosimplify and strengthen food and feed safety requirements.

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2026/1357 of 15 June 2026 amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/891 concerning restrictive measures in view of actions destabilising the Republic of Moldova.

The Council today agreed its negotiating position on the review of the sustainable finance disclosure regulation which aims to simplify current rules to the benefit of the EU’s financial sector and investors.

The Council today agreed its negotiating position on the review of the rules underpinning the pan-European private pension scheme, or PEPP.

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2026/1357 of 15 June 2026 amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/891 concerning restrictive measures in view of actions destabilising the Republic of Moldova.

The Council today agreed its negotiating position on the review of the sustainable finance disclosure regulation which aims to simplify current rules to the benefit of the EU’s financial sector and investors.

The Council today agreed its negotiating position on the review of the rules underpinning the pan-European private pension scheme, or PEPP.