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In Wednesday’s edition: Mogherini, Séjourné’s minerals, EU-US, Russian gas

Some argue the pro-separatist Junts has toughened its stance toward Madrid because it fears losing voters to the far-right Aliança Catalana

As far-right parties hammer Brussels over corruption, the EU’s own investigators may be proving them right

MEPs are divided along fault lines that are not simply left and right

The former EU foreign-policy chief reinvented herself as the high-profile rector of Europe’s finishing school for the EU elite – until a fraud probe sent Belgian police to her Bruges doorstep

Prosecutors suspect a tender was skewed toward the College of Europe, which runs the school

Europe’s defence debate now centres on one blunt question: how many people can fight if they must?

Europe is spending billions upgrading its defences to deter Russia, but wavering public resolve risks leaving Russia undeterred by Europe’s growing military strength

The Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional deal on the REPowerEU regulation to gradually phase out Russian gas imports, with the aim of ending any dependency on Russian gas and strengthening the EU's energy security.

The move paves the way for a Commission plan to ban Russian oil, ending the bloc's 57-year energy relationship with Moscow

Draft legislation informally agreed with the Council seeks to protect the EU’s interests from the weaponisation of energy supplies by the Russian Federation.
Committee on International Trade
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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Draft legislation informally agreed with the Council seeks to protect the EU’s interests from the weaponisation of energy supplies by the Russian Federation.
Committee on International Trade
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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Erneut wütet Trump auf Truth Social gegen seinen Vorgänger, der angeblich viele Dokumente nicht selbst unterschrieb. Diese seien mit sofortiger Wirkung alle «ungültig», so der US-Präsident.

Council and Parliament strike provisional deal on the package travel directive.

The Council and European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on a new anti-corruption law.

The Council has agreed its position on the critical medicines act, a new regulation that seeks to tackle shortages in key medicines by improving coordination between member states and security of supply of critical medicines in the EU.

Council and Parliament reached a provisional deal on the revised GSP regulation, linking trade preferences for developing countries to stronger commitments on human rights, environment and migration cooperation.

Im Podcast «Spaghetti mit Ketchup und Chäs» zeigt sich Schauspieler Joel Basman ehrlich wie nie: kein Filmdreh mehr seit 2023, Geldsorgen, Security-Job und ein schonungslos offenes Geständnis über seine Drogengeschichte.

Der neue Eishockey-Verbandspräsident Urs Kessler tritt nach drei Monaten Amtszeit am Mittwoch um 10 Uhr in Kloten ZH erstmals vor die Medien. Er wird einiges zu vermelden haben.

Parliament has struck a deal with Council on updating protection rules for package holidaymakers, based on lessons learned from the pandemic and high-profile bankruptcies.
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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