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PAN Europe says ruling should curb industry attempts to prolong approvals

Electrification is emerging as a key theme under the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal. If incentivised correctly, it can support Europe’s competitiveness, autonomy and resilience. However, electrification in Europe has been stalling in recent years, stuck at 23% of total energy for the past decade. At a time when electricity demand should be increasing, it instead […]

NGOs warn EU needs ‘unity and determination’ amid COP11 divisions

Brussels told Budapest that the ban would breach EU law and disrupt the single market

The digital simplification package is being framed as a playbook for growing European AI, as commissioners aim to steer out of political pushback over privacy rule cuts

MEPs view the move as a top-down intervention by Metsola, a leading EPP figure whose group largely backs the deal

China had already been Germany's top trading partner from 2016 to 2023

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MEPs say Teresa Anjinho's appointment of a new secretary general smells of favouritism

“We need to transform defence and learn from Ukrainians how to transform," said Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius

Economic Affairs Minister said the move follows the resumption of chip supplies to the EU and 'constructive meetings' with China

The UN Security Council has endorsed US President Trump's Gaza peace plan with a resolution that provides for the deployment of an international force to stabilise the ceasefire and evokes a 'pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood'. Commentators examine whether the resolution could bring peace to the region.

The US House of Representatives and Senate have approved the release of confidential files from the investigations into the Epstein scandal. Now the law still needs to be signed by US President Trump, who has long resisted the release of the documents even though he promised to go along with it during his election campaign. Could the files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein pose a threat to the president?