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Germany and a handful of countries, such as Denmark and Switzerland, have taken a strict stance on what boils down to a footnote in the agreement's text.

"We want to help people go home, but we want to make sure they do so safely," the head of the UN's International Organisation for Migration told Euractiv in an interview.

For Fico, Slovaks "cannot live in a country where people are afraid to go into the forest and where humans become food for bears.” 

That was the easy part, now the real difficulties unfold.

The informal agreement between EU co-legislators will ensure soil is monitored in all EU countries and farmers get better support to improve soil health.
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‘Yes’ to a common European approach for hydrogen and decarbonised gas, but caution urged on technology harmonisation.

The European Commission is promising to deliver a reform package next year as campaigners seek to limit the ability of construction companies to abuse what is currently allowed under EU subcontracting law.

The Danish Life Science Council says the EU must be better at prevention, embracing personalised medicine and emerging technologies such as AI and quantum computing.

"The schedule for taking coal-fired power plants off the grid or into reserve must depend on how quickly controllable gas-fired power plants can actually be built", the coalition agreement states.

Budapest using its tools to stall process for months.

Germany has a coalition deal – but will have to wait another month for an actual new government. What are they waiting for?

Beyond the financing aspect, a significant number of right-leaning MEPs have also called for the future legislation to be aligned with existing texts.

The Dutch initiative is the latest amid growing paranoia in European capitals over espionage by hostile actors on university campuses.

The two biggest parties in the house are proposing that gas storage facilities be filled to 80% instead of 90% before winter.

German MEP Tiemo Wölken called von der Leyen's comments an important signal, but not everyone is convinced.

Virkkunen said that the withdrawal was not due to JD Vance's speech in the Paris AI Summit last month but due to the Draghi Report.

With US President Donald Trump's tariffs and EU retaliation both buffeting trade, top European business executives will again gather to discuss the fallout.

The deal between the Christian Democrats and centre-left SPD comes at a politically sensitive time in Brussels.

The future of European cohesion policy is under intense scrutiny, as policymakers and experts across the EU grapple with mounting administrative burdens and the need for a more inclusive approach to competitiveness.

The Parliament wants the Commission to take urgent action to protect European companies from the surge of low-value e-commerce imports from non-EU platforms.