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The expansion of the ground offensive in the Gaza Strip is prompting growing criticism of the Israeli military's operations. A number of people have also been killed or wounded in skirmishes at aid distribution points run by the Israeli- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

The Greek government has announced plans to tighten the immigration laws. Illegal residence in the country is to be punishable with up to five years in prison and the maximum period of detention pending deportation will increase from 18 to 24 months. In addition, previous provisions which gave irregular immigrants the chance to obtain a residence permit after seven years in the country, is to be abolished.

As the European Commission prepares the Digital Networks Act, it must make sure not to introduce unnecessary additional burdens on Europe’s cloud providers, as this could have catastrophic consequences for Europe’s digitalisation targets.

The President of the Eurogroup, Paschal Donohoe, gave a speech at the Centre for Financial Studies, Goethe University, Germany.

Council reaches provisional agreement with Parliament on updated rules to tackle non-sustainable fishing allowed by non-EU countries.

Joint press release following the EU-U.S. Ministerial on Justice and Home Affairs, 2-3 June 2025, Warsaw, Poland.

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