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Síkela wants a Commission that is faster and more focused on specific priorities. 

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Tusk contacted Weber to get him to walk back demands on Ribera.

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The remarks at a joint press conference with German opposition leader Friedrich Merz were the latest to signal Kyiv's increasing openness to war negotiations.

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The deal is likely to get a simple majority, but not cross-community support – meaning the British government will have to commission a legal review and ask for Stormont's consent again in 2028.

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In this episode, host Giada Santana and defense reporter Aurelie Pugnet discuss the latest escalation in the tit-for-tat between Beijing and Washington and what it implies for the Union.

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Slovak citizens who violated COVID-19 measures can receive compensation, with their misdemeanours cleared. Fico aims to correct "a dark period" of Slovak legal process.

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Bulgaria's pharma industry is calling for an urgent 15 per cent increase in the 2025 pharmaceutical budget. Each year the state budget for medicines runs out earlier.

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The WEF estimates that if a fifth of EU farmers adopted regenerative farming techniques, greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture could be 6% lower a year by 2030. Improving soil health can also boost farming income.

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Kazakhstan could have been squeezed between great powers. Instead, it is emerging as a Central Asian bridging point, cultivating global partners and new markets.

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The European cosmetics and personal care sector, valued at €96 billion and supporting over 3.5 million jobs, faces significant challenges due to regulatory complexities and limited support for innovation.

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By 2023, Europe needs to get stronger with connectivity, automation and scalable systems to enable automated vehicles.

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Middle Corridor transportation surged 68 per cent in the first 10 months of 2024, while container traffic rose 2.7 times, with shipments from China increasing 25-fold.

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Europe’s net-zero transition will require three times more cobalt and more than $1.7 billion of new investment – and don’t forget effective government policies incentivising demand.

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Poland needs to fundamentally transform its energy system, towards one based on renewables and nuclear power. How much does the energy technology choice matter?

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"This goes way beyond [EU] agriculture ministers – it is now at the level of prime ministers, so it will not be easy," Elli Tsiforou, secretary-general of COPA and COGECA, told Euractiv.

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“Chinese companies believe the overemphasis on economic security will disrupt the division of labour in global supply chain networks,” reports the China Chamber of Commerce to the EU.

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German S&D MEP Geier described the crisis of the industry as "10 minutes past midnight".

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The name of the new PM is expected to be announced in the middle of the week. But the left alliance might not survive that long.

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Nearly half of Europe's young people report unmet mental health needs. The immediate damage is social. The long-term damage is economic. How can policy-makers lead a new generation of mental resilience?

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Policymakers are calling for an integrated approach to tackle the economic, social, and environmental impacts on the mental health of Europe’s youth. New research points to an urgent challenge.

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