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In today's edition: CAP simplification, soil law, EU-US

In today’s edition: Belgium balks at the legal and financial risks of using frozen Russian assets, Friedrich Merz’s premature Mercosur victory claim falls flat, and EU leaders urge Roberta Metsola to rally Parliament behind the red tape-cutting agenda

Costa hailed the summit's defence discussion as a “decisive building block” towards Europe’s sovereignty

The country refused to back a proposed €140 billion EU loan to Ukraine at Thursday’s summit in Brussels

Germany is both Europe’s top meat producer and its largest market for plant-based foods

China’s export restrictions on rare earths have prompted a surge of diplomatic engagement between Brussels and Tokyo

The Commission has been investigating Meta’s Facebook and Instagram over disinformation and deceptive advertising under the Digital Services Act since April 2024

A compromise on a nine-hour transport limit ‘remains unlikely,’ the Danish agriculture minister told Euractiv

The EU has finally approved the 19th package of sanctions against Russia. EU leaders meeting in Brussels for the autumn Council are feeling very self-congratulatory for this achievement, which was held up for weeks by Slovakia. They really shouldn’t. The best thing that happened to the EU this week was that President Trump suddenly cancelled […]

Two hospitals hope to beat traffic jams and speed up diagnoses using drones to transport samples, the trial hinges on whether the samples arrive intact

The prospect of sealing a €140 billion financial loan for Kyiv has been kicked back to December

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Two Spanish fighters in Lithuania were scrambled and continued to patrol the air, according to the Lithuanian Armed Forces

Some countries like France wanted the cash to primarily benefit EU industry

‘I am a bit frustrated that people still think that 72.5% in 2035 is the same as 90% in 2040,’ he told Euractiv

The EU has repeatedly vowed to back Ukraine "for as long as it takes". But the bloc's high talk of unwavering support has been worn down by Russia's dogged assault, the lapse in US security guarantees, and disagreement on the 'reparation loan'

The new rules aim to restore soil health across the EU by 2050

In a bid to boost the bloc's economy and competitiveness, EU leaders are less concerned where the majorities in Parliament come from, and more focused on making progress quickly

EU capitals clash over how to adopt the bloc’s position before key WHO tobacco control talks

People leading the drafting of high-risk AI standards have hit out at their fast-tracking in a letter to EU authorities