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Nuclear power will play a crucial role in Europe's transition to carbon-free, secure energy production, according to Poland's secretary of state for strategic energy infrastructure, speaking at the Polish electricity association PKEE's Energy Day 2023.

Interacting with corrugated cardboard is a near daily occurrence in most people’s lives. It protects essential goods of all types as they travel around the globe and eventually end up in stores nearby or on our front doorsteps. Eleni Despotou...

Members of the AFET Committee will meet on:

Thursday, 5 October in CHURCHILL 100 (Strasbourg)

Vote jointly with the Committee on Budgets on the report on the Establishing the Ukraine Facility

Meeting will be webstreamed.
AFET-SEDE-DROI meetings 2023
Meeting documents
Webstreaming
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As EU institutions prepare to negotiate the proposed revision of the 2021-2027 MFF, experts and lawmakers are urging Brussels to rethink the overall EU budget framework to make sure it better responds to spending needs in the longer-term.

With the demand for critical raw materials set to increase in the following years, governments and companies must adopt measures for a fair system that ensures security of supply while preventing the exploitation of vulnerable communities, write Jonathan Pershing and Monica Araya.

Spain v Commission
State aid
The General Court annuls the Commission’s decision declaring the Spanish tax scheme on the deduction for indirect acquisitions of shareholdings in foreign companies unlawful

Valve Corporation v Commission
Competition
Online video games: the General Court confirms that geo-blocking of activation keys for the Steam platform infringed EU competition law

Entry into office of two new Members of the General Court of the European Union
Entry into office of two new Members of the General Court of the European Union

Politicians should manage expectations about the hydrogen economy or risk hitting a brick wall when market realities contradict their ever-increasing ambitions, writes Nikolaus J. Kurmayer.

the Australian Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Madeleine King argued for more European investments into the Australian critical minerals sector, criticising the EU's insistence on banning dual pricing in the free trade negotiations between the EU and Australia.

Central Asian economies from Mongolia to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan will see strong growth this year and next thanks to rising trade and remittance flows from Russia, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on Wednesday (27 September).

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Germany starting to check at its Polish and Czech borders despite fierce opposition, Bulgaria announcing it will not wage a diplomatic war over Schengen, and so much more.

Russia's most prominent opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, lost his appeal on Tuesday (26 September) against a new 19-year prison term that extends his total sentence to more than 30 years.

Political parties facing multiple corruption charges are hoping for a grand comeback at Saturday's snap elections in Slovakia —which could also lead to a reversal of the central European country's position on Ukraine and Russia.

The EU and US have urged Azerbaijan to give aid groups more access to ethnic Armenians, as tens of thousands flee the conflict zone.

The EU is urging Big Tech platforms to act against the Kremlin's "war of ideas" ahead of the 2024 elections, as Russia's disinformation is flowering on Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) platform.

A blocking minority of member states is posing tricky questions on whether the EU can reach a deal on an overhaul of the bloc's asylum and migration laws.

International media must make clear that these are not fair, democratic elections. The flawed race should be the story at least as much as the race itself.

OPINION on the ongoing negotiations on a status agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in Mauritania
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Jan-Christoph Oetjen

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The International Energy Agency finds that the clean energy investment needed to stay below 1.5 degrees Celsius warming saves $12 trillion [€11.3 trillion] in fuel expenditure — and creates double the amount of jobs lost in fossil fuel-related industries.