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Far-right Meloni has twice received Edmundo González in Italy, and Argentina's self-declared "anarcho-capitalist" Javier Milei has also recognised him as the election victor.

A British statement said the security partnership was aimed at "building on extensive cooperation between the two countries and strengthening Moldovan resilience against external threats".

With key industries, like Germany’s automotive sector, already facing significant pressures, and the risk of a broader trade war on the horizon, how is Europe preparing to adapt to a shifting US trade agenda?

The way many intermediate online travel platforms currently handle consumer complaints is simply unacceptable.

Denmark aims to set aside €53 million for 2024-2027 to future-proof the Danish life science sector. Sweden's government is proposing to increase the entire research sector budget by €565 million from 2025 to 2028.

Uncertainty surrounds the use of EU funding programmes for healthcare digitalisation.

The audit "shows that the system for controlling bird flu in Brazil is failing", said French MEP Pascal Canfin (Renew).

The deal clears the way for a final vote on the new Commission by MEPs on 27 November.

It is quite rare for the Danish military to comment publicly on individual vessels travelling in Danish waters.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and French President Emmanuel Macron pitched into its first dedicated “predictable” fund.

For now, the EU is only considering working with the Biden administration with regards to a Ukraine peace deal, EU sources told Euractiv as tensions between Russia, Ukraine and the US continue to rise.

The impulse to boycott seems entirely the wrong instinct in the face of a fragmenting media landscape.    

There have been “no government subsidies” on Cognac production, contrary to Beijing allegations, Emmanuel Macron said, calling the temporary tariffs “surprising” and “targeted.”

Germany and Poland have disagreed once more on defence funding after Poland claimed that the largest EU countries back 'defence bonds.'

“[The consultation] should have been a lot earlier,” said Daniel Leufer, senior policy advisor at AccessNow.

“We're importing autos from the EU. We're not exporting any. We're importing steel from the EU. We're not exporting any... There's a perception that there is something unfair about this trade relationship that should be corrected."

As the backbone of many key industrial value chains, including clean technologies from renewables to electric vehicles, steel has been foundational to the European Union, driving prosperity, resilience, and innovation.

But some states will continue to free-ride or invoke budgetary difficulties to under-invest.

Statistics from the European Commission show 9.3 million uses of animals in scientific procedures across the EU and Norway in 2022, with an additional 9.6 million animals bred and killed without being used, bringing the total that year to 18.9 million animals that were needed to support EU research and testing in the EU. Is it time to mandate an alternative?

French President Emmanuel Macron said he had asked his Chinese colleague Xi Jinping during a meeting at the G20 to "use all his influence" with Putin to try to achieve a de-escalation.