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The Brief – Germany’s last-ditch effort?

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 18:34

What started as a noble effort to defend democracy is now looking like political opportunism.

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Operation SHIELD seizes drugs worth more than €11 million

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 17:07

Europol scores a win against the ‘skyrocketing’ trade in counterfeit drugs.

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MEPs grill Commissioners on Mercosur money pots

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 16:33

“That’s a disastrous signal, we’re telling farmers: we pay you, so you quietly close shop,” said French centre-right MEP Céline Imart

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Industrial electrification – Ready to power Europe’s green industrial future? [Advocacy Lab Content]

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 16:30

As we approach the first anniversary of the landmark Antwerp Declaration’s ambitious goal-setting for European industrial competitiveness and the green transition, the challenge of industrial electrification remains at the heart of Europe's decarbonisation journey.

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‘No control’: Sweden grapples with bomb violence wave

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 15:38

Sweden saw 27 bombings in 27 days to begin 2025.

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ECB further cuts interest rates amid Trump tariff fears

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 15:21

The bank cited easing price pressures, “moderating” wage growth, and declining corporate profits as the main reasons for its decision.

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Norway’s governing coalition breaks over EU energy rules row

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 13:36

Norway is bound to adopt EU energy laws as a member of the European Economic Area – which the eurosceptic Centre Party has opposed.

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Mutual defence applies in space, says Kallas

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 13:20

She clarified the EU’s equivalent of NATO’s Article 5 will now include space.

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Eurozone unexpectedly stagnates as German, French economies contract

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 13:13

New data is likely to increase pressure on the European Central Bank to rapidly cut interest rates.

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EIB to up defence investment to €2bn this year

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 12:06

The EU's lending arm is facing pressure from governments to bankroll more military projects.

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ECR accepts Bardella’s plea to jointly take down the Green Deal

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 10:15

The ECR are willing to work with "those who share our concerns about the economic and social implications of the Green Deal" – including the far-right Patriots for Europe, according to a letter seen by Euractiv.

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Greeks fume at France over alleged sale of missiles to Turkey

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 07:22

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Slovak NGOs condemning Fico’s government, the Romanian Central Bank confident the country will meet all eurozone requirements this month, and so much more.   

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Unions reject EU competitiveness plan

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 07:20

The European Trade Union Confederation says the Competitiveness Compass is full of proposals for businesses, but not for ordinary citizens.

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Bulgaria could meet all eurozone criteria this month

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 07:14

The report comes after the government said it was postponing the request a final report for Eurozone accession from EU institutions last week.

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Romania’s pro-Europeans in talks to block isolationists from presidential run-off

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 07:10

The talks were aimed at ensuring that a pro-European candidate would make it through to the second round of the election.

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German businesses fed up with outgoing government

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 07:01

The gathering in Berlin, held just a few hundred metres away from the German parliament, was attended by several prominent CDU/CSU and FDP politicians.

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Brussels kicks off ‘too late’ meetings to boost flagging heat pump industry

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 07:01

Insiders say the series of meetings will be the spiritual successor to the abandoned 2023 heat pump action plan.

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Building a Clean EU Industry [Promoted content]

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 07:00

Europe’s largest industry should be at the heart of the Clean Industrial Deal promised by a new college of European Commissioners, three senior industry officials explain.

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AI Liability Directive today, Virkkunen’s sovereign cloud tomorrow

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 07:00

Poland accuses Russia of election interference via the dark web, and the European Commission seems to be slow-announcing a space regulation.

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Greeks fume at France over alleged sale of missiles to Turkey

Thu, 30/01/2025 - 06:59

For Greece, it is contradictory for a manufacturing country to sell weapons systems to two countries that have differences between them.

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