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Kazakhstan is turning its renewable potential into a crucial link for Europe’s energy transition

Le ministre allemand des Affaires étrangères a appelé au calme lundi 27 octobre, alors que le bras de fer commercial entre l’UE et la Chine s’intensifie au sujet des restrictions à l’exportation de minerais essentiels, quelques jours après que les dirigeants européens ont menacé de brandir leur arme commerciale la plus puissante.

The post Berlin appelle au « dialogue » avec la Chine après les menaces d’utilisation du « bazooka commercial » de l’UE appeared first on Euractiv FR.

The agreement was signed as the UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, visited Ankara and met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan while touring Turkish aerospace facilities. An official release by the UK Government says the deal will guarantee the retention of as many as 20,000 British jobs and sustain the Typhoon production line at […]

Russia has officially withdrawn from its plutonium disposal agreement with the United States, completing a process that began when the treaty was suspended in 2016. President Vladimir Putin signed the decree on October 27, following prior approval from the State Duma and the government. US Fails to Fulfill Its Part of the Treaty The 2000 agreement between Russia and the US aimed to dispose of 34 tons of plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads under the START I framework. The plan involved converting plutonium into MOX fuel for use in energy reactors, a method designed to make the material irreversibly civilian. Russia fulfilled its obligations by building a MOX fuel plant in Zheleznogorsk and commissioning the BN-800 reactor at the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant. In contrast, the US halted construction of the MFFF plant at Savannah River due to alleged financial constraints. This led Russia to suspend the agreement in 2016.

Budapest, 2025. október 27., hétfő (MTI) - Lezárult a jelentkezési időszak az energetikai korszerűsítéseket ösztönző programcsomag 13 milliárd forintos keretösszegű kutatás-fejlesztési kiírásán. A pályázat a piacról még hiányzó innovatív technológiai fejlesztések, jelentős tudományos, műszaki újdonságtartalommal rendelkező termékek, prototípusok, szolgáltatások létrehozását támogatja energetikai fókusszal.

Written by Sebastian Clapp.

The United States (US) Defense Industrial Base (DIB) is the world’s largest, comprising over 60 000 companies and 1.17 million employees. It is dominated by five major corporations – Lockheed Martin, RTX, General Dynamics, Boeing and Northrop Grumman – which together account for around one third of US Department of Defense (DoD) contracts and half of the revenue of the top 100 defence companies in the world. While the DIB sustains US technological dominance, it faces challenges linked to market consolidation, supply chain resilience and workforce shortages. The 2023 Biden administration’s National Defense Industrial Strategy seeks to address these issues, among other things, through enhanced supply chain resilience, workforce development and flexible acquisition. However, experts expect vast changes, including for the DIB, in strategy under the new Trump administration’s national defence strategy that is currently being developed.

By contrast, the European defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB) remains fragmented, and has been under-invested in for decades. In 2024, EU defence spending reached €343 billion, roughly 2.5 times less than the US level (around €864 billion in 2024), with a large part of procurement sourced from the US. The 2024 European defence industrial strategy and the European defence industry programme aim to strengthen European defence industrial sovereignty, promote collaborative procurement, and emphasise a ‘Buy European’ approach. The European Parliament supports close EU–US cooperation but insists that EU programmes must primarily reinforce the EDTIB and increase strategic autonomy.

Read the complete briefing on ‘United States Defense Industrial Base: How does it differ from the European defence technological and industrial base?‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

The next meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 5 November 2025 from 9.00 - 12.30 and 14.30 - 18.30 and Thursday, 6 November 2025 from 9.00 - 12.30 in Brussels (room SPAAK 1A2).

Further information about the SEDE meeting can be found here.

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SEDE missions 2025:

• Djibouti - 27-29 October 2025
  
• Greenland - 15-19 September 2025
  
• Norway - 27-30 May 2025
• Moldova and Ukraine - 14-17 April 2025
  
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - 24-27 February 2025
• Israel and Palestine - 5-8 February 2025

SEDE missions 2024:

• United Kingdom - 28-30 October 2024
• Ukraine - 25-26 October 2024

SEDE Committee meetings' calendar 2025
EP calendar 2025
Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The next meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 5 November 2025 from 9.00 - 12.30 and 14.30 - 18.30 and Thursday, 6 November 2025 from 9.00 - 12.30 in Brussels (room SPAAK 1A2).

Further information about the SEDE meeting can be found here.

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SEDE missions 2025:

• Djibouti - 27-29 October 2025
  
• Greenland - 15-19 September 2025
  
• Norway - 27-30 May 2025
• Moldova and Ukraine - 14-17 April 2025
  
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - 24-27 February 2025
• Israel and Palestine - 5-8 February 2025

SEDE missions 2024:

• United Kingdom - 28-30 October 2024
• Ukraine - 25-26 October 2024

SEDE Committee meetings' calendar 2025
EP calendar 2025
Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Quelques activistes congolais ont lancé, ce lundi 27 octobre à Kinshasa, une dynamique de réflexion intitulée « Front pour la Quatrième République ».

À travers cette initiative, ils affirment vouloir améliorer les textes qui régissent le pays afin de tracer la voie vers un développement durable.

Un rapport parlementaire met à nouveau en lumière le coût et l’échec du recours massif aux hôtels pour héberger les migrants au Royaume-Uni. Un nouveau caillou dans la chaussure du Premier ministre, avec ces hôtels qui divisent la société et alimentent la colère des conservateurs, sur fond de montée de l’extrême droite.

Plus de 2 200 kilomètres de démarcation terrestre séparent la Colombie et le Venezuela. Entre les années 1950 et 1980, des millions de Colombiens fuyant la pauvreté et le conflit armé ont traversé cette ligne pour tenter leur chance dans le riche État pétrolier aujourd'hui fragilisé par une crise qui a (...) / Colombie, Venezuela, Frontières, Migrations - 2025/10

Ministers warn EU plans risk fragmenting the CAP and pushing green goals out of reach

Enseignant, publicitaire ou encore journaliste…  10 personnes âgées entre 41 et 60 ans sont jugées ce lundi pour cyberharcèlement contre la première dame Brigitte Macron. Elle est la cible d’une infox virale selon laquelle elle serait une femme transgenre

La ville de Kinshasa accueille du 27 au 30 octobre la première édition de la Semaine nationale du climat.

Ce forum offre aux Congolais l’opportunité de faire de l’environnement un pilier du développement de leur pays. Pour y parvenir, la ministre de l’Environnement encourage chaque citoyen à s’impliquer activement dans la lutte contre le changement climatique.

Chinese officials also sought to ease tensions between Beijing and Berlin on Monday, with a foreign ministry spokesperson stressing their “mutually beneficial” relationship

Marcel Amoko, notre correspondant à Yaoundé, décrypte la situation.

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Concerns focus on the Commission's bid to add a NIS2 supplement into the EU Space Act

The findings come as the Brussels already rushing to spend hundreds of billions before the loan expires in 2026