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Germany wants clarity that the 5G toolbox won't apply to fixed networks, while France wants tougher language on undersea cables.

Reading news has a one-way experience, now chatbots are enabling back-and-forth interaction, where readers can receive accessible explanations, no matter whether they have asked insightful questions, or not.

Progress is being made, but when the data proves that youth mental health prevention works financially and societally, why is very little being spent on it?

A Polish gynaecologist was barricaded in an office for over 50 minutes as police intervened in an escalating confrontation with protestors.

Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, currently conducting platform trials in areas such as blood cancer and dialysis, has established a competence hub to support doctors and researchers in adopting the innovative trial model.

Meloni is the first European leader to meet Trump after he announced tariffs on the EU.

The European Commission has so far hesitated to impose strict measures on US Big Tech.

Meta is under investigation under the EU Digital Services Act over its treatment of minors online.

As Washington alienates talent, Europe could see an opportunity – and maybe even a plan.

After protests and threats, the government offers olive branch to farmers.

Investors expect two or three more cuts before the end of the year, as price pressures ease and Trump's tariffs intensify fears of a eurozone recession.

The next meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 14 May 2025 from 9:00 - 12:30 and 14.30 - 18.30 and on Thursday, 15 May 2025 from 9:00 - 12:30 in Brussels (ANTALL 6Q2).
Further information about the meeting can be found here.
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SEDE missions 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
SEDE meetings' calendar 2nd half of 2024 - 10th legislature
Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

In March, Czechia still imported Russian fossil fuels worth €132 million, according to research by the think tank CREA. 

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington today for talks that will presumably focus on defusing the tariff dispute between the US and Europe. The two leaders enjoy a good personal relationship. Europe's press discusses whether the EU will benefit from this encounter - or whether the post-fascist politician only has Italy's interests in mind.

Now that the US has suspended its special tariffs for most countries, the focus of the global tariff dispute has shifted to the clash between Washington and Beijing. Europe faces the question of how to position itself in this clash of titans. Commentators are at odds.