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After the shakiest of starts on Tuesday, Friedrich Merz looks to regroup with visits to Paris and Warsaw on Wednesday.

Géza Andreas von Geyr served as his country's ambassador to NATO for two years and brings extensive experience in diplomacy and defence.

As of today, all telephone communications within the Vatican will be cut off and will only be restored after the announcement of the election of the new pontiff.

Türkiye’s geopolitical and strategic importance cannot make up for the government’s democratic backsliding, and EU membership criteria are not up for negotiation, MEPs say.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Türkiye’s geopolitical and strategic importance cannot make up for the government’s democratic backsliding, and EU membership criteria are not up for negotiation, MEPs say.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Türkiye’s geopolitical and strategic importance cannot make up for the government’s democratic backsliding, and EU membership criteria are not up for negotiation, MEPs say.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Parliament adopted its recommendations for the European Water Resilience Strategy, expected from the Commission before summer 2025.
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety

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Parliament adopted its recommendations for the European Water Resilience Strategy, expected from the Commission before summer 2025.
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety

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On 12 May 2025, the AFET and BUDG Committees will hold a second Dialogue on the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans. The Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans is a new financial instrument aimed at supporting the socio-economic convergence between the six Western Balkan countries and the EU on their path to accession. It consists of €4 billion in highly preferential loans and budgetary guarantees, as well as €2 billion in grants.
In October last year, the Commission adopted an Implementing Decision approving the reform agendas of the Western Balkan countries, which make EU support conditional on the prior fulfilment of reforms. In March, the Commission started disbursing the pre-financing under the Facility to the Western Balkan countries. Members will have the opportunity to discuss with Commissioner Marta Kos the state of play of the implementation of the Facility, in particular the reforms foreseen in the reform agendas, the challenges as well as the payments made. The dialogue on the Reform and Growth Facility shall take place twice a year. A first dialogue meeting took place in September last year, following the entry into force of the Regulation.
Regulation on establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans
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On 13 May 2025, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold a public hearing on the political relations between the European Union and the United States of America. Members will have the possibility to discuss with a panel of three distinguished experts on transatlantic relations about the current state of relations and prospects for future developments.
The public hearing will feed into the preparation of the AFET own-initiative report on EU-US political relations by AFET Standing Rapporteur on the United States, Michal Szczerba.
Location : ANTALL (2Q2)
Draft Programme
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In a series of votes on Wednesday, MEPs granted discharge to all but two EU bodies, approving the way they managed the EU budget in 2023.
Committee on Budgetary Control

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In a series of votes on Wednesday, MEPs granted discharge to all but two EU bodies, approving the way they managed the EU budget in 2023.
Committee on Budgetary Control

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Parliament’s vision and demands for the EU’s 2028-2034 budget are set out in a resolution adopted by MEPs on Wednesday.
Committee on Budgets

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Parliament’s vision and demands for the EU’s 2028-2034 budget are set out in a resolution adopted by MEPs on Wednesday.
Committee on Budgets

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On Wednesday, the European Parliament marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe in a ceremony in plenary with three veterans.

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On Wednesday, the European Parliament marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe in a ceremony in plenary with three veterans.

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Speech by Ambassador Cai Run at the Reception in Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of China-EU Diplomatic Ties.

US spies are under orders to monitor Greenland's independence movement and find those receptive to Trump's desire to control the island, the WSJ reports.

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