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Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 2-8 June 2025

Declarações do presidente António Costa durante a conferência de imprensa após a inauguração do Primeiro Fórum de Investimento União Europeia-Brasil.

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The report fails to represent accurate findings from the "small sub-sample of MEPs" surveyed, the pollster said.

The US president said the new tariffs would apply from Wednesday.

EU citizens should continue to ignore experts’ claims that ChatGPT will soon render them unemployed.

Fighting deforestation is like weaning a junkie off a bad habit. The EU has put firms into compulsory rehab, but non-wood forest products are seen as profitable alternatives to deforestation.

A readiness and defence check should be built into new EU legislation, they suggest.

Mark Carney said he hoped a deal could be done by July.

The government is expected to launch a new inquiry into the pricing and reimbursement system of pharmaceuticals in Sweden, but stakeholders worry this could take years.

The Russian government has proposed resuming negotiations on a ceasefire in Istanbul on Monday and said it will set out its terms in a memorandum. Meanwhile, at a meeting in Berlin on Wednesday German Chancellor Friedrich Merz assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Germany would provide five billion euros in military aid.

Since he was first sworn in, US President Donald Trump has caused a stir on an almost daily basis with new announcements of extreme measures in politics and the economy. Many of them - including major tariff hikes - have been cancelled or postponed a few days after being announced. Others, such as mass redundancies or deportations, have been put on hold by the courts. Europe's press takes stock of this erratic style of government.