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After a hard year due to bird flu, the foie gras industry is taking another hit as the holidays approach, meaning it could be missing from French dinner tables as Christmas comes.

The new compromise text on the Data Act, circulated on Thursday (8 December) and seen by EURACTIV, introduces significant changes to the part intended to facilitate the switching from one cloud provider to the other.

hilean Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonia Urrejola came to Brussels on Friday (9 December) to conclude negotiations on a new, more far-reaching "Advanced Framework Agreement" that slashes most tariffs between the EU and Chile.

The EU Commission says it works closely with EU states on dual-use exports but won't comment on revelations Greece authorised the sale of spyware software to Madagascar.

Public policy must be at the core of the project to develop smart villages in the EU, MEP Franc Bogovič has said, as an initiative on the EU’s long-term rural prospects moves forwards.

The European Commission on Friday (9 December) officially launched the EU’s solar photovoltaic industry alliance, with the aim of regaining production lost to China and establish a “Made in Europe” industry.

While Brussels gets ready for an ‘unusual’ fisheries quota night, the European Commission is trying in every way to strengthen synergies between economic and environmental interests in the sector.

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The EU and South Korea should cooperate in their response to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), EURACTIV, South Korean Trade Minister Dukgeun Ahn argued in an interview with EURACTIV but also warned the EU not to open "Pandora's box" of protectionist industrial policy.

The EU home affairs ministers cleared the way for Croatia's accession to the Schengen Area on Thursday. Controls at the national borders of the popular holiday destination will no longer apply as of January. Bulgaria and Romania, however, will not be allowed to join because Austria vetoed their accession citing concerns about the migration policies of both countries. Commentators harshly criticise the move.

In Iran, the first official execution over the protests against the leadership of the Islamic Republic that have been going on for almost three months has been carried out. Mohsen Shekari, 23, was hanged on Thursday for injuring a member of the pro-regime Basij militia during a road blockade in September, the country's justice authority announced. Commentators are appalled.