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And a parliamentary debate on Italy's spyware scandal got sabotaged.

The two heads of state addressed bilateral relations that have negatively been affected by Fico.

Montenegro asserted that “early elections are not desirable.”

Can Germany's centrist parties move as far and as fast as announcement seeks to portray?

Macron proposed opening a "strategic debate" to extend France’s nuclear arsenal to European allies, echoing the historic call from Germany’s likely future chancellor, Friedrich Merz.

The new automotive plan signals that the EU is further rolling back its zero-emission policy for road transport.

Rollback or compromise?

EU diplomats are willing to work around Hungary in favour of a strong summit text on Ukraine to send a message to Trump.

It is the latest step in the EU proposals to help countries purchase more arms and other defence gear, and for the industry to ramp up its production, or secure its ability to do so.

Jordan’s arch-conservative instincts – and his background as an undefeated wrestler in his youth – go some way to explaining his contempt for EU tech regulation.

Parts of the plan have been the subject of heavy debate since late fall, and are already being criticised for supposed its lack of ambition.

Euractiv had learned earlier that the Commission had been consulting member states to accelerate the review to March instead of June.

A former American ambassador to Berlin described Germany as a country that could go for decades stubbornly resisting change, only to suddenly change course and embrace a monumental shift overnight.

The letter asks the Commission to urgently open probes against Google's search engine.

Industry should not wait for member states to implement NIS2.

"I cannot imagine a situation in which a business relation between Poland and a US company would be suddenly interrupted," said Gawkowski.

"We need to invest in cyber, because the cyber attack on our space agency will happen in other EU countries as well," said Polish digital minister Gawkowski.

Belgium has set out its key priorities for the Critical Medicines Act, calling for supply chain resilience, financial incentives for medicine production, and a coordinated EU-wide stockpiling system.

But the US aid tap is not immediately turned back on.

From voting to forced treatment, the EU does not meet the UN's standards of disability rights, said the NGO.