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3 days ago
China and the EU have resumed talks aimed at ending Brussels’ extra tariffs on electric vehicles — as part of efforts to improve EU-Sino relations as both face the economic pain of new US tariffs. 
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2 hours ago
The EU is bracing itself for a lengthy trade tariff dispute with Washington, with the bloc’s trade commissioner warning that Donald Trump appears determined to “transform the global trading system, and they see the tariffs as corrective measures for many of the political goals.” 
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2 hours ago
Deporting rejected and failed asylum seekers will not work without readmission agreements with their home countries, says the European Commission. The EU has been negotiating readmission agreements with 24 countries for the past two decades. It has so far concluded 18 such agreements.
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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

6 months ago
Legal scholars have dubbed it a "sleeping beauty" — a potent yet practically unused EU Parliament instrument akin to the EU's own Article 7, designed to safeguard the rule of law and the integrity of its institutions.
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Dekonspiratsiya: Meet 20 of Putin's EU spies

27 days ago
Russian spies are still active in the EU capital and have a "higher risk appetite" than before the Ukraine war — despite Belgium's efforts to push back against their plots.
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As Trump sells out Europe’s security, ‘war is not over’ in Ukraine

1 month ago
The US and Russia have agreed to start negotiations “immediately" to end the war in Ukraine. But experts keep warning about the moral and strategic consequences of a bad deal — especially for Europe. Meanwhile, it is clear that Ukrainians have no trust in any peace deal with Moscow without strong security guarantees.
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