EU leaders spoke of unity and relief ahead of their informal meeting on Thursday, praising the bloc's strength against intense US tensions, while also relieved that president Trump rescinded his tariff threat.

EU Council president António Costa and commission president Ursula von der Leyen are visiting India this week to finalise a trade agreement while MEPs in Brussels will discuss the EU-US trade deal and the next long-term EU budget.

EU foreign ministers are to blacklist 14 Iranians for killing peaceful protesters, as the US renews its threat of military strikes.

Across Europe, mayors and local councillors are facing a disturbing rise in harassment, threats, disinformation, and even physical violence. These aren’t isolated incidents — they are a growing pattern. And they’re not 'just politics'. They are deliberate attempts to silence, intimidate, and push people out of public life, warns the Council of European Municipalities and Regions.

A French banker inside Euroclear, who flew to Russia 155 times for "private" reasons, allegedly tried to connect the company's CEO, Valérie Urbain, with Russian spies and threatened her when she declined, according to an investigation by EUobserver, Humo, De Morgen, and Dossier Center.

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