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22 hours ago
Campaigners say the EU Commission has “completely embarrassed itself” by offering “flimsy excuses” for taking oil and gas lobbyists to last year's flagship summit. Wopke Hoekstra, the EU climate commissioner who defended the invites, will face MEPs for a grilling on Thursday.
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26 seconds ago
The EU faces the prospect of a second Trump administration imposing a raft of new import duties that will seriously hurt transatlantic trade. He has threatened to impose a 10-percent import tariff on all foreign goods and 100-percent levies on foreign cars.
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2 hours ago
Follow our live blog for real-time updates and insights on the EU commissioner hearings as they unfold.
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Meeting of the European Political Community in Budapest

Informal meeting of the members of the European Council in Budapest

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Capital Markets Union will not foot Europe’s climate bill, says report

3 months ago
In an effort to save money, the EU hopes private financiers will foot "most" of the climate bill. But a new report dispels these hopes, calling them "wishful thinking."
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Handshake of death: EU embrace of Kagame helping silence dissidents in Belgium

8 days ago
Every time EU leaders shake hands with Rwanda's president Paul Kagame, they embolden him to commit crimes against dissidents in Belgium, making themselves morally liable.
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Kosmos-2558: Russia's killer satellite that could trigger Article 5

2 years ago
Two blips of light in the night sky, whizzing around the globe every 90 minutes, could be where Russia opts to clash with Nato over the Ukraine war.
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