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6th Dec 2023

Ticker

Salvini tells Germany to take migrant ship heading for Italy

A ship belonging to the German migrant rescue NGO Sea-Eye was Thursday heading for the Italian island of Lampedusa with 64 migrants onboard it had rescued off Libya on Wednesday. Italy's interior minister Matteo Salvini told reporters during a G7 summit in Paris that he had written to the German government asking it "to take on the problem". The ship headed towards Lampedusa to avoid bad weather in Malta.

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Analysis

Tense EU-China summit showdown unlikely to bear fruit

EU leaders will meet their Chinese counterparts in Beijing for the first face-to-face summit since 2019. Their agenda includes trade imbalances, economic security, Ukraine and human rights — what can be expected by the end of 48 hours of talks?

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A look to the past and the future of China-EU relations

2023 marks the 20th anniversary of China and the EU's comprehensive strategic partnership, established in 2003. This occasion provides an opportunity to review the past and look into the future, and discuss how to further develop a sound China-EU relationship.

Opinion

Tusk's difficult in-tray on Poland's judicial independence

What is obvious is that PiS put in place a set of interlocking safeguards for itself which, even after their political defeat in Poland, will render it very difficult for the new government to restore the rule of law.

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