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Bulgarian populists keen to join EU conservative bloc
Populist formation There Is Such a People (ITN), established just two years ago, has announced its intention to join the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR). With the upcoming EU elections set to be held in June next year, ITN has...
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German government coalition diverges on how to fill budget gap
With the German government scrambling to fill the budget gap left by a recent top court ruling, proposed solutions have diverged the three-party coalition, exposing old budgetary ideologies. A recent ruling by the German Constitutional Court left a €60 billion...
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Duda to appoint Tusk despite warnings
President Andrzej Duda will nominate Donald Tusk as Poland’s new prime minister should he win the parliament’s bid, despite advice he should not, the president’s aide, Łukasz Rzepecki, confirmed to Radio ZET. When asked if Duda would agree to nominate...
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Macron at COP28: ‘Nuclear energy is back’
France and around twenty other countries signed a pledge to ‘triple nuclear energy capacity from 2020 by 2050’ at Dubai’s COP28 international gathering on Saturday. This declaration, which is not legally binding, recognises “the key role of nuclear energy in...
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Will the EU-China summit be another ‘dialogue of the deaf’?
In this week’s edition: EU-China summit preview, Hungary doubling down on Ukraine and a leak on the EU executive's defence industry inquiry.
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COP28: The new global crackdown on climate-wrecker methane
Methane emissions from the energy sector are among the actions developed by the two-week global climate conference in Dubai, keeping in check the hopes of avoiding a rapidly worsening climate.
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‘Blame China’: EU Parliament’s high-stakes gambit at COP28
The head of the European Parliament's delegation at the COP28 climate summit took aim at China ahead of his trip to Dubai, saying Beijing must stop portraying itself as a developing country and contribute to climate finance like “a superpower” or else assume responsibility for the talks’ failure.
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Israel faces growing US calls for restraint amid renewed Gaza fighting
Israel faced growing US calls to avoid further harm to Palestinian civilians in its fight against Hamas militants in Gaza, as the warring sides on Sunday (3 December) showed no sign of moving toward reviving their collapsed truce.
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One dead, two injured after Islamist attacks tourists near Paris’ Eiffel Tower
One person died and two others were injured after a man attacked tourists in central Paris near the Eiffel Tower, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Saturday (2 December).
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Global coalition pledge to triple renewables, double energy efficiency improvements
A coalition of 118 countries, excluding China, has signed up to a pledge that aims to create a binding commitment for the world to triple its current renewable energy capacity and double the rate of energy efficiency improvements until 2030....
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Nobel economist: Rapid technological changes drive EU skills shortages
Skills shortages across the EU can be explained by technological changes so rapid that workers and companies alike are struggling to keep up, labour economics scholar and Nobel prize winner Christopher Pissarides told Euractiv in an interview on Friday (1 December).
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Ukraine conducts new attack on Russian railway deep in Siberia
Ukraine's domestic spy agency has detonated explosives on a Russian railway line deep in Siberia, the second attack this week on military supply routes in the area, a Ukrainian source told Reuters on Friday (1 December).
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Russia voices indifference over OSCE’s future as Skopje summit concludes
The world's largest regional security organisation concluded its annual summit on Friday (1 December) with Russia expressing indifference over the body's future.
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Generative AI puts trust in the news media to the test
The spread of fake news and disinformation has steadily risen in past years, with audiences increasingly getting their news online, where false information - sometimes generated by AI - spreads faster, threatening audiences' trust in media.
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Experts warn of low consumption of whole grain in the EU and say schools are key
Whole grains must be integrated into diets early in life to create healthy habits and curb life-threatening diseases, say experts, who call for the inclusion of grains into the EU School Scheme and public procurement of food. While sugar and...
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Early HIV testing key to Europe’s 2030 targets – report
A new World Health Organisation (WHO) report released ahead of Friday (1 December), World AIDS Day, argues that there is still a long way to go to hit global HIV reduction targets by 2030, underlining the importance of early and tailored testing.
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Delayed implementation of medical device regulations pose shortage risks
Implementation of two regulations on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices is failing, despite the tweaks made earlier this year, posing shortage risks on one hand and outdated certification rules on the other.
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Safety groups urge ministers not to allow teenagers to drive trucks
Safety campaigners have written to EU ministers urging them to reject moves to lower the age at which young people can begin training to drive a heavy-duty vehicle, arguing it could lead to higher numbers of serious road accidents.
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The Brief – Loss and damage fund offers opportunity for EU leadership
The agreement on the loss and damage fund to compensate the victims of climate change is the first major success of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, but in practical terms, the figures put on the table will not make...
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Dormant conflict between Poroshenko and Zelenskyy comes to light
A long-standing conflict between the former president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and the incumbent Volodymyr Zelenskyy came to the light as Ukraine’s authorities stopped the former head of state from a visit the US, where he had important meetings planned.
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