Countries agree to triple global climate financing until 2035, but EU criticises lack of agreement on concrete climate action.

Voting by Romanians abroad, who can influence the result and where radical leader George Simion is popular, began on Friday (22 November). Simion voted in Rome.

The agreement would provide $300 billion annually by 2035, boosting rich countries' previous commitment to provide $100 billion per year in climate finance by 2020.

Rafał Trzaskowski beat Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski to be lead candidate.

President-elect Donald Trump takes office in two months and is expected to again pull the world's largest economy out of climate diplomacy.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv was working with its Western partners to work out systems to counter "new risks".

Experts noted that the threat of so-called “secondary sanctions” would increase the pressure on Western companies to cut any remaining financial ties with the EU’s eastern neighbour.

Reynders welcomes the progress made towards the restoring of the rule of law in Poland.

The regional conflict in Ukraine has acquired elements of a global character, says Putin.

James Burt, Chair of the Value Added Medicines Sector Group at Medicines for Europe shares his vision how off-patent innovation can help sustainably address today's major public health needs such as antimicrobial resistance, cardiovascular disease or the burden on health systems.

Europe’s farmers are facing a chronic 62% financing gap. Many young farmers cannot get business bank loans. If farming goes broke, the EU’s food security evaporates.

“Benchmarking with the US helps us to understand why EU companies want to go to the US—and how they can stay in Europe.”

But it would continue to monitor business practices in the European tech sector.

On 22 November in Budapest, the interior ministers of Bulgaria, Romania and Austria signed a declaration on the full accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area.

Hungary performed 409 organ transplants last year. Experts think this number can increase with the help of the healthcare ecosystem, and tax incentives.

Orban called the ICC warrant "wrong" and assured Netanyahu could negotiate in Hungary "in adequate safety."

At €200bn, EU budget 2025 is 6% bigger than this year’s, meaning a €10bn increase. It responds to the needs of Europeans while being able to pay back for the post-pandemic economic recovery of the Union without cutting the key programmes.

When it comes to the Franco-German relationship, Michel Barnier is ready to provide some couple therapy advice: stop being exclusive and start opening up to new partners.

This procedure is “distinct from the one that gave rise to a search in France at the end of June”.

Once in office, Donald Trump would have the power to remove the sanctions, which were imposed under an executive order by Joe Biden.