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Lack of productivity growth ‘existential challenge’ for Europe, Draghi report says
Europe is facing an "existential challenge" to increase its productivity, Mario Draghi’s long-awaited report on European competitiveness states, with the main priorities focused on advancing the tech sector and ensuring a successful transition towards climate neutrality.
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Polish authorities take down Belarusian and Russian cyber-espionage group
Polish authorities successfully dismantled a cyber-espionage group linked to Belarusian and Russian intelligence services, which had been conducting malicious activities in Poland, reported Polish Minister of Digitization Krzysztof Gawkowski on Monday (9 September).
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The EU should modernise, not step backwards
The new European Commission should focus on the future and how to modernise the economy, not walking back on the green agenda, writes Mats Engström. Mats Engström is a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)....
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US takes on Google’s ad tech empire in antitrust trial
Google faces its second major antitrust trial in less than a year on Monday (9 September), with the US government accusing the tech giant of dominating online advertising and stifling competition.
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Algeria declares President Tebboune election winner with 95% of vote
Algerian authorities declared President Abdulmadjid Tebboune the overwhelming winner of Saturday's election on Sunday (8 September), but a rival candidate alleged irregularities in the count and fewer than half of registered voters cast ballots.
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Pro-nuclear lobby, EPP pressuring von der Leyen to drop Ribera – media reports
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about von der Leyen being pressured not to have Ribera at the helm of the climate portfolio, Le Pen's far-right party saying it will judge Michel Barnier on performance, and so much more.
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Russia claims it took Ukrainian town in advance on Pokrovsk
Russia said on Sunday (8 September) its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern Ukraine as Moscow's forces advance on the strategically important city of Pokrovsk and seek to pierce the Ukrainian defensive front lines.
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Romanian opposition slams government after Russian drones enter airspace
The leader of the main opposition USR party, Elena Lasconi, has called on President Klaus Iohannis and Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu to provide explanations on Russian drones entering Romanian territory over the weekend.
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Bulgaria and Germany agree to cooperate on energy
Bulgaria and Germany signed a declaration on cooperation in energy, green policies and climate protection, the Bulgarian Energy Ministry announced on Sunday.
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Slovak Environment Minister rejects EU directive on household fossil fuel charges
Slovakia has failed to include charges for emissions from heating and road transport in its latest amendment to its Emissions Trading Act, despite an EU directive requiring member states to do so by 25 September, with Environment Minister Tomáš Taraba (SNS) urging Brussels to revise the directive instead.
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Unidentified object from Belarus lands in Poland
An unidentified object with Cyrillic writing initially thought to be a balloon, fell a few metres from the Belarusian border in another incident of this kind in recent months.
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Portfolio of Czech commissioner-designate tipped to focus on trade
Czech commissioner-designate Jozef Síkela will be proposed to take up an economic portfolio with a focus on trade, Czech European Affairs Minister Martin Dvořák (STAN, EPP) said in the Czech Television debate on Sunday.
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How the Draghi report could affect future EU-US relations
The Italian technocrat’s policy proposals, set to be released on Monday (9 September), are likely to profoundly shape EU-US relations over the coming years.
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Greek leftist opposition leader ousted as Syriza enters uncharted waters
A censure motion pushed forward by several members of leftist main opposition Syriza party in Greece was approved on Sunday and overthrew the 36-year-old Stefanos Kasselakis from the leadership of the party.
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The EUDR needs corrective action to work [Promoted content] [Advocacy Lab Content]
The EU Deforestation Regulation in its current form will result in perverse outcomes that harm the world’s poorest farmers – but they can be avoided, writes Eddy Martono.
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Zelenskyy in Italy: Peace plan will be ‘ready in November’
Ukraine will have its peace plan ready in November, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said as he met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over the weekend.
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Le Pen’s far-right party to judge Barnier on performance
French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) has vowed not to oppose President Emmanuel Macron's pick for prime minister, said party figurehead Marine Le Pen and party leader Jordan Bardella over the weekend, adding that Michel Barnier would instead be judged on his performance.
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Far-right AfD cheers Scholz’s call for peace summit with Russia
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for a peace conference with Russia on Sunday, a move the far-right AfD saw as a sign the government was bowing to its pressure.
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Pro-nuclear lobby, EPP pressuring von der Leyen to drop Ribera – media reports
The pro-nuclear lobby in Brussels and the EPP are reportedly pressuring European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen not to appoint Spanish Ecological Transition Minister Teresa Ribera as her new climate commissioner, with speculations in Madrid now suggesting Ribera will instead be presented with the powerful competition portfolio.
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Greece to tax cruise ship arrivals to protect popular islands from overtourism
Greece plans to impose a 20-euro levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season, in a bid to avert overtourism, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday (8 September).
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