The EU budget Commissioner’s presentation was poorly received by MEPs: “Negotiations start on the wrong foot”, says rapporteur.
Category: 3. Europe
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EU budget: Parliament revolts against Commission proposal
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Tech giants can easily check age of child users, says Danish minister
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ADVERTISEMENTThe largest online platforms should not have any issues implementing looming age verification solutions, Denmark’s digital minister told Euronews in response to heavy lobbying around online child protection measures by the…
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Retaliatory tariffs: Which EU countries could be impacted the most?
Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands are three of the most exposed countries should the EU decide to impose countermeasures on US imports — following Washington’s threat to charge 30% on EU goods.
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Icelanders support reboot of EU accession talks, foreign minister says – POLITICO
Defense boost, but no army
Iceland, as the only NATO member with no army but with a strategically important location in the North Atlantic, occupies a unique position in the alliance, especially as U.S. President Donald Trump pressures members to bump up their military spending.
While…
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Challenges ahead: an update on the European decorative paint market
In 2023, the European paint market is estimated at around 4.5 billion litres and EUR 21.1 billion. Germany, France, Italy, the UK, and Spain are the leading markets. Since early 2022, the downturn has shifted country shares. Germany…
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die stillen Konkurrenten – POLITICO
Die Richterwahl-Krise ist zur CDU-internen Machtfrage geworden: Jens Spahn taumelt nach dem Desaster – und plötzlich rückt Carsten Linnemann ins Zentrum der Spekulationen. Ist der Generalsekretär bereit für mehr? Oder bleibt die Union beim angeschlagenen Fraktionschef?…
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More tourist beds, fewer homes: cost of ‘overtourism’ in EU
Last month, residents across southern Europe, particularly in Spain, Italy, and Portugal, protested against “overtourism”. They held placards that read ‘tourists go home’, ‘your holidays, my misery’, and ‘mass tourism kills the…
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Britain’s trade chief to press White House on Trump tariffs in Washington trip – POLITICO
Britain’s ambassador to the U.S., Peter Mandelson, warned last weekend that he expects America’s 10 percent tariff on U.K. goods is “here to stay” despite the U.K.’s efforts. | Pool photo by Bonnie Cash/EPA When the U.S. raised tariffs on the metal imports to 50 percent at the…
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Labour’s multi-billion pound plan to slash energy bills – POLITICO
DESNZ research released earlier this year found homes dependent on electricity for heating had the highest rate of fuel poverty, at just over 20 percent, but the vast majority of homes still depend on gas.
“It is a significant political risk of the policy, as designed, that it will…
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Brussels slashes the EU farm budget, calls it a win. Farmers call it a declaration of war. – POLITICO
Welcome to Vonderland
Farmers aren’t convinced.
While Hansen tried to calm tempers inside the Parliament, hundreds of farmers rallied outside the EU institutions in Brussels, waving flags and chanting slogans like “Welcome to Vonderland” — a jab at von der Leyen for what…
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