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MEP: Russians can't sip margaritas in EU while Putin bombs Ukraine

EPP MEP Dirk Gotink believes the European Union should stop issuing the “full range of visas” to Russian citizens while Russia continues its attacks on Ukraine.

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EU enlargement is the bloc’s “most powerful” tool, says Austrian FM

Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger says the reforms required for Western Balkan countries to join the EU are a “complicated” and “bureaucratic” process.

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Jordan ‘becoming a safe gateway’, says investment minister

Jordan’s Investment Minister Tareq Abu Ghazaleh said his country had “shown all investors” that it has a “resilient economy”.

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Ireland's EU budget proposal has no 'weak points', Irish minister says

Irish Minister of State for European Affairs Neale Richmond has defended Ireland’s proposal for the EU’s next seven-year budget, describing it as a “demonstration of what is actually realistic” amid criticism from other member states.

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Recent EU-China talks were a 'good starting point', MEP Lange says

Bernd Lange, S&D MEP and chair of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee, hopes the EU and China can reach a “comprehensive agreement” to resolve their trade dispute by March next year.

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EU sovereignty is ‘a need’ in the space, Sateliot CEO says

Jaume Sanpera, CEO of Spanish satellite operator Sateliot, believes Europe needs to “wake up” and avoid becoming dependent on two global power blocs. The industry, he argues, needs “a push” to help European tech companies become global champions.

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France’s main issue is inability to cut public debt, economist says

French economist Nicolas Bouzou says France's economic growth is not "strong" enough to sustain the country's welfare state.

Europe Today

'NATO's KPI is peace', Latvia's foreign minister says

Baiba Braže, Latvia's foreign minister, believes NATO's eastern flank is well protected at a time when it is facing heightened tensions. Latvia and its Baltic neighbours are once again on alert amid growing concerns over Russian drones and airspace violations.

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Russia is ‘testing how far it can go’, says Tsikhanouskaya

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya believes change in Russia could begin with change in Belarus, arguing that her country’s opposition movement is “more consolidated” than its Russian counterpart.

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Pope's France visit 'beginning of new mission to Europe', expert says

Austen Ivereigh, a fellow in Contemporary Church History at Oxford University, thinks one of the biggest themes of Pope Leo XIV's pontificate will be "to build a new world order", as he sees the old one "has crumbled".

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MEP urges EU to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine

Tobias Cremer, an S&D MEP, said economic support for Ukraine is necessary because “the cost of the country failing would be much higher for us than the cost of supporting Ukraine”.

Europe Today

Xi-Trump meeting was about 'managing rivalry', expert says

Ian O. Lesser, distinguished fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, believes the summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping was largely about "symbolism" and finding ways to "manage rivalry" between the two leaders.

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Energy expert warns higher prices will drive up food costs

Osama Rizvi, global market and product strategist at Primary Vision, said consumers are likely to face higher energy bills in the coming months as energy prices continue to rise.

Europe Today

EU must 'act now' over Trump's attack on ICC, MEP says

Socialists and Democrats MEP Chloé Ridel said US President Donald Trump's attacks on the International Criminal Court (ICC) are "unacceptable", accusing him of seeking to "erase the court" because it is "out of his control".

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UN to protect statehood of disappearing island nations

The United Nations General Assembly will endorse, by consensus, a landmark declaration aimed at ensuring that countries whose territory may become partly or entirely uninhabitable because of rising sea levels do not lose their statehood or their place in the international system.

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China trade rebalancing 'existential' for EU - Commissioner Séjourné

The EU Industry Commissioner warned that the EU will consider using punitive trade measures if Beijing does not rebalance the trade deficit, which costs the bloc thousands of jobs every week.

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EU-Morocco migration issue needs a ‘creative solution’, expert says

Aboubakr Jamai, Dean of the Donna Dillon Manning School of Global Affairs at the American College of the Mediterranean, said ahead of Morocco’s elections that decision-making in the country lies "with the royal cabinet" rather than Parliament.

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Ukraine opposes political EU sanctions delistings, deputy PM says

Vsevolod Chentsov, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, said Russia must take “real, concrete” steps towards peace before the European Union considers “any easing of sanctions”.

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People 'lost their trust' in Merz's government, S&D MEP says

German Social Democrat MEP Sabrina Repp says the German governing coalition, which includes her party and Friedrich Merz’s CDU, is now under “lots of pressure” following the latest regional election results.

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Military force 'not enough' to defeat terrorism, former US envoy says

On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, former US Ambassador to the EU Anthony Gardner says "diplomatic, financial and economic" means are also needed to fight terrorism.

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