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Meloni made migrant 'returns' popular in the EU. Now it's backfiring

Meloni championed irregular migrant “returns” in a hardline push to externalise EU borders. Now, more member states are asking Italy to take back migrants under the first-arrival principle.

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Iceland's reckoning moment: What the referendum means for the EU

Iceland votes Saturday on resuming EU membership talks. A "Yes" would restart negotiations with Brussels, with fisheries likely to emerge as the key sticking point. A "No" could provide a setback for the EU's enlargement drive.

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Exclusive: EU to boost funding for Morocco after Ceuta crisis

The Ceuta crisis is affecting the EU’s long-awaited partnership deal with Morocco, prompting Brussels to increase funding for border control as it seeks to finalise the agreement by the end of the year.

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Fix market fragmentation or miss the AI train, Lagarde warns the EU

An overly fragmented single market cannot support Europe’s top priority of competing globally in the AI race, European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde warns.

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European socialists head towards showdown over migration

The Party of European Socialists faces an internal rift as Italian and Spanish MEPs accuse Denmark's Frederiksen of "selective solidarity" for aligning with Meloni against Spain over Ceuta, while the Danish Social Democrats maintain their line on a strict migration policy.

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EU budget: Sweden, a 'frugal' state, set to turn more hawkish

Sweden is part of the EU's so-called "frugal" bloc, alongside Germany and the Netherlands - net contributors pushing to rein in the bloc's next long-term budget and limit the cost for national taxpayers. But a shift to the left in Stockholm is unlikely to soften its position.

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Brussels faces moment of truth over EU expansion

EU enlargement is set to face its moment of truth in the coming months as Montenegro and Albania near membership, Ukraine and Moldova advance, and Brussels weighs reforms needed to absorb a bigger, more complex Union.

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EU's centrist coalition projected to fall short of a majority

A new Europe Elects projection suggests Europe’s mainstream parties could lose their EU-level majority, reflecting the growing strength of right-wing and populist forces.

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EU coordinates fact-checkers to avoid another online Ceuta crisis

EU coordinates with Meta and TikTok via a voluntary fact-checker mechanism to curb disinformation, after false claims fuelled deadly mass crossings into Ceuta.

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How the securitarian agenda came to dominate EU migration policy

The Ceuta migrant influx exposed how the political right-wing now dominates EU migration policy, with even left-wing leaders adopting a security-first approach as progressive policies are increasingly isolated.

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Italy-Spain fallout: United by geography, divided by politics

Italy and Spain's Schengen border spat over Ceuta has exposed a deeper migration rift, as domestic politics and rising far-right rivals harden both sides' positions.

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Meloni, Frederiksen reiterate opposition to 'uncontrolled immigration'

Meloni and Frederiksen issued a joint statement rejecting "uncontrolled immigration," calling for third-country return hubs and citing shared European values they vowed to defend.

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Hungry for cash: where will the EU find the money?

The EU's next long-term budget needs to be organised ahead of critical elections in several member states next year – and at the centre of the debate is the question of where the bloc should get fresh money. Euronews provides an overview of which proposals might fly.

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EU rules on AI models become enforceable. What's going to change?

EU AI Act rules on AI models become enforceable today, making Brussels the world's top AI regulator. Euronews breaks down what this all means for Europe and beyond.

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Ceuta reignites Europe's right-wing assault on Spain migration policy

Migrants storming Spain's north African enclave have sparked right-wing attacks on the Sánchez government's mass migrant regularisation. Left-wing forces have derided the attacks as opportunistic propaganda.

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EU's enlargement risks becoming a victim of its own success

EU enlargement is accelerating, but the Commission's responsible department is running out of capacity to manage negotiations with several candidate countries at once.

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What trade concessions can the EU win from China?

With an October deadline unlikely to yield major concessions from Beijing given structural and leverage imbalances, EU-China trade tensions look set to keep escalating.

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EU opens call for seven 'gigafactories' to train AI technologies

With concerns about digital dependency growing fast, the European Commission is pursuing "sovereign" AI infrastructure to become operational by mid-2028.

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EU grows impatient over Italy's hesitancy on €14.9bn defence loan

Italy hasn't decided how much of its €14.9bn SAFE defence loan it will use, as several domestic considerations affect the calculus. But Brussels and other member states are growing impatient to reallocate any unspent funds within the legal deadlines.

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Who started the fire? Inside Europe's arson intelligence gap

Europe has built advanced systems to detect wildfires and coordinate emergency response. Still, there is no common picture of who starts deliberate fires or why, as arson remains a fragmented national matter.

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