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+++ Ukraine War +++: Russia reports dead and injured after Crimean attack

EU states give the green light for the first phase of accession talks +++ Europeans are apparently working on negotiation plans for Ukraine +++ The news blog.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe · russia

37d06/04

Finland's president says EU should expand to 40 states — including Canada

Finnish President Alexander Stubb said the European Union needs to expand to project power on the global stage.

◇ unclassifiedusa · europe

37d06/04

EU budget rules: Von der Leyen's friendship service

The President of the EU Commission reacts promptly to demands from Italy to relax the EU debt rules again. Your advance has a new quality.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe

38d06/03⚠ coups-regime · 2/5

After a long standstill: EU is preparing accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova

A veto from Hungary blocked long formal EU talks with Ukraine. Now the change of government is bringing movement into the process.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe · uk

38d06/03

EU: Hungary paves the way for Ukraine to join EU accession talks

After an agreement with Kiev, Hungary signals support for EU accession talks with Ukraine. The EU states are now clearing the way for the next negotiations.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe · uk

38d06/03

Neighborhood dispute: Magyar: Hungary reaches agreement with Ukraine on minority issue

The new head of government in Budapest reports an agreement with Kiev on the rights of ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine. This affects their EU ambitions.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe · uk

38d06/03⚠ war-conflict · 3/5

Europe Scrambles to Contain the Energy Shock

The European Union and the Eurozone are feeling the energy shock as the Iran war enters its fourth month. The spike in oil and gas prices amid the Middle East crisis is raising inflation and moderating economic growth expectations in the EU and the Euro area, which are grappling with the second energy crisis in four years. Comparisons with the 2022 inflation and gas supply shock in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine are flawed as circumstances are different and the likelihood of runaway

◇ unclassifiedmiddle-east · russia · usa

38d06/03⚠ war-conflict · 2/5

+++ Ukraine War +++: Ukraine – EU states give the green light for the first phase of accession talks

Europeans are apparently working on negotiation plans for Ukraine +++ Russian Saratov refinery apparently out of operation +++ Kremlin: 754 Ukrainian drones have been intercepted +++ The news blog.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe · uk

38d06/03

Ukraine and Hungary agree on minority rights, paving way for EU accession talks

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said ⁠on Wednesday that Hungary ⁠and Ukraine reached an agreement on the ⁠rights of the Hungarian minority in Ukraine, which could allow approval of the first cluster, or a group of negotiating chapters, in Ukraine’s EU accession talks. The agreement marks a potential breakthrough in a long-running dispute over minority rights that had strained ‌ties between Budapest and Kyiv and complicated Hungary’s support for Ukraine’s EU ambitions. Every step of the...

◇ unclassifiedchina · asia · europe

38d06/03

China, EU slam proposed US tariffs, reject forced labour allegations

The administration of US President Donald Trump has proposed new tariffs of up to 12.5 per cent on imports from China and dozens of other trading partners, using a forced-labour investigation to advance what analysts see as a bid to rebuild its tariff regime after recent court setbacks. The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) said on Tuesday that China and 59 other economies failed to prohibit or adequately restrict US imports made with forced labour, subjecting them to punitive action.

◇ unclassifiedchina · asia · europe

38d06/03⚠ war-conflict · 2/5

Ukraine drone strikes causing ‘panic’ for Kremlin, EU’s Kallas says

Ukrainian drone strikes deep inside Russia are causing “panic” for the Kremlin, EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday, saying Moscow was lashing out at Kyiv with increased attacks. Ukrainian drones hit energy and military sites in St Petersburg on Wednesday as officials gathered for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s flagship economic conference in the city. “It clearly shows also panic on the Russian side – why they are increasing the terrorist attacks that they’re doing in Ukraine is..

◇ unclassifiedchina · asia · europe

38d06/03

Trade policy: Trump plans new tariffs – because of forced labor

The US government wants to punish 60 trading partners with import tariffs because they allegedly do not decisively combat imports made from forced labor. These include the EU, China and India.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe · china

38d06/03

EU high-tech agenda: distortion of reality

While US tech companies are pumping billions into AI infrastructure, the Chancellor sees Germany's independence coming from foreign data centers. That doesn't add up.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe · usa

38d06/03⚠ war-conflict · 3/5

Today: This is how the EU wants to become more independent from the USA

Brussels is planning the next step towards tech sovereignty. Also: Why Anthropic's IPO could set the pace for OpenAI and the entire AI market.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe · usa

38d06/03

Comment: The EU package on technological sovereignty is right and wrong

Now it's official: The EU is publishing its change of course towards digital industrial policy. An overdue step, but one that also shows what is going wrong in Europe.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe

38d06/03

Data sovereignty: Cloud and chips: This is how the EU wants to become more independent from the USA

In the future, highly sensitive data will be stored on European servers and protected from foreign governments. However, the new EU law could create more bureaucracy.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe · usa

38d06/03

EU loses €16.7 billion annually from illicit tobacco trade, industry reports

Anti-tobacco advocacy groups describe report as a “disinformation tool”

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38d06/03

Technology: EU Commission: Save independence in chips and clouds

Dangerous addiction? Important data is held by US cloud providers, Europe's auto industry relies on chips from China. Brussels suggests how digital unbundling could work.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe · china

38d06/03⚠ war-conflict · 2/5

EU and China set for Paris talks this week as trade war fears mount

EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic will meet China’s international trade envoy, Li Chenggang, in Paris on Thursday, as the sides look to defuse tensions that have pushed them to the brink of a trade war. The officials will meet on the sidelines of an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ministerial meeting, setting the stage for a month of intensified engagement ahead of Commerce Minister Wang Wentao’s visit to Brussels on June 28 and 29, according to people familiar with the

◇ unclassifiedchina · asia · europe

38d06/03

Digital sovereignty: How Brussels wants to make the EU independent of US clouds

Without clouds and IT services from the USA and chips from China, the EU is lost. The Commission therefore wants to strengthen technological sovereignty with two legislative proposals.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe · usa

38d06/03

Business cell phones: EU Parliament replaces Google with a French search engine

From Thursday, all of the EU Parliament's service devices will be running the French provider Qwant as standard. The move is part of a larger EU strategy against tech addiction.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe

38d06/03

Circular economy: Europe should make its industrial goods digital – a possible competitive advantage

The EU is gradually introducing the digital product passport. This means new obligations for companies, but it is more than just another extension of the EU's regulatory frenzy.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe · uk

38d06/03

Energy: EU Commission wants to allow more debt for the energy transition

There are actually strict upper limits in the EU for the debt levels and new borrowing of the member states. Deviating from this could affect arms financing.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe

38d06/03

European debt rules: EU Commission wants to allow more debt for the energy transition

The EU Commission is proposing that member states be allowed to take on more debt for the transition to clean energy without having to fear criminal proceedings. Does that mean less investment in armaments?

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe

38d06/03

Energy aid: Brussels wants to further weaken EU budget rules

The EU Commission is bowing to demands from Italy: the exemptions from the EU Stability Pact previously intended for defense spending will in future be extended to include energy aid.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe

38d06/03⚠ war-conflict · 2/5

EU relaxes budget rules amid Iran war ‘turbulence’

Italy has repeatedly urged Brussels to permit additional energy-related expenditures

◇ unclassifiedeurope · iran

38d06/03

Digital law: EU classification of Metas Messenger as legal

Stricter competition rules apply to large digital companies in the EU. Meta fought against the classification of his services in court. The Facebook company was right on one point.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe

38d06/03

Law for digital markets: Meta must adhere to stricter competition rules with Messenger

The Facebook group Meta suffers a defeat before the EU court: the company's messaging service may be more strictly regulated. In another area, however, Meta's lawsuit is successful.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe

38d06/03

Tariffs: USA threatens India with additional tariffs because of forced labor - EU is also in its sights

A US investigation accuses numerous countries of forced labor. These failures by trading partners are “unacceptable”.

◇ unclassifiedgermany · europe · usa

38d06/03

As crises balloon, so do EU nations’ deficits

Under EU rules, the public deficit must not be above 3% of GDP

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