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Six EU countries push for windfall tax on oil companies amid surging war profits
Six EU countries are intensifying calls for a bloc-wide windfall tax on oil companies as profits surge amid the war in the Middle East,…
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Six EU states push faster capital markets integration
Germany and five other EU countries aim to move faster on key policy questions, including on how to harmonize capital market rules, said…
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French farmers drive 350 tractors to Parliament to protest low incomes and EU trade deal
PARIS (AP) — French farmers steered some 350 tractors Tuesday over cobblestoned Paris avenues toward Parliament to protest low incomes and…
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Lula hopes for EU-Mercosur deal in January despite last-minute dither
Following the renewed delay in finalizing the free trade agreement between the European Union and four Mercosur countries, Brazil's…
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Putin says loans for Ukraine will impact EU budgets
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the European Union of the attempted "robbery" of Russian state reserves, which he claimed had…
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'Dawn of a new era' as EU agrees to phase out Russian gas imports
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday praised an agreement reached overnight that aims to end all EU imports of…
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EU Parliament votes for more transparency on foreign influence
The European Parliament in Strasbourg, France voted in favour of creating more transparency regarding the influence of third countries on…
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EU court to rule on Italy's country list for faster asylum procedures
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting…
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European ministers back tighter migration policy in joint declaration
Six EU countries have called for consistent deportations and a tightening of European asylum policy in a joint statement after talks on…
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Merz sees a Mercosur agreement soon, Macron says not so fast
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he expects a quick conclusion to the trade agreement between the European Union and the South…
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EU adopts new tariffs on Russian and Belarusian agricultural imports
The European Union has approved fresh tariffs on agricultural goods and fertilizers from Russia and Belarus in an attempt to curb Russian…
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EU names seven countries as safe in plan to fast-track migrant returns
The European Union has identified seven countries it considers safe countries of origin, as part of proposals to speed up asylum…
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Lithuanian president doubts EU can agree on joint debt for armaments
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda is sceptical that it will be possible to reach an agreement on joint European debt for arms…
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EU countries may limit right to asylum, European Commission says
The European Commission said on Wednesday that EU countries may suspend the right of asylum in certain circumstances when a major security…
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China directs automakers to halt investments in EU countries supporting EV tariffs
China has directed its auto manufacturers to pause substantial investments in European Union (EU) countries that endorse additional…
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EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles are part of an 'economic cold war,' Hungary's Orbán says
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The European Union risks entering an “economic cold war” with China, Hungary's prime minister said on Friday,…
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Tough migration stances challenge EU's Schengen open border zone
A long-standing debate in Germany on how to handle migrants has intensified following deadly knife attacks in Solingen and Mannheim this…
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EU raises training target for Ukrainian soldiers to 75,000
EU defence ministers agreed to raise the training target for Ukrainian soldiers to 75,000 by the end of the year, the bloc's top diplomat…
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AfD forms new group in European Parliament
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party have announced the formation of a new right-wing group in the European Parliament on…
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Open letter to Germany's Scholz decries outsourcing asylum
More than 300 advocacy groups and international organizations have written an open letter to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz opposing the…
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The far right made big gains in European elections. What's next, and why does it matter?
BRUSSELS (AP) — For decades, the European Union — which has its roots in the defeat of Nazi Germany and fascist Italy — confined the…
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What are the key issues for voters in the European elections?
Hundreds of millions of people across the 27 countries of the European Union are casting their vote in the European Parliament elections.…
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No EU consensus on supplying Ukraine arms to strike Russian territory
European Union defence ministers meeting in Brussels on Tuesday were unable to reach a consensus on whether Ukraine should be allowed to…