Trump’s new tariffs are an opportunity to fight back - PubAffairs Bruxelles

Once again, President Donald Trump is subverting domestic and international law in an effort to seize a larger fraction of global value and supply chains, and harming the US economy in the process. Th...

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L’Europe face à l’assombrissement du monde - PubAffairs Bruxelles

Dans ce 60e épisode du podcast « Le monde selon l’Ifri », Jean-Marie Guéhenno, ancien Secrétaire général adjoint des Nations Unies et professeur à Columbia University, analyse les ressorts de ce qu’il...

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Minimum wages in Europe: Purchasing power versus pay in 2026

The rankings for minimum wages shift significantly when adjusted for purchasing power across several European countries as of July 2026. High inflation hits minimum wage earners hardest where wages ar...

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Euro zone factory output near 4 1/2-year high in July but demand still weak, PMI shows

Euro zone factory output surged at its fastest pace in nearly four-and-a-half years in July but growth was largely driven by firms clearing order backlogs rather than rising demand, pointing ​to a fra...

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EU countries recast ‘Made in Europe’ around products, not countries

The Irish Council presidency is trying to turn the Industrial Accelerator Act into a procurement regime rooted in trade law.

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EU carbon border tax may hit India’s steel sector less hard than expected, study finds

Climate think tank Sandbag estimates that costs under its 'expected' scenario amount to just €79m in 2034 if higher prices for cleaner steel are factored in.

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Can the EU's GenAI ambitions survive contact with reality?

The EU faces a delicate balancing act: encouraging AI adoption across the public and private sectors without funding a wave of "AI-washing" projects that promise innovation but deliver little, as happ...

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What tools does the EU have to fight wildfires? Are they enough?

Europe’s wildfire crisis is testing the limits of the EU’s emergency response system, exposing a gap between growing firefighting capacity and slower efforts to make landscapes less flammable. #EuXl

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Forest fire spreads in southern Netherlands nature reserve

The fire started around Monday afternoon in a nature reserve near the village of Oostrum in Limburg province, close to the border with Germany. #EuropeNews

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Hungary's nuclear crisis tests new PM Magyar's leadership

Record-low Danube water levels have forced Hungary's Paks nuclear plant into partial shutdown, cutting output as demand surges. Former governing party Fidesz is seizing on the outage to question the s...

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Spain braces for mass scolding at EU crisis meeting on Ceuta | Euractiv

Brussels tries to cool tensions but meeting risks capping off a fractious few days

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Ceuta: EU calls borders a 'shared European responsibility'

The European Commission has offered Morocco more support at the border to Ceuta and Melilla, and called for "united action" from the bloc on border security. Its interior ministers will discuss the is...

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Meloni's enlargement push faces cohesion funding backlash | Euractiv

With little more than a year until the election, Meloni must reconcile enlargement with its domestic costs

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Europe wants to kick its Palantir habit

The U.S.-based data crunching firm is deeply embedded in the most sensitive European workflows, from policing to intelligence to health care. Finding alternatives won’t be easy.

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Czech businessman detained by Beijing faces espionage charges and could be part of swap with Chinese spy

A trip to discuss post-warranty servicing of Czech-made airport radars has spiralled into an espionage case. A Czech businessman detained in China could be traded for a Chinese agent held in Prague.

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Managed disorder: The hard road to a modest peace with Russia after Ukraine - PubAffairs Bruxelles

Summary The war in Ukraine will eventually end, but probably in a ceasefire that leaves Russia, Europe and America locked in open-ended, low-grade, chaotic confrontation. Europe has the greatest stake...

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How the EU's maritime services ban ended in limbo

Earlier this year, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed a full ban on maritime services for Russian oil tankers. But an extraordinary combination of factors has plunged the sanc...

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Russia expands shadow LNG fleet to beat EU crackdown

Growing number of ships will help Moscow continue exporting liquefied natural gas when sanctions tighten next year

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Trump keeps escalating his trade threats. This time, Europe isn’t biting.

The EU believes Trump’s latest threats are best answered with strategic patience, not retaliation.

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France-Germany: Overcoming differences to strengthen European sovereignty - PubAffairs Bruxelles

The Franco-German “reset” launched with Friedrich Merz’s appointment as Chancellor in May 2025 and given concrete form at the Franco-German Council of Ministers (FGCM) in Toulon in August 2025 was int...

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Oil prices lower on Middle East hopes and as OPEC+ boosts production

Oil prices were lower on Monday morning after OPEC+ boosted production for September and US President Donald Trump called off a planned strike on Iran, putting downward pressure on prices.

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Iran's foreign ministry says no negotiations taking place with US

Washington and Tehran have been at war since 28 February, when the US and Israel launched surprise strikes against Iran, though months of on-off diplomacy have led to periods of relative calm.

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European wildfire costs this year have already surpassed €3bn

Economic toll in worst-hit countries exceeds official estimate of costs to bloc in average year, according to FT analysis

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Hungary PM flags 'critical' days ahead with looming nuclear shutdown

The drying out of the Danube forced the country's sole nuclear power plant to shut for the first time in over four decades, with a new ​heatwave looming.

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Move over climate action, adaptation is all the rage now | Euractiv

Burning the Green Deal during Europe's wildfire crisis might not be as mad as it appears

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Europe should let the market judge China’s open AI models | Euractiv

Europe shouldn't ban Chinese AI models, but nor should Europe promote them

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Spain’s migrant crisis reopens deep EU rifts - PubAffairs Bruxelles

UK drugmaker AstraZeneca is in talks to combine with US rival Bristol Myers Squibb, and European governments will hold an online meeting to discuss Spain’s migrant crisis. Plus, wildfires and heatwave...

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Ceuta crisis: 22 EU leaders gang up against Spain’s Sánchez over his migration policy

The Spanish prime minister accuses EU partners of taking “selfish” and “unlawful” stances in response to the surge of migrants from Morocco.

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Amid escalation, US allies hang back on intervening in Iran war

Traditional U.S. partners are wary of any direct support until they receive reassurances of a lasting ceasefire — or other promises.

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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. #EuropeNews

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