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Czech farmers lead fresh EU border protests over Ukraine, LatAm trade deals

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Farmers from Germany, Poland, Austria, Hungary and Slovakia join Czech-led demonstrations, rejecting Ukraineโ€™s efforts to ease concerns over cheap imports.

Biden shrinks from view ahead of Trumpโ€™s return to Washington

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With 42 days left in office, Biden avoids unscripted moments or press questions.

European Commission downsizes spokesperson team

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Number of spokespeople will drop from 17 to 14, according to a list of names seen by POLITICO.

Trumpโ€™s in. Hereโ€™s what it means for Europe.

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From energy and trade to finance and defense, hereโ€™s how Donald Trumpโ€™s second presidency will impact EU policy.

Pennsylvaniaโ€™s Polish Americans lean toward Donald Trump despite Ukraine war

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Kamala Harris’ invocation of a war 5,000 miles away seems to be missing the target in the key swing state of Pennsylvania.

Barack Obama: Black men have โ€˜excusesโ€™ for not supporting Kamala Harris

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The former president has been hitting the campaign trail to energize the Democratic base.

How Teresa Ribera became the second-most powerful person in Brussels

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Spainโ€™s climate expert is poised to become the EUโ€™s competition chief, net-zero architect and economic transformer โ€” all in one.

Joe Biden preps to sell the economy โ€” to boost his legacy and help Harris

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Biden is determined to convince a skeptical public that he strengthened the economy.

Mario Draghiโ€™s plan to fix a broken Europe already looks impossible

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The Draghi report is full of good intentions to mend a continent losing its way. But while the vision is bold, the politics are practically impossible.

Kyiv runs into strong opposition on tax hike to fund the war

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The country wants to spend 500 billion hryvnia on the war, and needs to increase borrowing and taxes to do that.

The UKโ€™s first rate cut in three years is awkward for Labour

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The U.K.’s finance minister spent all week saying Britain’s economy is broken. Then the BoE cut interest rates.

Zelenskyy urges partners to show โ€˜braveryโ€™ in helping Ukraine

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Ukraine president warns Russian leader Vladimir Putin will work to break up the pro-Ukraine alliance.

In the UK, Keir Starmer wants to focus his agenda on economic growth

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Two weeks after its election, the Labour government presented its program, focusing on economic recovery, renationalization of the railways and abolition of hereditary peers in the House of Lords.

Meloniโ€™s fury threatens 2nd term for von der Leyenย 

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Italy’s PM faces a choice: Reelect the Commission president and stay relevant in Brussels, or light up her Euroskeptic base at home.

The Strange Future After a Second Trump Term

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The dollar will decline, Europe will rise, and Asia will nuclearize.

Industrial revival stalled in June in Germany and France, survey shows

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Flash PMIs cast doubt on the narrative of a steady economic recovery this year.

A punch-up in parliament reveals Italyโ€™s deepest scars

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The Meloni coalitionโ€™s plan to give more power to โ€˜virtuousโ€™ regions has inflamed the country’s North-South divide.

Europe must splash the cash (and seize it) to save 2024

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There is still an expensive war to fight, and if EU and UK politicians insist on using taxpayer funds for it, there will be little left to spend on public servicesThere were hopes that 2024 would be a good year. Economists talked of a soft landing, by …

Britainโ€™s economy is improving. Donโ€™t expect it to save Rishi Sunak.

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With inflation expected to drop, it’s not the economy any more, stupid, for Britain’s Conservatives.

Gentiloni โ€˜concernedโ€™ spending cuts by member states could hamper EU recovery

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European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni said on Wednesday (15 May) that he is โ€œconcernedโ€ that excessive budget cuts could hamper the EUโ€™s fragile economic recovery, adding that public investments will prove key to boosting growth across the …

EU prosecutors threaten to sue Commission in spending spat

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European Public Prosecutor’s Office says budget move means it may no longer be able to focus on its investigative operations.

Liz Truss makes Andrew Bailey look good, again

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Dubbed the “plank of England” by one newspaper, Bailey hasn’t always been the most popular figure โ€” but, perversely, criticism from Truss has helped.

โ‚ฌ500B remains unspent from EUโ€™s Covid recovery fund

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Capitals urge European Commission to slash red tape fearing that huge amounts of money won’t ever be used.

Lamborghini and Rolexes seized in massive EU police raid over โ‚ฌ600M Covid fraud

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Cops said the organized crime group used “advanced technologies” including AI to produce false documents for laundering cash.

Why we must de-risk and embrace regenerative farming

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Healthier, more sustainable food systems are integral to climate-neutral ambition โ€” and flagship EU law is essential to support farmers in transition to low-carbon, high biodiversity and fairer farming practices.

Pioneering policy leadership in a transformative era

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At the European University Institute in Florence, a new executive master program transforms policy professionals into agents of change.

A decade of pension freedoms

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SNEAK PEEK โ€” Ten years since Osborneโ€™s pension freedoms announced. โ€” Rachel Reeves outlines a Labour economic recovery. โ€” Treasury Committee looks at HMRC loan charge. Good morning readers! Today weโ€™re looking back on the ten years since Osborne introduced pension freedoms. How the worldโ€™s changed since then โ€ฆ Weโ€™ve also got a preview of [โ€ฆ]

Labour rules out raising corporation tax above 25% in next parliament

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Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves tells business summit of measures to boost investment, productivity and certaintyLabour will not raise corporation tax above its current rate of 25% during the next parliament, the party has pledged, in an attempt to off…

Zelenskyy heads to Davos to regain the spotlight for Ukraine

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The war in the Middle East and the U.S. presidential election also are vying for peopleโ€™s thoughts.

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