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Canada embraced the European Union’s offer of “associate membership” after a two-day summit at which Brussels and Ottawa gave themselves until next June to work out what their new relationship will look like.
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🚨BREAKING: Finland’s President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Støre held a joint call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin today as part of international efforts to secure an end to the war in Ukraine.
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German politicians have sharply criticized Audi CEO Gernot Döllner's appearance alongside U.S. President Donald Trump at a campaign rally on Saturday.
While waiting for Volodymyr Zelenskyy, reporters are trying to solve a mystery:
Who keeps farting in the European Council press briefing room? 💨
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Three of the European Parliament’s biggest political groups say they will fight an EU proposal to relax carbon pricing rules.
This opens up a rift that could weaken the bloc’s climate ambitions.
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EU capitals must be able to intervene to stop new legislation from Brussels if they say it’s too burdensome for governments and businesses, the leaders of Germany, Italy and Belgium wrote on Monday.
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Today, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pitched using artificial intelligence to streamline administrative procedures for European businesses as part of a broader push to simplify commerce and boost the EU's competitiveness.
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Britain and the European Union will hold their annual leaders summit on Nov. 20 in Brussels. They want to use the meeting to sign off new agreements on agri-food trade, emissions trading, and a youth mobility scheme.
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NATO’s top commander U.S. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich today vowed to block, blunt and break any Russian attack as part of a new “Theory of Victory,” and underlined that alliance troops would fight even if U.S. forces were engaged elsewhere.
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In tonight’s London Playbook PM:
🇬🇧 PM Burnham tries to turn Brexiteer arguments back on the Tories.
🇷🇺 The PM denies claiming Russia undermined the Brexit vote.
➡️ Farage says Reform would deport Afghan and Palestinian child refugees.
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Bank failures, incorrect shopping and cyber attacks are just a few of the fears as agentic AI ramps up.
But who is to blame?
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A suspected terror plot around the RAF Fairford airbase is "highly likely to have been coordinated in Iran," U.K. MP Andy Burnham has said today.
EU countries must “do their job” to prevent travelers from being stuck in airport queues over Christmas, Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner told POLITICO, as he singled out Brussels Airport for the way it has handled the new Entry/Exit System.
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Britain and the EU will hold their annual leaders summit on Nov. 20 in Brussels, U.K. PM Andy Burnham has confirmed the date in a statement to the House of Commons.
With atomic weapons back at the center of Europe’s security debate, France wants its air-launched nuclear-armed cruise missiles to be a credible deterrent.
Russia is paying attention.
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Germany’s Friedrich Merz unveiled a makeover for his governing party today in a bid to revive his historically unpopular chancellorship.
And his conservatives’ new look comes across as oddly Social Democratic.
Brussels Playbook Capitals has more👇
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The French government is closely watching a cybersecurity crisis at supermarkets after they were forced to throw out food due to an attack that knocked out refrigerators.
🇫🇷 Jordan Bardella and 🇪🇸 Santiago Abascal are joining forces ahead of potential milestone elections in their countries.
Joint visit to #Ceuta# and more ⤵️
A Reform UK government would take a “keen look” at Britain’s support to Ukraine, the populist right-wing party’s leader Nigel Farage said today.
The EU has approved its biggest package of sanctions against Russia since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, targeting the Kremlin’s ability to make missiles.
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