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REYKJAVIK
Vikings on the gate? Iceland’s EU debate forward of key elections. The query of Iceland’s EU membership might be again on the agenda forward of Saturday’s parliamentary elections in Iceland, with two pro-EU events main the way in which and a attainable referendum on the difficulty within the offing. Learn extra.
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BERLIN
Germany, Poland name for stronger cohesion coverage conditionality after 2027. Germany, the EU‘s greatest internet finances contributor, and Poland, the most important internet beneficiary, have joined forces to form the way forward for cohesion coverage, wanting it to have stronger ties to reforms whereas sustaining the roles of areas. Learn extra.
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PARIS
French farmers now not need to be ‘high of the category’ within the combat towards pesticides. Demanded by France’s farming unions, the federal government has promised to place an finish to the ‘over-transposition’ of European pesticide requirements, whereas an NGO report says this falls far wanting actuality. Learn extra.
Franco-German nuclear combat foils EU competitiveness settlement. European trade ministers couldn’t agree on a unanimous assertion on the bloc’s financial competitiveness, amid a disagreement over whether or not EU funds ought to go in direction of financing nuclear energy. Learn extra.
NORDICS & BALTICS
STOCKHOLM
EU ‘naivety’ responsible for Northvolt’s collapse, says Sweden. The EU’s “naive” method to regulation and commerce with China and the US is responsible for battery maker Northvolt’s chapter and will entrench Beijing’s domination in clean-tech, Sweden’s Deputy Prime Minister stated on Thursday. Learn extra.
UK & IRELAND
DUBLIN
Irish election: outdated events hope to cling on as independents surge. Eire’s coalition authorities hopes to retain energy in a normal election on Friday, amid robust assist for unbiased candidates. Learn extra.
EUROPE’S SOUTH
ROME
Italy braces for nationwide normal strike over Meloni’s finances plan. Italy is bracing for a nationwide normal strike on Friday (29 November) as unions conflict with the Meloni authorities over a finances plan they deem insufficient, with a commerce union chief accusing Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini of undermining the correct to protest in an interview with Euractiv. Learn extra.
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MADRID
Spanish authorities slams Partido In style for breaking EU political consensus. By voting towards Ursula von der Leyen’s second European Fee, the Spanish Folks’s Occasion (PP) acted irresponsibly, breaking the longstanding consensus between the European Folks’s Occasion (EPP) and the Socialists and Democrats (S&D), Spanish Overseas Minister José Manuel Albares stated on Thursday. Learn extra.
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LISBON
Additional pension enhance passes in Portuguese parliament. The Portuguese parliament authorised an extra 1.25% enhance in pensions, which will likely be added to the common annual enhance, on Thursday throughout the specialised votes on the State Price range for 2025. Learn extra.
EASTERN EUROPE
WARSAW | STOCKHOLM
Tusk, Kristersson forge strategic partnership, pledge ‘ironclad’ assist for Ukraine. Polish and Swedish Prime Ministers Donald Tusk and Ulf Kristersson signed an settlement on Thursday on enhanced financial and safety cooperation, together with “ironclad” assist for Ukraine. Learn extra.
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BRATISLAVA
EU reiterates Russia stance amid Fico’s Moscow plans. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD/NI) revealed he had accepted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invitation to Moscow to attend subsequent 12 months’s celebrations of the victory over fascism on 9 Might. Learn extra.
NEWS FROM THE BALKANS
SOFIA
EU court docket guidelines towards Bulgarian biometric knowledge assortment. The EU’s high court docket dominated that the Bulgarian police could not acquire DNA and fingerprints unnecessarily, in a judgement on Thursday. Learn extra.
AGENDA:
- EU: Competitiveness Council in its analysis and area compositions convenes to debate pure assets and bioeconomy in Central and Japanese Europe, superior supplies, competencies in area sector, and extra;
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[Edited by Sarantis Michalopoulos, Alice Taylor-Braçe, Owen Morgan, Sofia Mandilara]