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Published on July 11, 2024 - 19:18 GMT

Commission approves €50 million Austrian State aid scheme to support primary agricultural producers in the context of Russia’s war ...

The European Commission has approved an approximately €50 million Austrian scheme to support primary agricultural producers in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Crisis and Transition …

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Published on July 10, 2024 - 09:59 GMT

The most incredible election in French history

With many losers and very few winners, the French election has only added to the confusion, fragmentation, and paralysis that was already afflicting the country and clouding its economic prospects. The situation is unlike anything France has experienced in …

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Published on July 9, 2024 - 12:34 GMT

Green and enviable

As the EU prepares for the next political cycle, policymakers are poised to continue their efforts to deliver on the objectives of the European Green Deal and the Fit for 55 package, to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. Reflecting on the policy …

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Published on July 9, 2024 - 12:34 GMT

Late-stage Putinism: The war in Ukraine and Russia’s shifting ideology

The Russian regime’s political ideology – both its content and role in the political system – have evolved since the all-out invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin has increasingly adopted a more hostile stance towards the West, made a particular interpretation …

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Published on July 8, 2024 - 10:15 GMT

Biden or plan B?

Following US President Joe Biden’s startlingly unfocused debate performance, the Democratic Party is paralyzed. Ousting a sitting president would be an enormous political gamble, given the alternatives; but sticking with a stumbling incumbent might …

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Published on July 8, 2024 - 10:10 GMT

Forward look: 8 – 21 July 2024

Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 15 July 2024 The Agriculture and Fisheries Council will meet on Monday 15 July 2024 in Brussels. The Hungarian presidency will publicly present its work programme for the coming semester, outlining its main priorities in …

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Published on July 5, 2024 - 18:22 GMT

Commission requests information to Amazon under the Digital Services Act

Today, the Commission has sent Amazon a request for information (RFI) under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission is requesting Amazon to provide more information on the measures the platform has taken to comply with the DSA obligations related to …

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Published on July 5, 2024 - 12:50 GMT

The combined space operations Initiative: an opportunity for European states?

Space is increasingly considered an operational domain relevant to states’ security, not only because space capabilities benefit multiple economic sectors, thus making space highly strategic, but because some countries have developed a wide range of …

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Published on July 5, 2024 - 12:50 GMT

Fortune favours the bold: Upgrading the EU’s geoeconomic strategy

Summary With its economic security strategy and de-risking paradigm, the EU has begun to reestablish the dormant link between its security and economic policies. Focusing solely on risk mitigation, however, is short-sighted and prevents the EU from …

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Published on July 4, 2024 - 16:51 GMT

EU invests €325 million to support Europe’s semiconductor innovation ecosystem

Today, the Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) has announced the opening of calls to support semiconductor research and innovation initiatives in photonics, competence centres, and a cloud-based semiconductor design platform as part of the Chips for Europe …

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Published on July 4, 2024 - 11:27 GMT

The future of Europe’s strategic deterrence is (also) at sea

Strategic deterrence at sea has not been until recently a subject of significant public debate in Europe. Yet, the worrying prospect of the return to the White House of an isolationist and NATO-skeptic president combined with a major war being back in …

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Published on July 4, 2024 - 11:27 GMT

Moldova and the EU: a comprehensive overview of security and defence partnership

On the occasion of the establishment of the civilian CSDP EU Partnership Mission in the Republic of Moldova (EUPM) in April 2023, Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR/VP) noted: “As one of the …

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Published on July 4, 2024 - 11:27 GMT

What Eastern Europe can teach us about threats to democracy

The democratic transition of countries in Eastern Europe during the 1990s, the EU’s eastern enlargement that began in 2004, and more recent concerns about democratic backsliding in the region have been the subject of countless academic studies. But what …

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Published on July 3, 2024 - 14:28 GMT

Economy and national security – US foreign economic policy under Trump and Biden

The United States sees the rise of authoritarian China as the primary risk to its national security and the global order. US foreign policy views the economy across party lines as being part of “national security” – especially vis-à-vis China. In its …

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Published on July 2, 2024 - 16:37 GMT

Commission approves amendments to German State aid scheme to compensate energy-intensive companies for indirect emission costs

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, amendments to a German scheme to partially compensate certain energy-intensive companies for higher electricity prices resulting from the impact of carbon prices on electricity costs (so- …

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Published on July 2, 2024 - 16:36 GMT

Commission authorises genetically modified maize for use as food and animal feed

Today, the Commission authorised two genetically modified maize crops and renewed the authorisation for another genetically modified maize crop for food and animal feed. The Commission’s authorisation decisions only allow these genetically modified maize …

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Published on July 2, 2024 - 16:36 GMT

Second report on the State of the Digital Decade calls for strengthened collective action to propel the EU’s digital ...

Today, the Commission has published the second report on the State of the Digital Decade, providing a comprehensive overview of the progress made in the quest to achieve the digital objectives and targets set for 2030 by the Digital Decade Policy Programme …

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Published on July 2, 2024 - 10:46 GMT

Explaining Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction: what, how and when?

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has resulted in colossal human loss. According to the World Bank, this has already in 2023 amounted to 26 000 civilian casualties, the displacement of around 3.7 million people internally within Ukraine and around 5. …

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Published on July 2, 2024 - 10:46 GMT

Why cities must drive growth in the EU’s single Market

This year the EU has commissioned two reports by former Italian prime ministers, Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi, to set out policies to raise Europe’s anaemic growth rate. The long shadow of the financial and euro crises, Covid-19 and the energy price shock …

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Published on July 1, 2024 - 12:18 GMT

Divergent economic dynamics grind down the Franco-German EU axis

The increasing difficulties of the Franco-German axis in leading the European Union have been attributed to the weakening of President Macron and Chancellor Scholz domestically and their lack of personal chemistry. These factors clearly play a role by …

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