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Managing editor at Euractiv
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I’ve got my hands on the AI part of the long-awaited digital omnibus. Looks like the AI Office can look forward to additional oversight powers.

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Commission is eyeing further centralising AI oversight | Euractiv
A draft of the Commission's digital omnibus for AI, obtained by Euractiv, lays out plans for its AI Office to gain more powers
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November 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: EU Commission mulls joint debt, bilateral grants to plug Ukraine funding gap
EXCLUSIVE: EU Commission mulls joint debt, bilateral grants to plug Ukraine funding gap
The European Commission’s strongly preferred option to support Kyiv’s war effort remains the €140 billion ‘reparation loan’ currently blocked by Belgium
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November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Commission adviser floats ending ‘lifetime’ EU civil service jobs
Commission adviser floats ending ‘lifetime’ EU civil service jobs
Catherine Day urged faster hiring and a shift towards tech talent
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November 4, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Race to lead EU’s powerful competition watchdog narrows as political stakes rise
Race to lead EU’s powerful competition watchdog narrows as political stakes rise
The final decision on who will run the Commission’s powerful competition directorate will be overshadowed by strained EU–US relations
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November 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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European Space Agency launches into defence with military satellite plan 
European Space Agency launches into defence with military satellite plan 
The Paris-based agency is aiming to close out a three-year, €22 billion budget at its next pledging summit in Bremen
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October 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Tokyo drift: Why the EU is going all-in on Japan
Tokyo drift: Why the EU is going all-in on Japan
China’s export restrictions on rare earths have prompted a surge of diplomatic engagement between Brussels and Tokyo
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October 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Bulgaria willing to offer air corridor for Putin to meet Trump in Budapest
Bulgaria willing to offer air corridor for Putin to meet Trump in Budapest
“How is it proposed to hold the meeting if one of the participants cannot get to it?” Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev said on Monday
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October 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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‘The deal was made’: Socialists reject extra Parliament term for Roberta Metsola
‘The deal was made’: Socialists reject extra Parliament term for Roberta Metsola
President of the European Socialists Stefan Löfven threatens to make life difficult for the EPP if it pushes Metsola into an unprecedented third term as president of the European Parliament
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October 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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The Brief – Germany’s Merz reckons with the death of Das Auto
The Brief – Germany’s Merz reckons with the death of Das Auto
When German car chiefs speak with Friedrich Merz on Thursday, they will continue a long tradition of industry majors pressing Berlin to shield them from Brussels
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October 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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The language of EUconomics
The language of EUconomics
Read this guide to semantic simplification – and strengthen your rhetorical competitiveness!
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October 4, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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MEPs prep for power struggle over EU’s next €2 trillion budget
MEPs prep for power struggle over EU’s next €2 trillion budget
Twenty parliamentary committees are vying for control of the bloc's biggest and most hotly disputed budget files
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September 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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EXCLUSIVE: EU defence chief says ‘drone wall’ could be ready in a year
EXCLUSIVE: EU defence chief says ‘drone wall’ could be ready in a year
Kubilius added that Europe needs to copy Ukraine's military which has deployed acoustic sensors to detect drones that can otherwise evade radar detection
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September 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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EXCLUSIVE: Europe’s socialists to exclude Fico’s Smer party in October
EXCLUSIVE: Europe’s socialists to exclude Fico’s Smer party in October
The expulsion will cut Fico off from Europe’s mainstream left.
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September 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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September 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Swapping football for fishing, why some in Spain are heading out to sea
Swapping football for fishing, why some in Spain are heading out to sea
Sailing out for tuna is an attractive prospect for some of the country's youth looking for a career
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September 11, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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France, Germany push EU to finally sanction Russian oil majors, energy allies
France, Germany push EU to finally sanction Russian oil majors, energy allies
The joint push comes as the EU is poised to present its next sanctions package in the coming days
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September 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: Mike Pence calls on Europe to take ‘additional action’ on Russia
EXCLUSIVE: Mike Pence calls on Europe to take ‘additional action’ on Russia
Former US vice president echoes Trump's call to sanction countries importing Russian energy
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September 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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🦠The cheeses concerned are camembert, brie, gorgonzola and goat's cheese, mainly from the brands Le Berger, Le Lion un fromage royal, Saveur d'antan and Le Petit Grignoteur : www.euractiv.com/section/agri...
Listeria outbreak in cheese kills two in France, spreads to Belgium - Euractiv
Belgian authorities said that this is not the first listeria infection this year
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August 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Europe’s wind farm army
Europe’s wind farm army
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August 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Israel, which does not allow foreign journalists into Gaza…has killed 237 journalists since the war started, according to Gaza’s government media office.

The Committee to Protect Journalists said at least 186 journalists have been killed in the Gaza conflict.

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Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza — The Guardian
Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital
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August 11, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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EXCLUSIVE: Far fewer aid trucks entering Gaza than EU demands, document states
EXCLUSIVE: Far fewer aid trucks entering Gaza than EU demands, document states
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August 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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EU staff could strike over Gaza
EU staff could strike over Gaza
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August 6, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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European allies start airlifting aid into Gaza
European allies start airlifting aid into Gaza
France, Germany and Spain all confirm that deliveries have started
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August 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Portugal to start work on first high-speed rail line
Portugal to start work on first high-speed rail line
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July 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM