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As the EU embarks on a new mandate, its ambitious goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 is driving a renewed focus on shaping a regulatory framework that fosters sustainability and preserves Europe’s competitiveness.

As EU negotiators eye a political agreement at a dedicated ‘Mercosur summit’ in Uruguay on 2-4 December, securing clear parliamentary support may give Paris’ firm 'non merci' the political weight Macron needs before the deed is done. 

The five EU foreign ministers at the meeting also backed the creation of a European defence bond.

Ursula Von der Leyen presents a line-up with a strong business focus and a lack of gender equality. EFA will work to put the needs of European stateless nations, regions, and minorities in the center.

Swedish MEP Johan Danielsson told Euractiv that he considers the proposals “extremely worrying.”

But the industry today, with its fragmentation, is not competitive for taxpayers' money, says the ASD.

Washington imposed countervailing and anti-dumping duties on Spanish olives in 2018, claiming that subsidies from CAP unfairly benefited Spanish producers and harmed their American competitors.

The system was expected to be operational earlier this month, but it was postponed for the third time.

"An electoral victory for an Orbán ally in another country, even the US, won’t change his domestic legitimacy. Voters prioritise economic issues and domestic affairs over international politics," Hegedüs argues. 

The court said laws in Poland and Czechia infringed the right of EU citizens from other countries to stand in local and European elections.

FEDIOL represents the vegetable oil and protein meal industry at European level. Oilseeds processing produces vegetable oil, protein meal and other co-products which are supplied to manufacturers of food, feed, non-food and energy products.

The puppet regime of Abkhazia faces protests against an agreement that would open the property market of the Black Sea region to wealthy Russians.

The episode recalled other incidents in the same waterway that authorities have probed as potentially malicious.

Almost all EU countries have increased defence spending this year.

Tens of thousands have taken to the streets in Tbilisi to protest the alleged electoral fraud over the 26 October elections.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that the outgoing administration was adding fuel to the fire and seeking to escalate the conflict in Ukraine.

Devastating human and material losses continue to mount, leaving Ukraine more vulnerable than at any time since the early days of the war.

G20 leaders meeting in Rio de Janeirotrying to shore up multilateral consensus before US President-elect Donald Trump returns to power in January.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Russian consulate in Bulgaria operating from the Socialist Party's premises, Warsaw praising Biden for allowing Ukraine to use US long-range missiles against Russia, and so much more. 

"If Germany is not successful, neither will we be."