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Many National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) including those of France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Ireland breach EU law - the European Commission must take legal action to enforce compliance, or risk undermining the rule of EU law.

This special report looks at the urgent decisions facing Europe's policymakers as diabetes dynamics accelerate, and chronic underfunding of diabetes management leads to even higher long-term financial and economic pain.

Disinformation generated through artificial intelligence or deepfakes did not significantly impact UK, French or European election results. The same cannot be convincingly said of the United States.

This year marked 31 years since Kazakhstan and the European Union established diplomatic relations. The Central Asian country is looking to deepen cooperation not only with the EU bloc but also with individual member states.

The European Union has made significant strides in regulating artificial intelligence to ensure trustworthiness and ethical alignment. Critics argue the current framework is still insufficient to protect society.

Latvian MEP Robert Zile says the road haulage sector needs to attract young workers to solve Europe’s chronic driver shortage. EU transport companies are experiencing driver shortages, with a current Europe-wide shortage of 500,000 drivers.

Services integration would "make the European market way more attractive for US firms, and so would also decrease the willingness of Trump to impose tariffs," said Lisandra Flach, director at the Ifo Center for International Economics.

"The Kremlin seeks to disrupt transatlantic ties by aligning with Iran and North Korea. North Korean soldiers are already in Europe, and the axis of evil has thereby been fully revived," the minister said.

The infrastructure at the Graf Ignatievo airbase, where the F-16 jets are to be deployed, is not yet ready.

"France must urgently reconsider its position and hopefully come to an agreement,” said German Social Democrat Markus Töns.

Left to their own devices, MEPs have managed to jeopardise the pro-European coalition that von der Leyen is convinced should carry her Commission into office. It now falls to her to rescue it.

"These amendments could make it easier to import timber from China than from France or Finland," said French MEP Pascal Canfin.

“It is expected that there may be a deterioration of the contractual relationship" including a "potential halt of gas supply."

MEPs are behaving like herbivores, ignoring the urgency of approving new members of the Commission.

"The European wine market is navigating a difficult period," Luca Rigotti says.

On 5th November leading Barristers, Investors and Energy Experts discussed these issues at a Euractiv event. Renewable energy projects require substantial front-end investment as well as complicated permitting and licensing in order to operate, but what happens when there are disputes in the sector? In 1994 the European Union signed the Energy Charter Treaty which provided for International Arbitration through the World Bank ICSID Court. However, earlier this year the EU signalled its intent to leave the Treaty, citing its support for traditional forms of energy. Why then are nearly all of the outstanding claims in renewable energy? And what impact will leaving the Treaty have on renewable investor confidence in Europe?

The way Meta tied Facebook Marketplace to its social media platform hindered competition, said the Commission.

Stakeholders will need to quickly analyse the draft, with short deadlines looming. 

Those items have been considered consumables since the war in Ukraine started, considering the sheer amount used and needed on the battlefield.

Europe's fintech sector is rapidly evolving, balancing innovation with regulation. With new technologies, like MiCA and CBDCs, fostering growth, challenges remain in tech investment and risk-taking. Success hinges on adopting visionary strategies while ensuring consumer trust and systemic stability.