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Three members of the Legal Affairs Committee will travel to Ljubljana next week to examine Slovenia’s successful approach to general waste management.
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Plus Zelenskyy's SAFE loan lobbying, Spain in NATO's PURL, a satellite colossus emerges, and the Commission's newfound fascination with Japan

In today's edition: CAP simplification, soil law, EU-US

In today’s edition: Belgium balks at the legal and financial risks of using frozen Russian assets, Friedrich Merz’s premature Mercosur victory claim falls flat, and EU leaders urge Roberta Metsola to rally Parliament behind the red tape-cutting agenda

Viele Hersteller haben sich aus dem Segment der grossen Limousinen verabschiedet – nicht so Volvo. Die Schweden schaffen den schwierigen Spagat und kombinieren im neuen ES90 modernste Elektrotechnik mit exklusivem Design und viel Luxus.

Costa hailed the summit's defence discussion as a “decisive building block” towards Europe’s sovereignty

The country refused to back a proposed €140 billion EU loan to Ukraine at Thursday’s summit in Brussels

Germany is both Europe’s top meat producer and its largest market for plant-based foods

China’s export restrictions on rare earths have prompted a surge of diplomatic engagement between Brussels and Tokyo

Die Juso müssen um ihre Erbschaftssteuer-Initiative zittern. Eine Mehrheit des Stimmvolks lehnt diese derzeit ab. Leise hoffen dürfen dagegen die Befürworter der Dienstpflicht-Initiative. Das zeigt die erste GFS-Trendumfrage zu den Abstimmungen vom 30. November.

The Commission has been investigating Meta’s Facebook and Instagram over disinformation and deceptive advertising under the Digital Services Act since April 2024

A compromise on a nine-hour transport limit ‘remains unlikely,’ the Danish agriculture minister told Euractiv

The EU has finally approved the 19th package of sanctions against Russia. EU leaders meeting in Brussels for the autumn Council are feeling very self-congratulatory for this achievement, which was held up for weeks by Slovakia. They really shouldn’t. The best thing that happened to the EU this week was that President Trump suddenly cancelled […]

During the press conference held at the end of the European Council meeting of 23 October 2025, President António Costa presented the main results of the discussions.

Two hospitals hope to beat traffic jams and speed up diagnoses using drones to transport samples, the trial hinges on whether the samples arrive intact

The prospect of sealing a €140 billion financial loan for Kyiv has been kicked back to December

The Euro Summit, meeting in inclusive format, adopted a statement on 23 October 2025.

The European Council discussed the latest developments as regards Ukraine.

On 23 October, the European Council adopted conclusions on Ukraine, the Middle East, European defence and security, competitiveness and twin transition, housing, migration and the Republic of Moldova.

On 23 October, the European Council adopted conclusions on competitiveness and twin transition.