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EU Plan To End Russian Fertiliser Imports Unsettles Farmers

The EU's plans to impose tariffs on fertiliser imports from Russia in a bid to increase pressure on Moscow over the Ukraine war have alarmed European farmers worried about possible price hikes.

International Business Times

MEPs reject renewed attacks on NGO funding in EU budget review

A parliamentary committee has voted down a raft of amendments from right-wing lawmakers seeking to incorporate sharp criticism of EU funding for non-governmental organisations into the discharge of the bloc’s 2023 budget.

Euronews

The EPP takes firmer line on migration in policy pitch

The largest group in the European Parliament has adopted a new position paper, endorsing suspension of the right to asylum and questioning family reunification.

Euronews

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Greens, socialists hope centrist alliance will limit scale of EU deregulation

The European Parliament has voted to delay key rules on corporate sustainability pending a reduction of their scope, on the same day the Trump administration appeared to be targeting EU regulatory standards with a punitive 20% import tariff.

Euronews

Commission denies singling out NGOs in green funding row

After right-wing parties in the European Parliament narrowly lost a symbolic vote on blocking funding for non-profit groups through the LIFE Programme, the European Commission issued a detailed statement that has done little to reassure critics who see the affair as an attack on civil society.

Euronews

MEPs reject call to halt funding for environmental NGOs

In a knife edge vote, the European Parliament’s environment committee voted down an objection jointly tabled by the conservative European People’s Party (EPP) against continued funding of civil society campaign groups.

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Will deportation hubs help speed up migrant returns?

The Common European System for Returns aims to speed up deportation of asylum seekers who aren't permitted to stay in the European Union. In an unexpected move, it also opens the possibility to build the controversial detention centres outside the bloc.

Euronews

How Ukraine and EU rearmament are dividing the Italian government

The coalition’s junior partners, The League and Forza Italia, take opposing positions on the war in Ukraine and the European Commission’s plan to build up Europe's security. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is walking a political tightrope

Euronews

Putin is 'playing' and has no interest in stopping war, EPP chief warns

Manfred Weber exclusively tells Euronews that Putin 'is not ready for peace.'

Euronews

WATCH: EPP president joins Euronews' special coverage ahead of EU leaders' summit

The President of the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) speaks to Euronews as the EU’s 27 leaders gather in Brussels for a summit that takes place against a fraught geopolitical background.

Euronews

Will fewer corporate reporting obligations jeopardise the EU Green Deal?

Cutting down on red tape to help boost companies’ competitiveness is the aim of a European Commission proposal to simplify corporate reporting obligations. But critics of the so-called Omnibus package claim the proposal is a step back for human rights and the environment.

Euronews

Europe is looking to Germany for leadership – but these elections will dash its hopes again

The CDU is a big player in the European parliament, but its predicted win this Sunday won’t change Germany’s inward focus, says Cas Mudde of the University of Georgia

The Guardian - UK

Rightwing MEPs threaten huge funding freeze for environmental NGOs

Freeze to EU’s LIFE programme funding would deprive 30 NGOs of up to 70% of operating grants

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The Conversation

Why has the EU stripped Hungary of €1 billion? The latest confrontation explained

The European Commission has stripped €1.04 billion in aid from Hungary in the latest phase of an ongoing political struggle with its errant member state.

International Business Times

EU Conservatives Seek To Stall 2035 Combustion Engine Ban

The largest group in the European Parliament, the conservative EPP, joined calls Wednesday to "reverse" a ban on combustion engine vehicles starting in 2035, citing the struggles of the automotive industry.

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And So It Begins: Europe's 2035 Gas Engine Ban Under Pressure

Raise your hand if you saw this coming. After automakers and governments criticized the European Union for rushing the combustion engine's demise, some politicians are also against the ICE's 2035 ban. The European Parliament's largest political group, the European People's Party (EPP), is pressuring the higher-ups from Brussels to change their…

The Guardian - UK

Von der Leyen calls for more EU defence spending after narrow election victory

European Commission president says average spending in Europe is 1.9% of GDP, while Russia’s is 9%

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The Independent UK

Angela Merkel ‘tormented’ by Brexit vote result and saw it as ‘humiliation’ for EU

Former German chancellor writes in autobiography Freedom she was pained by thoughts about whether there was more she could have done to help David Cameron prevent UK from leaving bloc

The Guardian - UK

European parliament reaches deal on approving von der Leyen’s top team

European Commission should take office on 1 December after centre-right EPP and Socialists forge compromise

International Business Times

Under-fire Spain Minister Defends Agencies' Role In Floods

Spain's under-fire ecological transition minister, a candidate for a top European Commission post, said Wednesday that questioning the role of state agencies during the country's devastating floods was "dangerous".

The Guardian - UK

For the first time in its history, we could be looking at a genuinely rightwing European Union

Ursula von der Leyen knows that her new commission will need support from the kind of hard-right parties it once swore to shun, says Alberto Alemanno of HEC Paris

The Guardian - UK

Von der Leyen has tightened her grip on the EU’s steering wheel – and is moving it subtly to the right

The European Commission president’s new team reflects her ruthlessness in crushing critics, rewarding loyalty and showing who is the boss

The Guardian - UK

France’s European commissioner resigns amid row with von der Leyen

Thierry Breton, who had been appointed for second term, cited von der Leyen’s ‘questionable governance’ in EU

The Guardian - UK

There’s a lesson for the EU from Britain’s riots: do more to prevent hatred and division – or violence follows

With the far right making gains in elections, Europe must improve on its dismal record of tackling racism and Islamophobia, writes Brussels-based commentator Shada Islam

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