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Bloc’s leaders also promise to protect EU interests after US president announces escalation in aggressive trade policy

In an unprecedented decision on December 6 2024, the Romanian constitutional court annulled the November 25 presidential elections after it received credible intelligence of large-scale external interference rigging the results of the first round in favour of a hardly-known far-right candidate, Calin Georgescu.

As the deadline for submitting updated carbon reduction targets passed on Monday, the majority of nations – including major emitters such as China, India, and the EU – missed the cut-off point, reflecting the ongoing difficulties of international cooperation regarding climate change.

In the early 1990s, as the Cold War faded into memory, the Maastricht Treaty established the existence of the European Union (EU). Since its inception, the bloc has jostled for position in an international order increasingly structured around three poles: the United States, Asia and Europe.