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💡PANEL INSIGHTS | Dec 9
@PubAffairsEU hosted a debate on how the circular economy can drive decarbonisation and strengthen economic security.

Ahead of the panel, we asked @msaraswati MEP:
🔄How can the EU ensure a fair transition towards a circular economy model?
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[Featured] #UkraineWar - US plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine: Where it stands now, by @Loelof | Deutsche Welle

US plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine: Where it stands now

There has been a flurry of diplomatic activity between Washington, Kyiv, Moscow and European capitals to discuss a ...

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[Video] #UkraineWar: Coalition of the Willing calls for transatlantic unity for Ukraine as peace talks accelerate | Euronews

Coalition of the Willing calls for transatlantic unity for Ukraine

This week's diplomatic flurry continued on Thursday when 34 leaders gathered for a Coalition of the Willing meeting ...

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#RussiaSanctions: EU triggers emergency clause to indefinitely immobilise Russian assets, by @JorgeLiboreiro | Euronews

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/12/11/eu-triggers-emergency-clause-to-indefinitely-immobilise-russian-assets

#RussiaSanctions: Russia sues #Euroclear over frozen assets. Legal challenge is first shot across the bows as Brussels aims to use funds for €90bn loan to Ukraine, by @maxseddon | Financial Times

Russia sues Euroclear over frozen assets

Legal challenge is first shot across the bows as Brussels aims to use funds for €90bn loan to Ukraine

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[Featured] #Trade: #France seeks to delay crunch vote on EU’s #Mercosur mega deal. A senior EU diplomat warns that another delay could kill the Latin American trade deal after 25 years of talks, by @CamGijs, @gioleali & @vonderburchard | Politico

France seeks to delay crunch vote on EU’s Mercosur mega deal

A senior EU diplomat warns that another delay could kill the Latin American trade deal after 25 years of talks.

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[Policy Brief] #Tech - Get over your X: A #European plan to escape American technology, by @giorgosverdi | @ecfr

Get over your X: A European plan to escape American technology - PubAffairs Bruxelles

It is November 2026. President Donald Trump announces a new executive order on “Regulating Access to American Tech...

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#Tech: #EU banks should reduce their reliance on US #BigTech, top supervisor says, by @KCarlsonJourno & @MathieuPollet_ | Politico

EU banks should reduce their reliance on US Big Tech, top supervisor says

Dutch central bank exec warns ‘concentration risk’ could lead to ‘major operational problems.’

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[Opinion] #Tech: Europe must be ready when the #AI bubble bursts. A market correction will give the EU the chance to offer a trust-based alternative to American tech, by @MarietjeSchaake | Financial Tiimes

Europe must be ready when the AI bubble bursts

A market correction will give the EU the chance to offer a trust-based alternative to American tech

www.ft.com

EU Institutions News Discover more

Circular economy: deal on new EU rules for the automotive sector

European Parliament

Dec 12, 25

Agriculture & Food

EU Agri-Food Days return to Brussels next week

European Commission

Dec 12, 25

EU economy & Financial services

Commission identifies actions to reduce tax gaps and support competitiveness in the EU

European Commission

Dec 11, 25

EU in the Media Discover more

European Politics & Institutions

Federica Mogherini resigns as College of Europe rector amid fraud accusations

Euronews

Dec 5, 25

EU Economy & Eurozone

EU needs ‘true single market’ to stay competitive, Nobel prize winner Aghion tells Euronews

Euronews

Dec 3, 25

Transport & Mobility

How can we decarbonise shipping without damaging the global economy?

Euronews

Dec 1, 25

Climate, Energy & EU Green Deal

Is the Green Deal still alive? Javi López and Hildegard Bentele pick sides in The Ring

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Nov 27, 25

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Trump sends envoys to meet Putin and Ukrainian officials after ‘fine-tuning’ plan

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Nov 26, 25

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European counterproposal to US-Ukraine peace plan

Euronews

Nov 24, 25

Opinion & Analysis Discover more

Digital, Tech & Data

Get over your X: A European plan to escape American technology

European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

Dec 12, 25

EU Defence

Towards a European intelligence agency? The untapped potential and legal implications of intelligence integration in the EU

Finabel

Dec 12, 25

Climate, Energy & EU Green Deal

Europe’s electric straitjacket

Project Syndicate

Dec 10, 25

European Politics & Institutions

Quelle autonomie capacitaire pour l’Europe ? Une analyse multi-domaine

Ifri

Dec 10, 25

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The energy transition faces geopolitical challenges. How can ideological divides be overcome?

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Dec 9, 25

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US missile defense under Trump: risks and opportunities for Europe

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Dec 8, 25

Podcast selection Discover more

Belgium objects to the Russian assets loan as the EU prepares to table its plan

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Why the EU and Africa need each other in a fragmented world

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Nov 20, 25

Global Europe

Listen: Belgium, Slovakia and Norway will determine the EU’s reparations loan plan

EU Observer

Nov 12, 25

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