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Carney, Macron vow to strengthen ties to tackle geopolitical, economic crises 2025-03-17
North Shore News

PARIS — Canada must strengthen ties with France and other allies in the face of geopolitical and economic crises, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday in France. Making opening remarks in Paris before a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Carney stressed both countries' shared values of...

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Wider Europe Briefing: The EU's Hard Choices On Georgia 2024-05-27
Radio Free Europe

Welcome to Wider Europe, RFE/RL's newsletter focusing on the key issues concerning the European Union, NATO, and other institutions and their relationships with the Western Balkans and Europe's Eastern neighborhoods. I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'm drilling down on two...

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EU must make choice on Israel Borrell 2024-05-27
Beijing News

Supporting both the Jewish state and international law is becoming increasingly difficult, the bloc's chief diplomat says Members of the EU are divided over the war in Gaza, as the goal of upholding international law appears to clash with support for Israel, the bloc's security and foreign policy...

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Hungary's five-time Prime Minister Orbán is facing a new serious contender in upcoming EU elections 2024-05-27
Newsday

BUDAPEST, Hungary — About three months ago, a scandal rocked five-time nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party which prides itself on upholding family values and Christian conservatism. As party leaders attempted damage control after close Orbán allies, President Katalin Novák...

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The new migration and asylum pact: smoke and mirrors? 2024-05-27
CyprusMail

By Luigi Scazzieri In April this year, the European Parliament agreed to a reform of the Union’s rulebook on migration and asylum, approving the different legislative files that make up the so-called New Migration and Asylum Pact. The Pact was finally approved by member-states around a month later,...

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EU hosts talks to strengthen Palestinian Authority for Gaza 2024-05-27
Dawn

BRUSSELS: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday hosted Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Mustafa for international talks on building up the Palestinian Authority to eventually take over Gaza rule from Hamas. A “strong” Palestinian Authority is needed to bring peace in the Middle East,...

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Why the Balkans region is so important to Europe 2024-05-24
Arab News

In another sign that Brussels is starting to give the attention that is due to the Balkans, the leaders of the region and the EU met in Montenegro last week to chart a realistic path toward eventual membership of the bloc. This meeting followed similar gatherings in recent months held in North...

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The West is tapping Russian money to arm Ukraine. Much more could follow 2024-05-24
CNN

Money generated by Russian financial assets frozen in Europe will soon start flowing to Ukraine, giving Kyiv a boost as it struggles to counter an advance by Moscow’s troops. Now, the West is trying to turn that trickle of cash into a flood. Finance ministers from the Group of Seven advanced...

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EU Commission fines Oreo maker Mondelez 337.5 million euros for blocking cross-border sales 2024-05-23
Newsday

BRUSSELS — The European Commission has imposed a fine of 337.5 million euros ($366 million) on food company Mondelez, the owner of Oreo cookies and other snack brands, for obstructing sales of its products between EU member states, the bloc's executive arm said on Thursday. Mondelez owns the...

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Why Le Pen is happy to cut ties with the AfD 2024-05-23
The Spectator

This evening French television broadcasts a live debate between prime minister Gabriel Attal and Jordan Bardella. The president of the National Rally is on course for a spectacular victory in the European elections on 9 June, but Emmanuel Macron hopes that his Boy Wonder might be able to close the...

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