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On Wednesday, MEPs voted to unlock aid worth €489 million to help the four countries recover following severe storms and flooding earlier this year.
Committee on Budgets

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On Wednesday, MEPs voted to unlock aid worth €489 million to help the four countries recover following severe storms and flooding earlier this year.
Committee on Budgets

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MEPs want a 2027 budget that reinforces the EU’s key priorities for the final year of the EU’s current long-term budget cycle.
Committee on Budgets

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MEPs want a 2027 budget that reinforces the EU’s key priorities for the final year of the EU’s current long-term budget cycle.
Committee on Budgets

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On Wednesday, plenary assessed the October EU summit results, focusing on a strong EU long-term budget and competitiveness in a debate with Presidents Costa and von der Leyen.

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On Wednesday, plenary assessed the October EU summit results, focusing on a strong EU long-term budget and competitiveness in a debate with Presidents Costa and von der Leyen.

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In a bid to prevent further violence and looting after the widespread unrest on the weekend, curfews have been imposed in certain areas of major cities across France. Meanwhile, the Yellow Vests movement has announced new demonstrations for Saturday in protest at the high cost of living. As the 2027 presidential election draws closer, the media discuss the political and economic consequences of the unrest.

A meeting between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping could take place in China on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in November. The plan has stoked fear in Europe that these major powers will conduct negotiations without consulting Ukraine and its allies. Commentators discuss the dangers of a redrawing of spheres of influence and the consequences for European security.

After three unsuccessful attempts, the independent diplomat Luca Niculescu was elected as Romania's new prime minister on Tuesday. In the parliamentary vote in Bucharest, 280 MPs voted for the 55-year-old and 58 against. He will now head a minority government, with 12 of the 18 ministerial posts going to the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and 6 to independent technocrats.