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Meloni resorts to EU bashing to seek fiscal flexibility as energy crunch bites

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has begun pressing in Brussels for greater fiscal flexibility to curb rising energy costs. With general elections scheduled for 2027, a surge in energy prices could undermine public support for her government.

'On tariffs, we are caught in US domestic politics,' lead Brussels trade lawmaker says

'On tariffs, we are caught in US domestic politics,' lead Brussels trade lawmaker says

MEPs will reach out to US trade officials next week in a bid to salvage the transatlantic trade deal as Washington opens new investigations on EU goods. But lawmakers worry Brussels is being pulled into an unpredictable standoff driven by US domestic politics.

Feeling the strain: Italian pasta makers reach boiling point over Trump tariffs

Feeling the strain: Italian pasta makers reach boiling point over Trump tariffs

Faced with the threat of exorbitant US tariffs, Italian pasta producers are hoping for political support — and that they will not have to wait for a legal resolution to their case.

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Commission's EU-US trade deal broker to be grilled in Parliamentary hearing

As the EU’s legislative process kicks off, MEPs will begin debating the EU-US tariff deal on Wednesday. A heated exchange with the European Commission is expected.

Don’t water down landmark AI rules to appease Trump, key EU lawmakers warn European Commission

“It would never be enough,” AI Act lead negotiator Brando Benifei tells Fortune of any effort to appease the Trump White House.

Exclusive: Hungary's Gay Pride surveillance would breach the EU's AI Act, says leading MEP

The European Parliament's AI Act expert and monitor, Brando Benifei tells Euronews Hungary's plans to use AI-based facial recognition to fine Gay Pride participants breaches the EU rules.

EU Parliament Adopts 'Historic' Rules On AI

The European Parliament gave final approval on Wednesday to wide-ranging EU rules to govern artificial intelligence, including powerful systems like OpenAI's ChatGPT. Senior European Union officials say the rules, first proposed in 2021, will protect citizens from the possible risks of a technology developing at breakneck speed, while also fostering…

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The EU's new A.I. regulation looks past existential threats

The EU's new A.I. regulation looks past existential threats

Italy's Brando Benifei says apocalyptic scenarios distract from the 'real debate' over A.I.

EU lawmakers vote to restrict AI use, ban public face-scanning

The European Parliament voted to completely ban real-time, remote biometric surveillance — a decision that will put lawmakers at odds with the EU’s 27 countries in upcoming negotiations.

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EU Says Vote Buying, Clientelism Were Widespread in Lebanese Elections

EU Says Vote Buying, Clientelism Were Widespread in Lebanese Elections

Due to a lack of financial and human resources, election preparations in Lebanon started very late, with the budget allocated less than a month before the polls, said the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) in Lebanon Chief Observer, Gyorgy Holvenyi. On election day, the EU EOM deployed 167…

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