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EU weighs Plan B for Ukraine as Belgium raises bar to unblock reparations loan

Belgian Prime Minister De Wever lashed out at plans for a reparations loan in a strongly worded letter to Ursula von der Leyen, calling it dangerous and wrong. European officials are seriously considering a bridge loan as clock ticks for the December summit. Belgian resistance is seen as entrenched.

Euronews

Talks for UK to join EU defence fund collapse in blow to Starmer’s bid to reset relations

UK had been pushing to join €150bn Safe fund, a loan scheme that is part of bloc’s drive to rearm Europe

The Guardian - UK

European Parliament calls for an interdiction of social media for teens under 16

The European Parliament adopted Wednesday a proposal calling to ban social media for teenagers under the age of 16 as lawmakers ponder its negative impact on mental health and the politics of online debate.

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European parliament calls for social media ban on under-16s

MEPs pass resolution to help parents tackle growing dangers of addictive internet platforms

The Guardian - UK

Von der Leyen warns against ‘carving up’ of Ukraine amid crunch US-led talks

Commission president says undermining of sovereign European nation would ‘open the doors for more wars’

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine talks: 'Europe must keep pressure on Russia', von der Leyen says

The EU Commission president called on Europeans to step up pressure on Moscow and warned that despite its stated intention to engage in peace talks, "Russia's mindset has not changed".

Euronews

Putin trying to negotiate an end to Ukraine war as he cannot win it on battlefield, says EU’s Kallas – as it happened

EU’s foreign policy chief says ‘there’s one aggressor and one victim’ in conflict amid US push to end the war

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EU should stop discussing and move forward with Ukraine reparations loan, Dombrovskis tells Euronews

In an interview with Euronews' flagship morning show Europe Today, European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity Valdis Dombrovskis said that the EU should stop discussing the options to finance Ukraine and proceed with using Russian frozen assets.

Euronews

Europe eyes investments in Africa into clean energy and infrastructure

European and African leaders met in Luanda during the EU-African Union summit where they pledged to increase trade in renewable energy and critical raw materials. Shortly before, European leaders met in Johannesburg for the G20, where the bloc struck a trade deal with South Africa.

Euronews

Global Fund faces shortfall as several European donors cut contributions

The European Union’s influence and contribution to global health is quietly receding in a broader decline in donations to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Euronews

Peace talks: EU demands 'full involvement' on sanctions and Russian assets

Europeans insist that any decisions related to economic sanctions against Russia, the immobilised Russian assets and Ukraine's EU accession must be taken with full consent in any peace plan to end the war.

Euronews

Macron and Merz must look at themselves if they want to stop Europe sliding to the far right

Political elites in Europe’s ‘mature’ democracies warn of external threats – but at home they normalise racism and undermine the rule of law, writes Shada Islam

The Guardian - UK

High-stakes showdown looms as US and EU trade member states meet

US officials and EU ministers are meeting in Brussels on Monday for what is expected to be a "frank" discussion about the two sides' fraught trade deal.

Euronews

Von der Leyen: EU role in Ukraine peace must be 'fully reflected'

The European Commission chief emphasised that Ukraine must freely choose its destiny and highlighted the EU's role in ensuring peace. Key conditions include no forced border changes and no limitations on Ukraine's armed forces.

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Africa's first G20 summit adopts declaration as EU leaders respond to US peace plan for Ukraine

The summit, the first to be held in Africa, opened on Saturday with EU leaders and their counterparts from leading and emerging economies coming together as Washington's proposed peace plan for Ukraine loomed large on the sidelines.

AAP

Australia hopes to seal EU trade deal within months

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has left the door open to scrapping Australia's luxury car tax as he aims to strike a trade deal with the EU in the new year.

Radio France Internationale

EU moves to cut red tape with overhaul of AI and data privacy laws

The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled plans to ease tech rules, arguing that a loosening of red tape could give Europe’s high-tech sector the breathing room to compete with global rivals.

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What we learned from Ursula von der Leyen's options paper to support Ukraine

The options paper sent by Ursula von der Leyen to EU leaders presents a binary choice: fresh debt or tap the Russian assets. Euronews breaks down the key elements of her long-awaited document.

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The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump ‘in secret talks’ with Putin’s envoy over Gaza-style peace deal

Trump's special envoy is due to meet Zelensky later today

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Macron says peace deal can be struck next year after Kyiv buys 100 French fighter jets

Zelensky said the agreement to supply fighter jets would significantly improve Ukraine’s air defences

Euronews

'No easy options': Von der Leyen urges EU countries to plug €135bn gap for Ukraine

Von der Leyen sends a letter to member states calling for a fast agreement on how to fund Ukraine's enormous €135 billion budget hole for next year and 2027. EU leaders will meet for a make-or-break summit in December.

Euronews

How the EPP ushered in a right-wing majority at the European Parliament

For the first time, a right-wing majority is emerging at the European Parliament as the European People's Party flirts with groups that would have been considered too toxic to work with in the past. The pivot has given the EPP a choice but also created a headache for Ursula von…

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: North Korea mass producing attack drones to aid Moscow’s invasion, says Kyiv

Deputy head of Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence reveals North Korea launches mass production of drones

Euronews

Nordic and Baltic allies to fund joint €430m PURL military package for Ukraine, NATO says

The PURL initiative was launched in July and came following criticism from the White House that Europe needed to shoulder more of the responsibility for Ukraine's security.

Euronews

Von der Leyen lays out alternatives to reparations loan for Ukraine as time runs out

Ursula von der Leyen has outlined a plan B to fund Ukraine should the reparations loan pegged to the Russian assets fail. The loan is still seen as the best option to keep the financing going even if Belgium plays hardball.

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