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In 2023, experts suggested reducing speed on the Autobahn. It would reduce carbon emissions and would also save Germany money.

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“In this federal government, we are no longer pursuing climate policy against industry. We are pursuing it with industry,” Merz said at a meeting of his conservative bloc’s youth wing in the south-western German town of Rust on Saturday.

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Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Kestutis Budrys on Monday lauded his country’s good relations with Taiwan, and said he hoped to expand cooperation and build “strategic partnerships” with Taiwan amid increasing threats from authoritarian regimes.

*Joint ventures between Scottish and Chinese universities have proved lucrative — but controversial, prompting concerns about the involvement of the authoritarian state.*

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France, U.K. and Germany have growing budget deficits and debt, while the former crisis hot spots in the south look financially healthier

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The public prosecutor’s office in Milan has opened an investigation into claims that Italian citizens travelled to Bosnia-Herzegovina on “sniper safaris” during the war in the early 1990s.

European lawmakers have backed the weakening of flagship EU environmental and human rights rules as part of a drive to slash red tape for businesses. The move will free many corporations from the obligation to fix human rights and environmental issues in their supply chains or face EU fines.

New technologies, in particular artificial intelligence, malicious data communication and spyware, are increasingly important vectors of current transnational repression, say MEPs. They call on member states and the EU to recognise, prevent and tackle digital forms of transnational repression, including disinformation campaigns targeting human rights defenders, and to ensure that private actors in the technology sector are held accountable, by publishing transparency reports, and setting up effective grievance mechanisms.

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A Dutch government delegation will travel to China “early next week” in an effort to end the dispute over chip maker Nexperia, economic affairs minister Vincent Karremans said on Thursday.

The EU countries have no fundamental problem with US law enforcement agencies accessing their national databases to search for threats.

The EU Council seems to agree to the new compromise “without further changes”

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Here what von der Leyen said:

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“France’s BBC reported that Taiwan donated eight billion euros (US$9.2 billion) so the vice president can go up and spout nonsense for 20 minutes,” reads a Threads post written in traditional Chinese and shared November 9, 2025.

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The European Union has called for a bloc-wide handling fee on small packages ordered online from platforms such as Shein, Temu and Alibaba to be imposed in early 2026, over two years earlier than scheduled, in a bid to crack down on billions of cheap Chinese imports each year, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing a letter from trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic to EU finance ministers.

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On Wednesday, Minister of Defense Antti Häkkänen (Confederation of Finnish Socialists and Democrats) announced news about cooperation between the Nordic air forces.

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Over-The-Air (OTA) software updates and connectivity modules could, in theory, provide external access to vehicle systems. Such technology is being implemented in new generation buses: the new Mercedes eIntouro for instance (Daimler Buses enthusiastically stressed in late 2024 as being the “first bus manufacturer in Europe to present a bus that is compatible with over-the-air updates“).

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said Wednesday that justice minister German Galushchenko had been suspended amid a corruption scandal in the country’s energy sector.

The delegation will include banks like Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank and insurance companies like Allianz and Ergo, the source said.

Vautrin, France’s new defence minister, weighed into the fight this week, saying that “Germany has currently no capacity to manufacture a [fighter] jet.”

“The friendship between Spain and China undoubtedly benefits both peoples and is consistent with two countries with a long history and a global vocation,” Felipe told his host.