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Fact check: Can EU countries restrict or ban Israeli settlement imports?

Several EU states are weighing measures against goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights – all considered illegal under international law. Some argue that rules that exclude such goods from Israel’s tariff-free trade deal are not being properly enforced.

Euronews

Labour risk sending 'dangerous message' if Israeli settlement sale allowed in UK

THE UK Government has been told it risks sending a “dangerous message” that Palestinian lives are not valued by allowing an event selling land…

The National (Scotland)

EU ready to 'step up' in Ukraine-Russia talks but ceasefire must come first, summit draft shows

EU leaders are set to discuss the possibility of engaging in direct talks when they meet on 18-19 June. But the latest draft of the summit's conclusions suggests a mandate for a special envoy is still far away.

Euronews

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EU agrees to sanction Israeli settler featured in Louis Theroux documentary

THE European Council have adopted additional 'restrictive' measures against extremist Israeli settlers — including Daniella Weiss, who was…

The National (Scotland)

EU to greenlight 'return hubs' migration reform

The European Union is expected to reach a deal Wednesday on a migration reform to create so-called "return hubs" outside the bloc, with some states raring to go. If EU governments and parliament representatives strike a deal on the reform, which follows an European Commission proposal, this would then have…

The Economic Times

Newsletter: Incoming Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar in Brussels to unlock EU funds

The incoming Hungarian leader is pressed for time as he seeks to unlock billions of euros in EU cash before an August deadline.

Euronews

European Council should 'think carefully' before removing unanimity, says Michel

Former European Council President Charles Michel has told Euronews that some EU leaders “were hiding behind” Viktor Orbán, urging them to “fight against the abuse of veto rights”.

Euronews

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Gibraltar to align with Schengen area in time for summer holidays following post-Brexit deal

Exclusive: Treaty ‘removing all physical barriers between Spain and Gibraltar’ will take effect on 15 July

The Independent UK

Life after Orbán: How his crushing defeat is set to transform EU power dynamics

The Hungarian election has brought the Viktor Orbán era to an abrupt end. His defeat is set to transform the power dynamics at the EU table.

Euronews

No, the EU hasn't set up a UK harmonisation office in Brussels to help undo Brexit

It's true that the UK is seeking closer ties with the EU, almost 10 years after the Brexit referendum, but certain claims about how they intend to realign are false.

Euronews

The unanimity trap: what is the EU veto and why is it so hard to reform?

Hungary's opposition to the €90bn package for Ukraine is the latest of 48 vetoed European Council decisions. EU leaders are increasingly worried about whether they can solve the EU’s very own unanimity trap.

Euronews

Hungarian minister 'Russia leaks' highlight EU weaknesses as information is weaponised

Alleged leaks to Russia highlight the EU's weak points as information gets increasingly weaponised. Without clear protocols in place, diplomats see mix of legal, smaller coalitions and closer formats as ways to counter risks.

Euronews

Newsletter: Cut Hungary from EU talks unless it explains allegations of leaks to Russia - Barroso

Also in this neswsletter: The embattled EU-US trade deal is expected to clear the final hurdle in a vote in the European Parliament's plenary.

Euronews

In Orbán's 'unacceptable' veto, António Costa finds his biggest challenge yet

With his "unacceptable" veto on the €90 billion loan to Ukraine, Viktor Orbán is not only defying his fellow leaders. He is also directly challenging António Costa's authority and credibility as European Council president.

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Hungary threatens further anti-Ukraine measures despite European leaders' rebuke

Speaking to media in Brussels a day after he blocked the €90 billion loan to Ukraine, Orbán said he and his government have “a lot of cards in our hands.”

Euronews

Newsletter: Leaders outraged as defiant Orbán holds veto on Ukraine loan

Also in this newsletter: Trump's former national security advisor John Bolton tells Euronews the war in Iran is "Europe's war", and exclusive lines from interviews with the Bulgarian PM, Ukrainian Finance Minister and Israeli Ambassador to the UN in Geneva.

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin loses more than 8,000 troops as Zelensky warns Moscow trying to ‘intensify’ attacks

Zelensky warns a prolonged Iran war will exhaust supplies of US air defence missiles

Euronews

'Nobody can blackmail us': Leaders excoriate Orbán's veto as he tests EU limits

The Hungarian leader ups the rhetoric ahead of an April election, pushing the limits of EU rules close to breaking point. António Costa sees his authority challenged in the biggest test yet as European Council president.

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Radio France Internationale

'Europe must make itself heard' on Middle East war, says former EU commissioner

As EU leaders meet in Brussels for a high-stakes summit dominated by the war in the Middle East, Thierry Breton – former European commissioner for the Internal Market and France's former economy and finance minister – spoke to RFI about the current escalation and called on Europe to act in…

The Guardian - UK

Viktor Orbán refuses to agree to €90bn loan for Ukraine as EU leaders accuse him of betrayal

German chancellor Friedrich Merz described Orbán’s U-turn on the loan Hungary had agreed to in December as ‘a gross act of disloyalty’

Euronews

Commission resists overhaul of carbon pricing while pushing for tax cuts on energy

Commission resists overhaul of carbon pricing while pushing for tax cuts on energy despite calls from member states to suspend rules as oil prices soar.

Euronews

Fact check: Did the EU bypass Hungary's veto on Ukraine’s €90 billion loan?

On 24 February, the European Parliament announced that it had signed off on a €90 billion loan to support Ukraine. On social media, some users claimed this showed Brussels had overridden Hungary’s opposition to the loan. However, this is only one part of the legislative process.

Euronews

Podcast: How activism is helping Ukrainians endure four years of full-scale war

A meeting in Kyiv marking the anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Hungary’s vetoes on financial aid to Ukraine, and the resilience of Ukrainians: after four years of conflict, the end of the war seems nowhere in sight.

Euronews

EU accuses Hungary of disloyalty for vetoing €90 billion loan to Ukraine

Hungary's decision to veto the €90 billion loan for Ukraine has received strong rebukes from other EU countries, which see it as an act of disloyalty.

Euronews

French connection: Cyprus relations explored at the Louvre and the National Library of France

In the framework of the Cyprus Presidency of the European Council, the two leaders of France and Cyprus have opened two major exhibitions in Paris examining historic ties between the two countries.

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