Politics
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Germany renews push against wastewater rules
Berlin wants more clarity on the rules' financial impact
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Greece risks losing access to 60% of new medicines, drugmakers warn [Advocacy Lab]
Greece risks being downgraded in the strategic priorities of multinational pharmaceutical companies, head of trade group warns
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Crisis readiness boost planned for Sweden’s blood and plasma system [Advocacy Lab]
A new inquiry will look into how to scale up supplies in the event of a mass casualty incident
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Europe needs ‘safe social’ to protect children online
Until a regulatory body declares them safe to use, Europe has to put an end to the live-testing of dangerous products on children
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EXCLUSIVE: Kallas’ Israel ‘apartheid’ remarks deepen EU foreign policy crisis
Her latest diplomatic blunder is a comparison of Israel to apartheid South Africa
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INTERVIEW: Top telecom reform MEP wants to amp up aid for operators
Rapporteur Stéphanie Yon-Courtin wants mandatory conciliation mechanism to apply to dominant operators and Big Tech
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Swiss vote on migration cap threatens EU ties
A population-cap referendum could force Bern to choose between curbing immigration and preserving its access to the EU
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Chris Mason: Dissent fizzes again at the top of the Labour Party
The resignations of the defence secretary and armed forces minister pile the pressure further on the PM's leadership.
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Record number of young people fear long-term unemployment
Report says confidence among 16- to 21-year-olds has fallen sharply as they doubt hard work will be rewarded Young people in Engla…
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Berlin, Israeli defence giant IAI sign deal for aerospace and defence innovation hub
The agreement foresees a new innovation centre for defence and dual-use technologies in the German capital
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Berlin and Israeli defence giant IAI to create innovation hub
The agreement foresees a new innovation centre for defence and dual-use technologies in the German capital
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Dan Jarvis named new defence secretary as Al Carns quits government – UK politics as it happened
Government confirms Jarvis’s move from role as security minister to replace John Healey Ryan Henderson, assistant chief constable …
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Armed forces minister quits after Healey exit as defence funding row deepens
Al Carns says the military isn't "sufficiently funded", as Dan Jarvis becomes the new defence secretary.
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Defence Secretary John Healey and Armed Forces Minister Al Carns resignation letters in full
Healey and Carns spell out why they have quit government in letters to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
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Healey quits as defence secretary in row over military spending
He says a defence funding plan "falls well short", as Sir Keir Starmer insists he will keep the UK safe.
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Healey’s shock resignation over defence plan pushes Starmer to brink
Former defence secretary accuses PM of putting UK’s security at risk at a time of growing international threats Keir Starmer’s pre…
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EU deportation bill set to sail through parliament, as left scramble to add safeguards
The return regulation is likely to get rubber stamped next week at the European Parliament following a political agreement earlier…
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Asylum hotel vacated after fire safety concerns
Epping Forest District Council says it was not expecting the latest development.
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‘Condemnation, condemnation, condemnation’ of Israel, but no sanctions at next EU summit
It is business as usual in EU-Israeli relations, while Italy's call for a proposal to ban settler imports sounds like more hot air…
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Ukrainians hit four more Crimea bridges, amid reports of empty shelves in food shops (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,568)
Russian commanders are scrambling to move troops and fuel along ever-riskier routes, while the peninsula’s residents face dry taps…
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Power games in a pub garden as MPs seek Burnham’s favour in Makerfield
Hundreds of Labour activists and MPs have ‘made the pilgrimage’ to the seat, where they are pounding the streets For a few short w…
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Global wars, a depleted military and stubborn Labour MPs: Healey exposes Starmer’s perfect storm
There is no narrative to convince the British public that difficult economic decisions on defence will be worth it As Labour MPs s…
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John Healey quitting defence puts a time bomb under No 10. He is a loyalist: this is no ordinary departure
He served through the eras of Blair, Brown, Miliband and Corbyn in a party that knows and respects him. It will matter that even h…
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Bardella vows ‘new European architecture’ if he wins power in France
Jordan Bardella says Ursula von der Leyen must go, and eyes close partnership with right-wing leaders in Germany and Italy