Free Dive: The Israel-EU Association Agreement

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The 1995 Israel free trade architecture, which encompasses a €42.6 billion bilateral relationship, is under increased pressure as two Commission proposals attempt to suspend...

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Truck Manufacturers Get More Flexibility to Build Up CO2 Credits Before 2030

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Parliament and Council have amended the HDV CO2 Regulation to allow truck manufacturers to generate more emission credits between 2025 and 2029 than the existing framework permitted. The 2030 targets remain unchanged; what changes is how...

EU Sends €15m to Senegal’s Navy through a Spanish Public Foundation

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The Council has established a €15 million assistance measure to support the Senegalese National Navy with operational, educational, and mobility equipment, all non-lethal. The measure operates within the Yaoundé Architecture for West African maritime security and...

Finland Placed Under Excessive Deficit Procedure as Defence Escape Clause Falls Short

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The Council has formally found an excessive deficit in Finland, with a 2024 general government deficit of 4.4% of GDP against the 3% Treaty reference value. A national escape clause activated in July 2025 for defence...

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Free Dive: The Israel-EU Association Agreement

Deep Dives
The 1995 Israel free trade architecture, which encompasses a €42.6 billion bilateral relationship, is under increased pressure as two Commission proposals attempt to suspend it, pushed by a Member State coalition that only lacks the qualified...

The EU-Mercosur Deal: A Deal 26 Years in the Making

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A 2,801-page treaty across thirty chapters and spanning decades of negotiations leaves Mercosur producers requiring only lip service to environmental requirements fully applied to European producers. On 17 January 2026, in the marble hall of the Banco...

The AI Act: New Rules for Artificial Intelligence

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Brussels’ first comprehensive AI rulebook, a 144-page Regulation, backed by €35 million fines, has been overtaken by political pressure and missing standards before its main deadline, with Parliament and Council now negotiating a sixteen-month delay just...

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Thirty Years On: What the EU–Uzbekistan EPCA Commits Both Sides To

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The full 253-page text of the EU's most expansive bilateral agreement in Central Asia is now published. A close reading reveals an architecture built around WTO accession, the Middle Corridor, and unresolved labour standards The EPCA published...

Brussels Races to Fix an Environmental Law That Would Actually Worsen the Environment

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A Commission proposal published today seeks to carve Switzerland out of a waste export ban that, if applied, would push 200,000 tonnes of border-region rubbish onto longer truck routes through the Alps, generating more carbon than...

Myanmar Sanctions Renewed as Min Aung Hlaing Takes the Presidency

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The EU extends its Myanmar restrictive measures regime until April 2027, amending 33 individual listings and 9 entity entries to reflect the junta's institutional overhaul, and the new civilian mask its leader has put on since...

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Court of Auditors Raises Questions on the Decarbonisation Fund’s Revenues

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The European Court of Auditors has assessed the Commission's proposal for a Temporary Decarbonisation Fund, finding that projected revenues of €632 million substantially exceed...

EU Opens Agricultural Quotas on the Mercosur Deal

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Commission Implementing Regulation 2026/996 creates and amends tariff-rate quotas for agricultural imports from Mercosur countries with provisional application of the Interim Trade Agreement from...

Brussels Races to Fix an Environmental Law That Would Actually Worsen the Environment

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A Commission proposal published today seeks to carve Switzerland out of a waste export ban that, if applied, would push 200,000 tonnes of border-region...

Hookah Tobacco Loophole Has Just Been Closed as Tobacco Must Undergo a Significant Transformation before being Smokable to avoid Duties

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The General Court ruled that raw tobacco scrap processable at home into hookah tobacco falls within EU tobacco excise law, even when preparation involves...

Cyber Resilience Act Consolidates Radio Equipment Cybersecurity Rules

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The 2022 delegated regulation that first imposed cybersecurity requirements on connected radio equipment is repealed with effect from 11 December 2027, right when the...

Road Transport Working Time Reporting Gets a New Standard Form After Nine Years

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A new standard form for Member State compliance reports on mobile workers' working time replaces the 2017 predecessor. It is more granular on monitoring...

Russia Sanctions: Konov Loses Alrosa Argument as Court Sets a High Bar for Sanctions Departure

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Dmitry Konov, former head of Russia's largest petrochemical company, failed to convince the General Court that he left the Alrosa diamond board in April...

Euro Inflation at 1.2%: Council Calls for Defence Ramp-Up Without Blowing the Fiscal Envelope

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The Council's annual euro area economic policy recommendation sets a narrow course: fund significantly higher defence spending, complete the Savings and Investment Union, advance...

Nine Synthetic Drug Precursors Move to Category 1 of EU Scheduled Substances List

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Precursors of mephedrone, clophedrone, and amphetamine, including one used in the antidepressant bupropion, move to the strictest EU control category from 18 September 2026,...

EESC Backs EU Funding for Abortion Access, Considers Denial as Gender-Based Violence

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The European Economic and Social Committee adopted an own-initiative opinion calling on the Commission to propose EU financial support for Member States where abortion...

Cosmetics Regulation: Triphenyl Phosphate Banned, Aluminium Capped, Three Hair Dyes Authorised

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A sweeping update to EU cosmetics law restricts or bans eleven substances and newly permits three hair dye compounds, with compliance deadlines running from...

New Provisional Anti-Dumping Duties Imposed on Chinese Pea Protein

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Provisional duties of up to 67.4% on Chinese pea protein imports take effect immediately, targeting a market where Chinese producers hold nearly 60% share...
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