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This week, EU finance ministers look to agree revision of the energy taxation directive, and aim to reach agreement with the European Parliament on the EU’s annual budget for 2026; the 2nd EU-Ukraine Investment conference takes place in Warsaw, and the European Public Health Conference in Helsinki; and MEPs in committee adopt their position on a 2040 EU target for greenhouse gas emissions reduction; and in plenary vote on the EU’s 2026-2030 gender equality strategy.
Poland took over the presidency of the EU on 1 January promising to strenthen European security in its external, internal, information, economic, energy, food, and health dimensions.
The European Parliament gave formal approval Wednesday to the new team and programme of EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, with her College of Commissioners expected to take office on 1 December.
The European Parliament gave its green light Tuesday to an extraordinary loan of up to EUR 35 billion to Ukraine, to be repaid with future revenues from frozen Russian assets.
The European Union issued a strong condemnation Tuesday of Russia’s intensifying campaign of hybrid activities against the EU such as cyber-attacks and information manipulation. These activities illustrated Russia’s reckless and…
