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EU pushes back hard against Trump tariff threats and his caustic comments that bloc is out to get US
Read full article: EU pushes back hard against Trump tariff threats and his caustic comments that bloc is out to get USThe European Union is insisting that the 27-nation bloc is not out to undermine the United States as U.S. President Donald Trump put it.
EU chief unveils her new team with women in top roles in right-leaning Commission
Read full article: EU chief unveils her new team with women in top roles in right-leaning CommissionEuropean Union chief Ursula von der Leyen has put women in many of the top roles on her new team for her next five-year tenure at the head of the bloc.
Ursula von der Leyen reelected to a second 5-year term as European Commission president
Read full article: Ursula von der Leyen reelected to a second 5-year term as European Commission presidentLawmakers at the European Parliament have reelected Ursula von der Leyen to a second 5-year term as president of the European Unionās executive commission.
Latvia starts criminal proceedings against an EU Parliament lawmaker suspected of spying for Russia
Read full article: Latvia starts criminal proceedings against an EU Parliament lawmaker suspected of spying for RussiaMedia reports in Latvia say that the country's state security service has started criminal proceedings against an European Parliament lawmaker and a citizen of the Baltic country who is suspected of cooperating with Russian intelligence and security services.
Mahsa Amini, the Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody, is awarded EU human rights prize
Read full article: Mahsa Amini, the Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody, is awarded EU human rights prizeMahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the countryās conservative Islamic theocracy, has been awarded the European Unionās top human rights prize.
Scandal-hit EU assembly set to move on anti-corruption plan
Read full article: Scandal-hit EU assembly set to move on anti-corruption planA European Parliament official says President Roberta Metsola wants to clamp down on the activities of former lawmakers and lobbyists in response to a major corruption scandal.
EU Parliament starts process to lift 2 lawmakers' immunity
Read full article: EU Parliament starts process to lift 2 lawmakers' immunityThe president of the European Parliament has launched an urgent procedure for the waiver of immunity of two lawmakers following a request from the Belgian judicial authorities investigating a major corruption scandal rocking EU politics.
EU leaders seek to stand up to US and avoid trade war
Read full article: EU leaders seek to stand up to US and avoid trade warEuropean Union leaders have met to seek ways to stand up to the United States over its new green technologies plan that they say unfairly discriminates against European companies.
EU chief calls for harmonized ethics rules amid scandal
Read full article: EU chief calls for harmonized ethics rules amid scandalThe European Unionās top official has called for the creation of an independent ethics body covering all of the blocās institutions and said corruption allegations involving a vice president of the EU legislature were of āutmost concern.ā.
No summit breakthrough, EU struggles with gas price cap plan
Read full article: No summit breakthrough, EU struggles with gas price cap planEuropean Union leaders are struggling to bridge significant differences over a natural gas price cap as winter approaches and Russiaās war on Ukraine fuels an energy crisis.