Europe

Von der Leyen backs down before the European Parliament: "Our commitment to international law is central today"

The head of the Community Executive corrects her speech after criticism for questioning Europe's role as guarantor of the rules-based order

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Ribera and Von der Leyen, a divorce still pending

The Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera publicly distances herself from President Ursula von der Leyen in an unusual clash in the College of Commissioners, questioning the European strategy on energy policy and international action while defending respect for international law and the autonomy of the Member States

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Europe seeks in modular reactors the key to its energy security

The community strategy seeks to boost the series manufacturing of modular reactors, attract private investment, and coordinate hundreds of European companies to convert the European Union into an industrial pole of new generation nuclear energy

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Von der Leyen defends relaunching nuclear energy in Europe and announces a strategy to deploy modular reactors in 2030

The president of the European Commission maintains that combining nuclear and renewables is key to lowering electricity prices and strengthening industrial competitiveness

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Von der Leyen’s break with the international order reignites tensions in Brussels

Her remarks about the “end of the old world order” and her alignment with the actions of the United States and Israel intensify the clash with the High Representative and with several European capitals

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Keys to the European Parliament's formula for housing: tax reductions and mobilization of public land

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Europe monitors a possible "energy shock" due to the war in Iran amid the price surge

The Eurogroup Finance ministers are analyzing in Brussels the economic impact of the escalation in the Middle East after the sharp rebound in oil and gas, while the European Commission warns of the risk of tensions in energy supply if the conflict prolongs or affects maritime transport in the Strait of Hormuz

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Von der Leyen proposes to reform the treaties in the face of the end of the rules-based international order

The President of the European Commission warns that the current international system is undergoing a profound transformation and calls for a debate on whether the Union's doctrine, institutions, and decision-making system—including unanimity in foreign policy—remain adequate to defend European interests in an increasingly unstable geopolitical context

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Dolors Montserrat (EPP): "We want Europe to produce medicines and for supply chains to be resilient"

In an interview on Demócrata, the secretary general of the European People's Party defends the reform of the pharmaceutical package that European institutions will definitively ratify in the coming weeks and calls maintaining relations with the United States a “responsibility”

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Experts warn of a possible massive migratory crisis in Europe if the war with Iran worsens

Analysts warn that a worsening of the conflict in the Middle East could provoke a large-scale migratory crisis towards Europe. Iran has a population of more than 90 million inhabitants and a prolonged deterioration of the situation could generate massive displacements, according to experts consulted by EFE

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