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Another week in which defence dominates EU agenda
Negotiations around increasing military aid to Ukraine continue at summit of EU leaders
EU takes another crack at capital markets reform
Introduce tax incentives for people to invest their savings, European Commission tells governments
Ireland faces ‘significant’ loss of influence in EU institutions due to retirements
Irish language translators and interpreters ‘remote’ from EU policymaking, internal briefings state.
Inside the pharma industry’s lobbying campaign to water down reforms
Pharma companies ‘disappointed’ in Government’s stance during EU negotiations
Never mind the shamrocks: White House showroom opens for business amid ‘Tesla Chainsaw Massacre’
Planet Business: Prime Video’s Apprentice nostalgia, Porsche executives’ sleepless nights and the EU’s proposed counter-tariffs. It’s another week on Planet Trump
Trump may be in no mood for a deal with EU on tariffs
EU tariffs will try to bring Trump to negotiating table by hitting exports from Republican states
Toyota favours slow and steady approach in electric vehicle market
Recent changes to the EU’s emissions plan cited as reasons why the Japanese firm prefers to work at its own pace
Deportation reforms criticised as ‘new low’ for European Union
New proposals for EU-wide deportation orders aim to ‘firm up’ asylum rules
Ireland must press on with climate action - and not just because of the fines if we don’t
In a transactional new world order, where the most powerful nations are the ones who can strike the best deals, Ireland has to decide what it stands for
Trump’s foreign policy risks ‘regress to the law of the jungle’, China warns
China and the European Union should intensify their strategic dialogue, says foreign minister Wang Yi
Michael McGrath: Prospect of Russian tanks invading an EU state no longer ‘unthinkable’
Ireland’s EU commissioner says Republic’s geography no ‘guarantee’ of safety
New supports needed as energy bills set to rise further, officials warn
Official source notes 10% and 24% of electricity and gas customers respectively in arrears
State-led offshore LNG facility will only be used following supply disruptions, says Minister
Opposition accuses Government of failing to consider independent analysis of zero-carbon energy backup options
US pause on military aid to Ukraine already in effect as trains are halted, says Polish PM
Von der Leyen says Europe is in an ‘era of rearmament’ as Trump pulls back US security
Why is the EU gutting landmark pieces of legislation it only passed recently?
Ursula von der Leyen is taking a scissors to EU’s ‘red tape’ perception
Fine Gael nominates Mairead McGuinness to run for EPP vice-president role
Longford-Westmeath TD Micheál Carrigy has been elected as parliamentary party chairman
EU plans will make it easier for member states to subsidise green projects
Governments to come under pressure from the EU to do more to reduce household energy bills
Watered down EU sustainability rules will be a relief to unprepared Irish companies
Omnibus legislation published this week will reportedly look to water down the new standards to boost Europe’s economy
EU commissioner says young farmers should get more CAP subsidies
Farm subsidies to be ‘rebalanced’ as EU agriculture budget likely to come under pressure
Possible tax breaks for property development not discussed at ministerial meeting on housing
Government preparing to agree additional €450 million in capital funding for housing sector
What is the new short-term letting legislation and why was it stalled?
European Commission imposed standstill period on progress of Bill to regulate short-term letting while it worked to agree regulation on EU-wide level
Big tech firms sought early meetings with Michael McGrath immediately after he took office as an EU commissioner
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Starmer and Tusk to join Macron-led crisis summit in Paris for talks on Trump’s Ukraine plan
UK and Polish prime ministers among leaders invited to French capital on Monday for talks amid fears US leader is sidelining allies
Zelenskiy says peace deal possible only after plan is agreed with US and Europe
US vice-president JD Vance says European leaders ‘running in fear of your own voters’
EU won’t let ‘unjustified’ US tariffs go unanswered, Von der Leyen says
Simon Harris says its ‘vital’ EU member states work closely together after Donald Trump orders 25% US import tariff
Chinese foreign minister to visit Ireland next week amid Trump uncertainty over international alignment
Wang Yi is second senior Chinese political figure to visit in just over a year
Irish environment groups condemn EU cash row as defunding attempt by right-wing MEPs
Acrimonious dispute unfolding over whether European Commission should fund organisations that lobby European Union institutions
EU urged to cut regulation to catch up in artificial intelligence race
Taoiseach Micheál Martin among world leaders travelling to Paris for AI summit
EU needs more joint spending on defence, says Von der Leyen
Tariffs on imports would cost both EU and US, commission president says
Storm Éowyn: EU aid response to Ireland was ‘immediate’, says commissioner
Government requested power generators under emergency EU scheme on Saturday after ‘unprecedented’ storm
The UK’s last EU commissioner: ‘The level of contact is speeding up. The tone has changed’
Europe Letter: Julian King says ‘world has changed’ since original Brexit deals were made
Trump agrees to pause Canada and Mexico tariffs as shares tumble over trade war fears
Mexico agrees to send 10,000 members of its national guard ‘to prevent drug trafficking from Mexico to the US, in particular of fentanyl’, says Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum
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