In today’s news from The Capitals:
WARSAW
The Polish government is considering issuing defence bonds because, contrary to earlier hopes, defence spending will not be exempted from the EU’s excessive deficit procedure, Finance Minister Andrzej Domański (PO, EPP) said. Read more.
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BERLIN
German government in full swing as parties stage competing business summits. Leaders of the parties making up Germany’s coalition government have launched parallel and uncoordinated summits with business leaders, signalling a shift from governing mode to election mode ahead of next year’s vote. Read more.
UK & IRELAND
LONDON
EU and UK agree to cooperate in antitrust investigations. The European Commission on Tuesday said it had finalised discussions with Britain on an agreement that would allow both sides to cooperate directly in antitrust investigations. Read more.
NORDICS & BALTICS
HELSINKI
Finland’s ex-president Niinistö to outline EU security plan. Finland’s former president, Sauli Niinistö, will unveil a set of proposals on Wednesday for the EU to bolster its defences against threats ranging from Russia to natural disasters. Read more.
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STOCKHOLM
Sweden criticised by Nordic Council neighbours over criminality spillover. The spillover of Swedish gang criminality to neighbouring countries was met with thinly veiled criticism at the 2024 Nordic Council in Reykjavik on Tuesday. Read more.
EUROPE’S SOUTH
ROME
Meloni keeps up her North Africa cooperation mission with her fourth visit to Libya. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has visited Libya for the fourth time since taking office, underlining her government’s desire to deepen strategic ties with Tripoli and North Africa, focusing on economic cooperation and migration control Read more.
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MADRID
Spanish Supreme Court urged to investigate SALF leader. Spain’s Supreme Court should investigate the leader of the far-right SALF party for an alleged crime of public disorder during a violent demonstration outside the Socialist Party headquarters in the Spanish capital last year, a Madrid judge said on Tuesday. Read more.
Spain cancels multimillion ammunition deal with Israel following media leak. Spain is cancelling a €6.5 million contract with an Israeli military company to buy ammunition for the country’s militarised police, the Interior Ministry said after the case was revealed in the media. Read more.
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LISBON
Companies must pay the EU fine for non-recycled plastic packaging, says Portuguese NGO. Portugal will pay an EU fine of €200 million next year for non-recycled plastic packaging on the market, but environmental group Zero says those who put it on the market should be the ones to pay. Read more.
EASTERN EUROPE
BUDAPEST
In the Georgian capital, Orbán says election was fair. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Tuesday that the election in Georgia won by the ruling party was free and democratic, and he congratulated his Georgian counterpart Irakli Kobakhidze during a visit to Tbilisi. Read more.
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PRAGUE
Czechia’s ČEZ and Rolls-Royce team up for modular nuclear reactors. Czechia’s state-owned energy company ČEZ has partnered with Rolls-Royce SMR to drive the development of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs), buying a 20% stake in the British company and planning to launch the first reactor by the early 2030s. Read more.
NEWS FROM THE BALKANS
SOFIA
Radical pro-Russian party challenges Bulgarian snap election results The radical pro-Russian Velichie (Greatness) party will demand that the election results be annulled, it announced on Tuesday, after it emerged it was 30 votes short of entering parliament. Read more.
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BUCHAREST | OSLO
Norway to help Romania acquire a Patriot missile system Romania’s Defence Ministry on Tuesday welcomed Norway’s initiative to help the country acquire an advanced Patriot surface-to-air missile system, following its recent supply of a similar system to Ukraine. Read more.
AGENDA:
EU: Commission President Ursula von der Leyen chairs College of Commissioners meeting; Hosts President-elect of the European Council António Costa; Meets with Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (BDA) Managing Director Steffen Kam-Peter;
Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski meets Minister for Trade Budi Santoso, in Jakarta, Indonesia;
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[Edited by Sarantis Michalopoulos, Daniel Eck, Alice Taylor-Braçe, Sofia Mandilara]
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