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The EU Teachers Agenda, proposed on 5 November as part of the Commission’s new education and skills package, asks member states to treat teacher shortages as a basic skills emergency.…

EU merger control relies on companies telling the Commission the truth, and October 2026 showed what happens when they do not. On 8 October the Commission fined Kingspan €40 million…

Brussels: The EU-UK summit on 20 November 2026 will test whether Britain and the European Union can turn a year of reset diplomacy into a legal link between their carbon…

Addis Ababa: The EU-African Union partnership faced its annual security check this week, as the African Union Peace and Security Council and the EU Political and Security Committee met at…

The Digital Fairness Act is the Commission’s next big consumer law, and it is expected on the table this month. MLex reported on 23 September 2026 that the proposal is…

The long-term EU budget for 2028 to 2034 is heading into its decisive stretch, with the Council aiming for agreement by the end of 2026 so that spending can start…

Podgorica: The Commission set out EU accession roadmaps for Montenegro, Albania, Moldova and Ukraine on 4 November 2026, giving the four most advanced candidates a dated path towards membership. Commission…

Brussels: The European Commission presented its Vision 2040 fisheries strategy on 5 November 2026, setting out how Europe’s fishing and aquaculture sector should stay viable over the next fourteen years.…
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The Commission’s Frontex reform would build a 30,000-strong border agency with a returns centre and a social media unit. Its published summary says nothing about…
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