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Governments losing patience with European Commission over delayed 2040 climate target proposal

With some clear exceptions, there appears to be broad support among European governments to open negotiations on a 2040 emissions reduction target as soon as possible – but enthusiasm for the 90% cut favoured by the European Commission was less in evidence at an EU Council summit on Thursday.

Euronews

Europe targets Apple and Google in antitrust crackdown, risking fresh Trump tariff clash

Google is likely to have broken new competition rules, while Apple is the first Big Tech firm to be ordered to comply in specific ways.

Fortune

EU reveals plans to hit climate goals by helping dirty industries clean up

European Commission recommits to 90% emissions cut by 2040, and will support steel and cement in transition

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Europe refuses to delay Meta and Apple antitrust decisions, despite pressure from the U.S.

The issue of tech regulation has become central to the U.S.-EU trade confrontation.

Fortune

Liberty Media's $4bn MotoGP deal facing EU probe

The European Union looks set to probe Liberty Media's purchase of the MotoGP world championship, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Autosport

EU’s new competition chief signals reform of anti-trust and state aid rules

Teresa Ribera says changes are needed to make it easier for innovative firms to merge and spur the green transition

The Guardian - UK

Von der Leyen calls for more EU defence spending after narrow election victory

European Commission president says average spending in Europe is 1.9% of GDP, while Russia’s is 9%

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European parliament reaches deal on approving von der Leyen’s top team

European Commission should take office on 1 December after centre-right EPP and Socialists forge compromise

The Guardian - UK

Under-fire Spain Minister Defends Agencies' Role In Floods

Spain's under-fire ecological transition minister, a candidate for a top European Commission post, said Wednesday that questioning the role of state agencies during the country's devastating floods was "dangerous".

International Business Times

Schools closed and people evacuated as torrential rain returns in Spain

Large parts of east and south under alerts as schools are shut and riverside neighbourhoods evacuated in Andalucía

The Guardian - UK

EU chief taps Estonia's Kallas and France's Séjourné as EU Commission VPs

Estonia's ex-prime minister Kaja Kallas and France's ex-foreign minister Stéphane Séjourné are among six vice-presidents chosen by EU chief Ursula von der Leyen to lead her new European Commission. They are set to face scrutiny from lawmakers in Brussels on Tuesday during the final day of a week-long confirmations hearings…

Radio France Internationale

EU Top Team Heavyweights Face Parliament Test

The heavyweights of the EU's new top team are to be quizzed by lawmakers in Brussels on Tuesday during confirmation hearings that are set to lay bare political dividing lines within the bloc.

International Business Times

First Candidates Grilled In Parliament Test For EU Top Team

Lawmakers began grilling would-be members of the next European Commission Monday, with a personal tale of bereavement bringing unexpected poignancy to the start of hearings to confirm Ursula von der Leyen's top team.

International Business Times

Teresa Ribera: the Spanish deputy PM set to become one of most powerful people in Brussels

Socialist and veteran climate campaigner will be one of six executive vice-presidents in European Commission team

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Spanish Socialist Teresa Ribera gets top EU role steering climate and antitrust policy

Spain’s deputy PM among six executive vice-presidents in Ursula von der Leyen’s next European Commission team

Latin Times

Von Der Leyen Reveals EU's New Top Line-up

To confront the challenges, von der Leyen handed French candidate Stephane Sejourne a powerful executive vice president role overseeing industrial strategy, and also named a new commissioner for defence to help Europe rearm.

Fortune

Spanish socialist Teresa Ribera likely to become EU antitrust enforcer

If confirmed, Ribera would replace Big Tech nemesis Margrethe Vestager. Meanwhile, Finland's Henna Virkkunen is set to run EU tech policy.

International Business Times

Teresa Ribera, The Spanish Climate Expert Tipped To Become EU Commissioner

Spain's ecological transition minister Teresa Ribera, who is poised to become a European Union commissioner, is a longtime environmentalist known for her negotiating skills and climate expertise.

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The Guardian - UK

Influencers, activists and an army general: new MEPs heading to European parliament

Intake of lawmakers after the election also includes some controversial figures to keep an eye on

The Guardian - UK

EU at risk of ‘implosion’ as far-right seeks scapegoats, minister warns

Centre-right politicians must resist urge to copy or work with far right, Spain’s environment minister says

The Guardian - UK

EU nature restoration laws face collapse as member states withdraw support

Brussels vote cancelled after it became clear law would not pass final stage with majority vote

The Guardian - UK

Spanish minister hails deal to save Andalucía wetlands as a model for green transition

€1.4bn deal to protect Doñana national park will diversify local economy and stop farmers using aquifers to irrigate fruit crops

International Business Times

Spain And Germany Top 50% Electricity Production From Renewable Energy In 2023

New solar installations have accelerated the transition away from natural gas and coal in two of Europe's leading economies.

France 24

UN slams COP28 'posturing' as negotiators spar over ending fossil fuels

Countries at the COP28 climate talks need to stop posturing, aim high and agree on a way to end the "fossil fuel era as we know it", UN climate chief Simon Stiell said on Wednesday, as tension over the future of coal, oil and gas came to the fore.

The Independent UK

European Union calls for "the beginning of the end" of fossil fuels at COP28 climate talks

This year’s climate talks should “mark the beginning of the end” of fossil fuels the European Commissioner for Climate Action said on Wednesday as the United Nations summit wrapped up its first week

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