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Rikard Jozwiak

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Europe Editor Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty @RFERL. A friend of Sacha Distel. Views are mine

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the ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ parliament overwhelmingly voted in favour (411 for, 100 against) of import duties on ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ fertilizers from 1 July. they will become gradually higher with the goal of a complete phase out in 2028 at the latest.

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the ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ commission will have so-called "confessionals" with EU member states this weekend over the next ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บsanctions package

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With Russia and Belarus looming large, the EU's new $170 billion defense program aims to fund weapons, boost joint procurement, and prepare for future crises. But it comes with strings attached. By Rikard Jozwiak rferl.org/a/eu-defense-sโ€ฆ

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its tuesday, its newsletter day. More on the 150 billion euro defense spending that ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ just approved. And the new fertilizer "sanctions" on ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ - which will work as a template for future energy sanctions on Russia rferl.org/a/wider-europeโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ statement on the cyberattacks by ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ on ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ and its foreign ministry consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pressโ€ฆ

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on the new Black Sea strategy presented by the ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ today๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท. the idea of creating a Black Sea Security hub is the main takeaway rferl.org/a/eu-black-seaโ€ฆ

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Marta Kos says all EU accession clusters with ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ can be opened this year and is optimistic that cluster 1 can be opened still in June. ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ has so far blocked Ukraine's start of ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ negotiations

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on the ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ presidential elections. what it means for ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ rferl.org/a/conservativeโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ President Duda says he has no information about ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธwithdrawing or reducing troops in the eastern part of NATO

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NATO Sec Gen Rutte says he is convinced that there will be a very strong conventional ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ military presence in Europe alongside the nuclear umbrella

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its Tuesday, that means newsletter! this time on the NATO defense ministerial later this week in which the alliance will agree on new defense spending targets + the latest ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ sanctions. proposals still not sent out to ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ member states! rferl.org/a/wider-europeโ€ฆ

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NATO Sec Gen Rutte confirms that ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆZelenskiy is invited to the Hague Summit but not clear yet if there will be a specific NATO-Ukraine Council at the summit

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the ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ NATO ambassador Whitaker say ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ becoming a NATO member "is currently not on the table" and US is not the only NATO member backing that

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potential big win for ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ sanctions against ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ in ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ court today. the Advocate General opinion is that the inclusion of leading ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ businesspersons on restrictive measures lists is lawful there no need by Brussels to establish any specific conduct to link them with the Kremlin ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ commission today received the final notification from ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ on all laws passed to be part of the EU's "roam like home" area for mobile phone users. ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ will soon notify as well. ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ will join this area on 1 Jan, 2026.

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I know that the word "historic" is overused these days but this is exactly that. The "roam like home" cover all 27๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ countries + ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ. Its the first time it is extended to ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ candidate countries. well deserved, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ