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27 Oct
In 2021, the EU launched its Global Gateway scheme as a counterweight to China's Road and Belt initiative. Now, the first Forum with partners is taking place in Brussels.
21 Oct
The social media giants have until October 25 to assure the European Commission they are cracking down on problematic content. It follows a similar move against Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter.
21 Oct
The idea at the second EU-US summit under US President Joe Biden, which is taking place at the White House, is to show unity. But observers in Brussels say there are some bones of contention, mainly around trade.
20 Oct
In this debate we delve into the latest tensions between Serbia and Kosovo, and discuss how they could affect the efforts of the Western Balkan countries to come closer to the European Union. We also look at what is happening around Ukraine's efforts to join the EU, and what signals the EU Council should send to Kyiv at its upcoming summits this autumn and winter.
16 Oct
The EU faces what is arguably its stiffest foreign policy test since the war in Ukraine. A devastating attack on Israel by Hamas has been met with a massive Israeli response in the Gaza Strip. It is being described as the worst chapter in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the war of October 1973.
15 Oct
China has a lot of work to do to restore confidence with Western investors, the European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has warned.
14 Oct
The European Commission has opened an investigation into X, Elon Musk's social media platform formerly known as Twitter. The move comes after Brussels ordered X, as well as rivals Meta and TikTok, to act quickly to tackle the spread of disinformation, which has surged on each of these platforms since Hamas's deadly attack on Israel.
13 Oct
Meta, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, as well as X, formerly known as Twitter, have responded to a letter from EU Commissioner Thierry Breton urging caution over an increase in disinformation and illegal content. Both social media giants have said they've taken action on social media posts that violate EU law.
12 Oct
The EU's top brass sowed confusion by announcing and then backtracking a suspension of Palestinian aid. Slashing such funds would be unfair and undermine EU strategic interests, top officials and analysts warn.
11 Oct
The future of EU development funds to Palestinians could be in jeopardy in the wake of Hamas's attack on Israel. The bloc's foreign ministers are meeting this Tuesday to review €691 million in aid. FRANCE 24's Catherine Viette takes a closer look at this economic lifeline for the Palestinian Territories. Also in this edition, we look at how the explosion in violence in the Middle East is affecting oil and stock markets.
7 Oct
"Those who risk their lives at sea do not invade, they look for welcome." With these words, Pope Francis admonished Europe for failing to treat migrants with dignity. Speaking during his recent visit to the melting-pot French Mediterranean city of Marseille, the pontiff lamented what he called a "fanaticism of indifference" at a time when Europe has been seeing a sharp increase in migrant arrivals. Some 8,500 people landed on Italy's southern island of Lampedusa over just three days in September.
5 Oct
Members of the European Parliament can agree on one thing: Deaths on the Mediterranean must be stopped. But when it comes to working out how to make that happen, their views diverge considerably.

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