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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Moldova’s EU membership bid remains tied up with Ukraine’s fate]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also in this newsletter: Europe battles wildfires and heat]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/000b9b72-946c-47c6-ace8-a800fe0eae8b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">000b9b72-946c-47c6-ace8-a800fe0eae8b</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 05:00:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Denmark is ‘sure’ EU will negotiate a ‘good’ US trade deal as deadline nears]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also in this newsletter: European parliament gears up for no-confidence vote in von der Leyen]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/fcfafaae-0842-4c8e-8056-dd7aa1d4c83e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fcfafaae-0842-4c8e-8056-dd7aa1d4c83e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 05:00:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How unholy alliances are defining fight for next EU budget]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also in this newsletter: 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other]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0e9b04aa-7130-40ad-8e48-d5b84be84c10</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0e9b04aa-7130-40ad-8e48-d5b84be84c10</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[End Nato secrecy to convince voters on defence spending, says Lithuania]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also in this newsletter: How the Iran crisis affects Europe]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f20910bd-164b-4ee4-9a8c-2e58c7b35ce3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f20910bd-164b-4ee4-9a8c-2e58c7b35ce3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 05:00:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Donohoe is leading the race to fill his own job as Eurogroup head]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also in this newsletter: Thank EU that your new phone is sturdier and lasts longer]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0aab9eca-c2a7-4158-8ff9-0f649cbe7925</link><guid 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enlargement freeze and calls for new approach]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also in this newsletter: Brussels raps Hungary’s knuckles over retail taxes]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/73beff8b-b143-483c-ab7c-03f98fd5ff5f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">73beff8b-b143-483c-ab7c-03f98fd5ff5f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 05:07:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel-Iran war crashes on to agenda at Canada’s G7 summit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also in this newsletter: Can Europe wean itself off the last vestiges of Russian fossil fuels?]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/d56491b9-58cc-46f6-ac40-9f3a5aa220e0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">d56491b9-58cc-46f6-ac40-9f3a5aa220e0</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 05:00:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe eyes the offshore asylum model the UK couldn’t deliver]]></title><description><![CDATA[After the 2015-16 influx of asylum-seekers to the EU, a further wave has stiffened governments’ resolve to tighten their borders]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f97623d4-96a2-43ac-8ca1-ae6bf1350a1d</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f97623d4-96a2-43ac-8ca1-ae6bf1350a1d</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 10:00:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schengen anniversary overshadowed by returning border checks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also in this newsletter: Should the EU be more aggressive against Chinese online retailers?]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/6bc49946-d611-4f9d-94c7-3c0573eee467</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6bc49946-d611-4f9d-94c7-3c0573eee467</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 05:00:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Italy will struggle to meet Nato’s higher defence spending target]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also in this newsletter: Spain hails deal over Gibraltar as ‘new beginning’ in UK relations]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/7916309f-2b70-4fa2-82b6-fe115d3883df</link><guid 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