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Separate Brussels probe targets Chinese medical market amid growing trade tensions with Beijing
Vulnerable European Commission president will again need votes from ideological rivals
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Investigation uses new powers to protect European companies from state-backed foreign rivals
The commercial peat extraction industry has been wound up but domestic use divides rural traditionalists and ecologists
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Brussels says subsidies distort European market in ‘strategically important’ sector
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Big Tech groups are the first to face full investigations under bloc’s Digital Markets Act
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Brussels proposes ‘legal task force’ to explore ways to use the common budget for defence
Advocate general of bloc’s top court says decision against world’s biggest gene sequencing group should be annulled
European Commission president unblocked €10bn to secure Budapest’s backing for Ukraine aid
Keir Starmer is looking for ways to rebuild relations with the EU step by cautious step
Planned deal aims to shore up country’s economy and curb migration
Proposed law would impose de facto ban on use of plastic recycled outside the bloc
Ola Källenius believes increased competition will help Europe’s car industry produce better vehicles
Directive aims to ‘determine employment status’ of about 28mn riders and drivers, but bloc regulation remains fragmented
Officials say new route for humanitarian aid would help tackle famine but is no substitute for trucks
European Commission strategy to boost common procurement resembles a ‘planned economy’, says one diplomat
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