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            <title><![CDATA[EU sanctions Iranian judges over death penalty case involving executed Swede]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A judge who was involved in the legal process that led to a Swedish citizen being sentenced to death and executed in Iran is now on the EU sanctions list.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 15:09:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU proposes easing emissions trading rules under pressure]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The European Commission is proposing easing the rules for the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), one of the EU's most important climate policy tools. Industry will be allowed to emit more for longer. The Commission is backing down, believes Climate and Environment Minister Romina Pourmokhtari (L).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:07:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden warns forests could be hit by EU emissions trading changes]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Let emissions rise to save the economy, critics shout as the EU takes a new approach to climate policy. Sweden is pushing back - and fears the forest industry will take the hit.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:15:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Parliament Approves Updated Trade Deal With Mexico]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The EU Parliament approves an updated trade agreement with Mexico, hoping for significantly lower customs duties.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:46:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ireland takes over EU presidency with focus on enlargement and tough budget talks]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[More countries will be led toward membership and a new budget will be hammered out when Ireland takes over the EU. But difficult compromises will be required, warns Prime Minister Micheál Martin]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 04:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zelenskyy urges EU to stop companies supplying Russia with raw materials]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Extensive aluminum exports to Russia are hanging like a heavy shadow over Ireland as the country takes over the presidency of the EU Council of Ministers. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is critical.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:12:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU tightens visa requirements for Somalis]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Somalia is not taking back enough of its citizens who do not have the right to stay in the EU. The country is now being punished with stricter visa requirements.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:28:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bad mood expected in EU budget battle as ministers meet in Luxembourg]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[No, nein, no, say Sweden and a number of like-minded people, as the EU's budget battle has now landed in a first compromise proposal. A cut of 20 percent - not 2 percent - is the counter-offer.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:22:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New EU budget bid 2 percent lower than European Commission's initial offer]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Cyprus, which holds the EU presidency, is proposing a long-term budget that is 2 percent lower than the European Commission's initial offer. However, Sweden wants deeper cuts. "I am as upset as I am disappointed. The cuts are barely visible and far from sufficient," says Sweden's EU minister, Jessica Rosencrantz (M), in a statement.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:00:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ireland criticized for aluminum exports to Russia ahead of EU Council presidency]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Ireland's exports of aluminum to Russia have more than doubled since 2020. The country now faces harsh criticism ahead of its assumption of the presidency of the EU Council of Ministers.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:33:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish anger towards Russian tourists as minister urges EU to tighten visa controls]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Hundreds of thousands of Russian tourists receive visas to Europe every year - despite the ongoing war in Ukraine. Now Sweden is calling on the EU to tighten controls.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:18:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Merz: Let Ukraine in as a trial EU member]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Germany wants to make Ukraine an "associate member" of the EU - without voting rights but with a seat at summits and in the European Parliament. "We do not have time for further delays," writes Chancellor Friedrich Merz in a letter to EU leaders.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 05:22:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Orbán's election loss raises hopes for funds for Ukraine]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Ukraine and the EU enlargement process are two big winners after Viktor Orbán's election loss in Hungary. The EU is preparing to make quick decisions.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 03:46:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hungary must wait for SAFE defense fund loans after EU approves France and Czech Republic]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The European Commission has given the thumbs-up to multi-billion-dollar loans from the SAFE defense fund to the Czech Republic and France. But Hungary will have to continue to wait.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:37:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[French victory as Lille selected for new EU customs authority headquarters]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The EU's new customs authority, ECA, will be headquartered in Lille, France.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:18:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU wants free roaming in the Western Balkans]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Call like you're at home, even in the Western Balkans. That's what the European Commission now wants to make happen.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:18:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Six people who could shape European politics in 2026]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Will Europe tilt even further to the right in 2026 - or will there be a backlash against the United States' Donald Trump? Here are six people in the European spotlight this spring.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 05:17:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Farmers' protest in Brussels – tear gas fired at demonstrators]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Belgian police used tear gas and water cannons against protesting farmers at the EU summit in Brussels.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:50:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU reverses decision: No ban on new petrol cars]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The European Commission wants to lift the total ban on new gasoline cars after 2035. The requirement will instead be at least 90 percent emission reductions and compensation measures with green steel and e- and biofuels.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:44:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sweden can hope for new life for its EU rebate. The compensation is said to be back in the latest compromise proposal for the next long-term budget.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The resistance was fierce for a long time – but now the EU is opening up asylum processing in centres outside the Union. Good news, says EU Home Affairs Commissioner Magnus Brunner.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Agreement reached – then the EU will shut off Russian gas]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 01:33:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden Opposes EU Baltic Sea Fishing Quotas for Next Year]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 08:59:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Simplifies Rainforest Rules Amid Environmental Criticism]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The EU Commission wants to simplify already decided rules that are in place to reduce the devastation of the rainforest. The environmental movement is critical.]]></description>
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