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Friday

Renault targets €2bn in savings, will cut 15,000 jobs [Transport]

Moving to WTO terms carries major economic health warning for UK [Politics]

The Brexit stalemate explained [Politics]

The Brief – Trump and the gatekeepers [World]

EU reluctant to condemn China over Hong Kong law ahead of September summit [Global Europe]

EU food stocks: Should gear up for a rise of food protectionism? [Food chain sustainability]

Vestager defends EU approach to Lufthansa mega bailout [Economy & Jobs]

Italians least satisfied with EU’s coronavirus response [Coronavirus]

The opposition’s potential to undermine the Erdogan regime increases [Turkey]

Will the EU have a new ‘single market tax’ for multinationals? [Economy & Jobs]

What the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy means for farmers in the Global South [Development Policy]

Georgia targeted by fake stories of US secret labs spreading COVID-19 [Disinformation]

Natural gas is a ‘caveat’ in energy transition, EU admits [European Green Deal]

We need to reinvent, not rebuild Europe’s industrial base after COVID-19 [Promoted content] [Digital]

Digital in a post-crisis world [Digital]

Commission sets sights on digital-savvy citizens  [Digital]

EU urged not to mess with UN aviation rules [Aviation]

SEDE rapporteur: EU badly needs common rules, transparency in arms export [Defence and security]

Denmark reopens borders for locked-out lovers [Coronavirus]

Hungary bars citizens from legally changing their gender [The Capitals]

EU launches new COVID-19 fundraising to address concerns over equal access [Vaccination]

Farm to Fork Strategy – What’s on the menu? [Agrifood]

EU lawmakers debate 65% climate target proposal [European Green Deal]

Borrell: US ending nuclear waivers means harder to check Iran [World]

Tweets of the Week: Election Anniversary, Cummings, Next Generation EU [Politics]

Breton: With better information from China and WHO, we would have been better prepared [EU-China]

Coronavirus delays Europe’s space rocket plans [Outer space]

NSA warns of ongoing Russian hacking campaign against US systems [Cybersecurity]

The EU steps up for a more equal post-corona future [Development Policy]

Canary Islands: Spain’s tourist paradise seeks to lead revival of sector [Economy & Jobs]

China: One of Germany’s EU presidency priorities [EU-China]

Some 50 world leaders call for post-pandemic development cooperation [Development Policy]

Not in Education, Employment or Training… and locked out of the labour market [Promoted content] [Future of jobs]

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Thursday

Seehofer testifies before committee investigating the ‘toll debacle’ [Transport]

F2F special podcast, increased CAP spending, digital farming revolution [Agrifood]

Karlsruhe vs. Luxembourg: Resolving the clash of courts [Politics]

The Brief – Revolution in the air [Politics]

Cohesion becomes central to EU recovery package [Economy & Jobs]

Digital Brief: Trump Vs Twitter [Digital]

Germany calls in Russian envoy, seeks sanctions over hacking [Cybersecurity]

Bulgaria pins hopes on BCG vaccine against coronavirus [Vaccination]

UK farmers group backs call for allowing access to gene editing technology [Innovation in agriculture]

Global Europe Brief: Europe’s China headache [Global Europe]

Disarmament expert: EU isn’t doing enough on arms control [Defence and security]

EU’s new food policy will match CAP goals, Commission says [CAP reform]

Number crunching on expanded Just Transition Fund continues [Energy & Environment]

French contact-tracing app approved by lawmakers, to launch this weekend [Digital]

‘A quantum leap’: German MEPs welcome EU debt for recovery plan [Economy & Jobs]

Recovery fund brings EU one step closer to fiscal union [Economy & Jobs]

US ambassador: Putin would be the ‘winner’ of a Greece-Turkey escalation [The Capitals]

EU boosts ‘just transition fund’, pledging €40 billion to exit fossil fuels [Energy transition]

Scientists warn of ‘zombie fires’ in the Arctic [Energy & Environment]

How EU member states reacted to the Commission’s Recovery Fund proposal [The Capitals]

Coronavirus: What’s happening in Europe [Coronavirus]

EU must play global role in virus crisis, says Merkel [World]

Approval of Trump’s COVID-19 response stays steady as death toll surpasses 100,000 [World]

Von der Leyen’s other stimulus: A private sector boost of €600 billion [Economy & Jobs]

All eyes on Germany’s ‘crisis’ presidency, expected to lead EU recovery [Politics]

Lufthansa board baulks at EU bailout terms [Aviation]

Spain holds minute’s silence for COVID-19 victims, begins 10-day mourning period [Coronavirus]

Hungary to end state of emergency as NGOs cry foul [Politics]

US military says Russia flew 14 MiG 29s and Su-24s to Libya [Defence and security]

Wednesday

Taming the ‘Frugal Four’: the challenge facing the German Presidency [Politics]

Defence and security win battle but not war, in EU budget plans [Defence and security]

The Brief – Marshalling the funds [Politics]

Commission hikes CAP’s second pillar spending to deliver Green Deal [CAP reform]

One in six young people has stopped working since the pandemic started [Economy & Jobs]

Commission mulls digital tax to fund Europe’s multi-billion euro recovery  [Digital]

Ships, planes could help EU pay for virus recovery [Transport]

Von der Leyen proposes €750 billion stimulus under member states’ grip [Economy & Jobs]

‘Do no harm’: EU recovery fund has green strings attached [European Green Deal]

Commission puts forward massive €750bn stimulus against corona-crisis [Economy & Jobs]

COVID-19 lockdown: The EU leaders who didn’t lead by example [Politics]

COVID-19 Pandemic Readiness: Let’s not reinvent the wheel – European Medical Research Infrastructures are part of the global response [Promoted content] [Health]

Belgians bicker over serological COVID-19 tests [The Capitals]

ECB warns virus response could renew fears of euro breakup [Economy & Jobs]

Putin sets new date for Red Square military parade postponed over coronavirus [World]

Wong: EU should hurry up on Magnitsky Act to save Hong Kong [Global Europe]

Danish groups team up to deliver green hydrogen for transport fuel [Hydrogen]

Kosovo president rejects EU mediator for talks with Serbia [Global Europe]

Cédric O defends French COVID-19 app ahead of crunch vote  [Digital]

Illegal football match sparks anxiety in French virus hotspot [Coronavirus]

Reclaiming the future for cities after COVID-19 [Economy & Jobs]

MSD official: COVID-19 shows the way toward a new community care perspective [Coronavirus]

Ryanair challenges Lufthansa’s bailout package [Aviation]

Madrid toasts lockdown easing as outdoor terraces partially reopen [Economy & Jobs]

World countries and institutions pledge €3.1 bn for Venezuelan refugees [Global Europe]

German states claim sole responsibility for coronavirus regulation, sidelining federal government [Coronavirus]

Ukraine is getting itself into US election troubles [Europe's East]

Macron demands carmakers turn to ‘Made in France’ for €8bn virus aid [Electric vehicles]

EU Mobility Package risks becoming a roadblock to post-crisis recovery [Transport]

European Recovery Fund: The construction ecosystem as priority with at least €320bn dedicated budget [Promoted content] [Economy & Jobs]

EU to unveil trillion-euro plan for post-coronavirus recovery [Economy & Jobs]

Montenegro woos tourists to Europe’s ‘corona-free’ corner [Economy & Jobs]

Tuesday

The Brief – Old dogs, old tricks [Transport]

EU recovery fund is a chance to accelerate the circular economy [Circular economy]

EU and Japan commit to avoiding ‘unnecessary barriers’ in times of COVID-19 [Economy & Jobs]

Coronavirus: Swedes risk being excluded from travelling abroad [Politics]

EU police forces to employ anti-drone guns ‘illegal’ in the US [Digital]

German and French NGOs call on governments to make green investments [Economy & Jobs]

Better Treatments & Diagnostics [Promoted content] [Digital]

European Patent Office endorses EU’s stance on conventionally-bred plants [Agrifood]

VW headaches, ‘floating Chernobyl’ & mammoth graveyard [Transport Brief]

Volt MEP: Abolishing unanimity is key to making the EU more effective [Politics]

EXCLUSIVE: EU countries to propose excise tax for e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products [Tobacco]

The case for green buildings in the COVID-19 recovery [Energy & Environment]

Russian gas transit via Poland has almost halted [Energy & Environment]

Electricity giants join forces on renewable hydrogen [Hydrogen]

Finland has second thoughts after Germany’s U-turn on EU recovery [The Capitals]

Germany prepares to open up to 31 European countries on 15 June [Politics]

Italian EU minister: No country questions the need for debt issuance [Economy & Jobs]

MEP report urges EU to increase pressure on Poland over rule of law [Politics]

How the EU can emerge from coronavirus stronger – and greener [Economy & Jobs]

Building a prosperous, democratic and outward-looking Georgia [Eastern Europe]

Polish health minister denies wrongdoing in mask procurement spat [Politics]

2020 will go down in history as the EU’s turning point thanks to COVID-19 [Economy & Jobs]

Irish data protection authority under fire over Facebook case [Data protection]

Breton renews calls for a single European patent system [Digital]

The gender challenge: how media needs to get to all things being equal [Promoted content] [Economy & Jobs]

COVID-19 crisis could ‘kick off digital revolution in agriculture’ [Precision farming]

Monday

Lufthansa’s €9bn virus bailout gets Berlin’s blessing [Aviation]

The Brief – Frugal socialists [Politics]

Renewable hydrogen is key to unlocking the complete decarbonisation of European industries [Promoted content] [Energy & Environment]

EU needs ‘more robust’ China strategy, says bloc’s chief diplomat [EU-China]

Commission re-opens controversial advanced biofuel list in transport [Biofuels]

Death of an aviation giant, as A380 feels virus bite [Aerospace]

Germany’s top court says VW must pay damages to customers [Transport]

Energising the EU Green Deal through better battery chemicals management [Batteries]

In political U-turn, Czechs back EU’s green recovery plan [European Green Deal]

IPA Europe priorities and recommendations for a holistic approach on probiotics in Europe, for informed consumers and a sustainable food industry [Promoted content] [Agrifood]

Prague: Lawmakers push for at least 55% of stores’ food to be local [The Capitals]

French MEP floats ‘win-win’ green compromise on EU budget [European Green Deal]

GDPR enforcement held back by lack of resources, report says [Data protection]

International calls rise against China’s clampdown in Hong Kong [Global Europe]

Four cities call for multi-billion-euro clean bus fund [Future of mobility]

Huawei faces potential UK backlash in new probe [5G]

Green recovery hinges on the right data [Green finance]

Spain to reopen borders to foreign tourists from July [Coronavirus]

Poland’s president loses grip on election win: polls [Politics]

Future of Europe Conference: Part of Germany’s EU Presidency agenda? [Politics]

China warns US pushing relations to ‘brink of new Cold War’ [World]

Americans spend holiday at beaches and parks as virus death toll nears 100,000 [World]

Member states brace for ‘great stimulus’ battle [Economy & Jobs]

Greece dismisses reports Turkey occupied Evros river border strip [Turkey]

First Dieselgate ruling by Germany’s top court set to flag legal clarity [Transport]

Trained pest management professionals must be recognised as key during a health crisis [Promoted content] [Economy & Jobs]

‘Frugal Four’ present counter-plan to Macron-Merkel EU recovery scheme [Economy & Jobs]

Defiant Netanyahu goes on trial in Israel charged with corruption [Global Europe]

Kazakhstan approves new green projects in a bid to cut fossil fuels in half by 2050 [Central Asia]

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