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Italy and Spain will end their mutual border checks at airports and ports that were introduced in August after the migrant crisis in Ceuta.
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In today's London Influence:
📣 Louise Haigh is riling up lobbyists with her war on U.K. “consultation culture.”
🎻 Civil servants still play second fiddle when it comes to business engagement with government, a new report finds.
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French President Emmanuel Macron and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani underscored the need to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and called for the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire yesterday. vist.ly/5pge3
Nikos Christodoulides, the president of Cyprus wrote to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen calling for the EU to resume talks on its mutual defense clause. vist.ly/5pgd8
EXCLUSIVE: French President Emmanuel Macron will leave the Élysée Palace in about seven months, and the cost of his departure is already being budgeted. vist.ly/5pgcm
Cyberattackers have made “millions” of attempts to take advantage of a critical hole in a building block of the internet, a key cyber service provider said today. vist.ly/5pgad
At least one person was killed and 34 wounded in Kyiv as the Russian army attacked Ukraine with ballistic missiles and drones overnight, the city’s prosecutor’s office reported.
In total, 12 Ukrainian regions came under bombardment, authorities said.
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EXCLUSIVE: The International Criminal Court, sanctioned by the Trump administration, has won this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, according to two people with knowledge of the decision.
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European officials know they need to be able to speak to Vladimir Putin directly.
The problem is choosing who should do it.
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EXCLUSIVE: German defense officials have advised Berlin to pursue a new fighter jet partnership with Sweden and Spain rather than join an existing project involving the U.K., according to ministry notes seen by POLITICO.
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Czech President Petr Pavel says a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine was “quite close” – until Donald Trump lifted sanctions on Russian diesel.
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Some 16,000 foreign fighters provide crucial support to Ukraine’s military, which is chronically short of recruits.
But if bureaucratic hurdles aren’t resolved by Nov. 10, many of them “will technically be in the country illegally,” a minister has warned.
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Friedrich Merz has tried to move on from his conservatives’ historic defeats to the far right in eastern Germany.
But his biggest test as chancellor — and of his grip over his own party — may still lie ahead.
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Italian far-right leader Roberto Vannacci is making a deliberate play to the so-called manosphere to turn himself from an internet provocateur into a heavyweight political force.
For the country’s first female PM, Giorgia Meloni, he now poses a problem.
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U.K. Treasury minister Emma Reynolds says greater government efficiency may free up cash for defence.
But with public services already under pressure, where can cuts be made without making things worse?
🎙️ On #PASAA, @annemcelvoy + @SamCoatesSky discuss:
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As the U.S. pushes to revive peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, a question is causing tensions in Brussels:
Who actually speaks for the EU?
🎙️ On today’s #BrusselsPlaybookPod, @zoyashef + @swheaton examine who could take on the role 👇
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The picture is sharpening six days before U.K. Chancellor John Healey delivers his first budget, with more clues about what he is preparing — and new details of the grim economic backdrop.
London Playbook has the details 👇
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While EU governments clash over the size of the bloc’s next budget, the European Commission is quietly working on another thorny part of the puzzle:
How to get funds to regions and farmers — and who controls that process.
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