Brussels seeks to ban Russian funding of European politicians - sanctions package latest by ace colleagues ⁦Javier Espinoza⁩ ⁦Paola Tamma⁩ ⁦alicemhancock⁩ Financial Times
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On Xi's visit to Europe, read this: 'Each of the three countries that Xi is visiting is seen as a potential lever to prise open the cracks in the west.' Nuance and insight.

Scoop 🚨 EU commission to formally end rule-of-law dispute with Warsaw, in a further sign of detente between Brussels and Warsaw. With Raphael Minder ft.com/content/168af5…

As the EU prepares to seize profits from Russian state assets frozen in the bloc, catch up with the wider debate on Financial Times news briefing, courtesy of Kasia Broussalian. Reminder to self not to start every sentence with « so » … ft.com/content/c1348c…

Germany’s ‘Trojan horse’ scandal rocks AfD. The most important EU election story so far by ⁦Guy Chazan⁩ via Financial Times
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Today’s Financial Times Europe Express w Laura Dubois

🇪🇺💶 Johannes Hahn tells Paola Tamma the EU budget is “not fit for the future”
🇭🇺🇷🇺Backlash against Gazprom’s sponsorship of Budapest’s top football team - Marton Dunai
📈Plus: Ageing Europe

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Of 11 EU countries in breach of spending rules, some argue high defence spending should spare them an official reprimand. Commission will decide after EU elections. With Andrew Bounds ft.com/content/5125db…

🎙️Unpacking EU parties’ economic strategies

In a joint Bruegel- Financial Times event, EU political parties debated on EU economic issues. Rebecca Christie invites Andrew Bounds & Heather Grabbe to unpack the views they gathered from the debate.

Listen now
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When amazing colleagues bring you cake in the press room 🥳 thanks Lili Bayer & Henry Foy #EUCObirthday

ECB's Lagarde strongly warns G7 against using Russian assets for Ukraine: “Moving from freezing the assets, to confiscating them, to disposing of them [carries the risk of] breaking the international order that you want to protect; that you would want Russia to respect” via Financial Times

It’s big vs small at the EU leaders’ summit today, as a majority rebel against a France-led plan to push ahead with a centralised plan to better integrate the continent’s capital markets

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The EU court is a gold mine

On day X-50, Andrew Bounds & alicemhancock weight up the likelihood of a second term for Ursula von der Leyen as EU commission president.

Spoiler alert: still option A, but not a given.

EU weighs expanded Iran sanctions after Israel attack, targeting drone and missile programs that supply proxies in the wider region, but will stop short of designating Revolutionary Guards as a terror group ft.com/content/d77fe0…

Latest @ft w Paola Tamma Andrew England Guy Chazan

Let stress week begin:

EUCO
Moving flats
Birthday
+ insomnia (constant)

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At this week’s EU summit, former Italian PM Enrico Letta will tell leaders to go deeper in EU market integration or face economic insecurity & decline. Read our interview with him below, with Henry Foy

The US has proposed raising tens of billions of euros in debt for Ukraine secured against the future profits generated by Russian state assets frozen by western countries, ⁦Isobel Koshiw⁩ ⁦Guy Chazan⁩ ⁦Paola Tamma⁩ ⁦Laura Dubois⁩ report on.ft.com/3Q1wqKh