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Despite the quarterly 0.1% expansion, many analysts expect Sunday’s agreement to lower euro area growth over the second half of this year

In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about the EU’s migration pact, mixed messages on the US-EU deal, the EU split on a Horizon ban for Israel, the UK and Malta set to recognise Palestine, and nine countries lining up for SAFE.

“The way that migration policy evolves at national and European level is not the result of an experiment that is taking place in a laboratory. Policy follows what the people and the voters want,” former Commissioner Margaritis Schinas told Euractiv

Rachida Dati’s scandal-hit candidacy comes at a delicate time for Macron, whose brand rests on promises of ethics and a clean break from old politics

Brussels’ move is unrelated to Kyiv’s controversial reforms of two key anti-corruption bodies last week, according to people familiar with the matter

Prime Minister Keir Starmer recalled his cabinet during the summer holidays on Tuesday to discuss a new proposed peace plan being worked on with other European leaders

Maintaining current levels of fossil fuel use is not an option, even in the relatively short term, unless the EU plans to follow Trump out of the Paris Agreement.

The Danish Minister of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs said the investment signals ‘a solid shift in the global quantum race’.

The Hague accused the far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich of inciting violence against Palestinians, pushing aggressive settlement expansion, and endorsing ethnic cleansing in Gaza.

The proposed budget will bring a 34% cut to EU farmer subsidies. But the unpalatable news is hidden by inflation and ambiguity surrounding the budget’s new structure.