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In today’s news from The Capitals:
SOFIA
Borissov no longer backs Ukraine security deal, expects incoming peace. Boyko Borissov, the former long-time Bulgarian prime minister and leader of the EPP-affiliated GERB party, no longer supports signing a bilateral security agreement with Ukraine after the caretaker asked parliament to decide on the issue. Read more.
WESTERN EUROPE
BERLIN
Germany’s hawkish ‘chancellor-in-waiting’ is going soft on Ukraine support. Germany has been expected to pursue a more aggressive policy on Russia if the frontrunner in the election race, Friedrich Merz, takes office, but as the campaign kicks off he is increasingly watering down hawkish policies. Read more.
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PARIS
Macron promises to ‘rebuild’ Mayotte as locals voice grievances. French President Emmanuel Macron promised to “rebuild” Mayotte as distraught and angry local people jeered and shouted out their grievances during his visit to the cyclone-devastated Indian Ocean archipelago on Thursday. Read more.
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VIENNA
Austria says it is reviewing the status of Syrian refugees. Austria is reviewing the status of Syrian refugees who arrived less than five years ago, Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Thursday after media reports that some had been notified by letter that they “no longer have to fear political persecution”. Read more.
NORDICS & BALTICS
TALLINN
‘Almost impossible’ for Trump to exclude Europe from Ukraine decisions, Estonia PM says. Ukraine’s Western partners should work to put Kyiv in a position of strength before any ceasefire talks, and it would not be possible for Europe to be excluded, Estonia’s Prime Minister Kristen Michal told Euractiv. Read more.
EUROPE’S SOUTH
ROME
Salvini faces possible six-year sentence ahead of ‘Open Arms’ verdict. Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Lega leader Matteo Salvini faces a possible six-year prison sentence as a trial court delivers its ruling on Friday over the NGO ship dispute. Read more.
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MADRID
Spanish socialists file irregular financing claim against Vox. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Party filed a complaint with the state prosecutor against the far-right Vox party on Thursday for alleged irregular financing, which included a multimillion loan from a Hungarian bank. Read more.
EASTERN EUROPE
WARSAW
Polish government hits back at migration policy critics. Poland shapes its migration policy based on national and EU security interests and needs, the Polish Interior Ministry told Euractiv Poland, responding toNGO criticisms. Read more.
NEWS FROM THE BALKANS
BUCHAREST
Romania’s victorious PSD withdraws from government formation talks. Romania’s Social Democratic Party (PSD), the winner of the parliamentary elections on 1 December, has pulled out of government formation talks and will back a right-wing government, the party’s leader, Marcel Ciolacu, said on Thursday. Read more.
AGENDA:
- EU: Eurogroup meets in Brussels;
- Informal meeting of education ministers takes place in Warsaw, Poland;
- High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas attends the North-South Summit, in Saariselkä, Finland;
- Mediterranean Commissioner Dubravka Šuica holds phone call with Foreign Affairs Minister of Lebanon Abdallah Bou Habib;
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[Edited by Sarantis Michalopoulos, Daniel Eck, Alice Taylor-Braçe, Sofia Mandilara]
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