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[Commentary] #DraghiReport - #Europe’s wake-up call: Identifying mutually advantageous policy trades among member states is a promising approach to achieving deeper integration, by Barry Eichengreen | Project Syndicate

#Competition & #EUEconomy:?Brussels seeks powers to block ‘killer acquisitions’ in Europe and beyond. Reforms would allow EU regulator to intervene on takeover deals where companies try to stymie smaller rivals, by?Javier Espinoza | Financial Times

#Energy: Twelve EU countries urge Brussels to back energy links, lower energy prices. #Interconnectors are crucial to the functioning of the energy market, they say, by Ana Matos Neves | Euractiv

[Policy Brief] #EUEconomy & #Skills: How to ensure a skills-based future for European competitiveness, by Laura Nurski & Cinzia Alcidi | CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies)

#Migration: In shift to the right, #vonderLeyen endorses 'return hubs' for rejected #AsylumSeekers, by?Jorge Liboreiro | Euronews

[Featured] #EUBudget: Key MEP threatens to block EU’s trillion-euro budget if beneficiaries stay secret, by?Jack Schickler | Euronews

[Policy Brief] #EUBudget: An uphill struggle: a long-term perspective on the #European public goods debate, by Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol | Bruegel

[Featured] #Trade: #EU plans cash help for farmers to overcome #French resistance to #Mercosur deal, by Hans von der Burchard & Giorgio Leali | Politico

#UkraineWar: #Zelenskyy to promote 'victory plan' to Ukrainian lawmakers after lukewarm reception in West, by Tamsin Paternoster | Euronews

[Opinion] #UkraineWar - #G7’s #Ukraine loan is at risk:?What began as a multilateral statement of support has morphed into a fragmented and precarious arrangement, plagued by internal political and legal wrangling, by Armin Steinbach | Politico

[Analysis] #EUPolitics: The far right won #Austria’s election, but may end up in opposition, by Reinhard Heinisch | LSE Europp Blog

#EUEnlargement: #Albania aims to be EU member by 2030, PM Rama says after 'historic' talks, by?Alice Tidey | Euronews

[Video] #EUEnlargement: #Moldova begins preparations for upcoming referendum on #EU membership | Euronews

[Policy Brief] #EUEnlargement: Key elections in #EU candidates #Georgia and #Moldova, by Marina Ohanjanyan | The Clingendael Institute

[Insight] #GlobalEurope - A mere spectator? #Europe and the imploding #MiddleEast, by Luigi Scazzieri | Centre for European Reform

[Podcast] #GlobalEurope: Has the #EU underestimated its relationship with #Gulf countries?' By Charles Cohen, Evi Kiorri & Miriam Sáenz de Tejada | Euractiv

[Opinion] #PostBrexit: #Starmer is stuck in a British bubble, but it will soon be burst by a turbulent world, by Rafael Behr | The Guardian