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Media advisory - Foreign Affairs Council of 20 November 2025

European Council - Thu, 11/20/2025 - 02:52
Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

Poland’s healthcare pay reform faces setback as unions walk out

Euractiv.com - Wed, 11/19/2025 - 23:39
Trade unions walk out of critical healthcare wage negotiations following controversial pay proposals
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Familie stirbt bei Vergiftungsdrama in der Türkei: Wie sicher sind Schädlingsmittel in Hotels?

Blick.ch - Wed, 11/19/2025 - 20:28
Eine türkischstämmige Familie aus Hamburg starb in Istanbul an den Folgen einer schweren Vergiftung – mutmasslich verursacht durch eine im Hotel eingesetzte Chemikalie. Wie verbreitet ist der Einsatz solcher Stoffe? Das sagen der Schweizer Hotellerieverband.
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Familie stirbt wegen Pestizid im Hotel – Kammerjäger erklärt: Kann man als Hotelgast Bettwanzenmittel riechen?

Blick.ch - Wed, 11/19/2025 - 20:27
Nach dem tragischen Tod einer vierköpfigen Familie in Istanbul erklärt ein Experte für Schädlingsbekämpfung die Gefahr von Aluminiumphosphid als Bettwanzen-Gift. Der Einsatz dieses hochgiftigen Pestizids erfordert strenge Sicherheitsmassnahmen.
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

EXCLUSIVE: EU capitals tighten grip on draft Competitiveness Fund in budget

Euractiv.com - Wed, 11/19/2025 - 20:25
The European Commission would only be able to spend new fund with Council approval
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

The Brief – In defence of eunuchs

Euractiv.com - Wed, 11/19/2025 - 20:22
The caricature of the overpaid eurocrat who relies on connections and a bit of chutzpah to climb the greasy pole isn’t a caricature after all
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Nun wartet Belgien: Davis-Cup-Titelverteidiger Italien steht im Halbfinal

Blick.ch - Wed, 11/19/2025 - 20:18
Auch ohne seine Topspieler Sinner und Musetti darf Italien weiter auf die erfolgreiche Verteidigung des Davis-Cup-Titels hoffen. Matteo Berrettini und Flavio Cobolli gewinnen ihre Einzel in der Viertelfinal-Begegnung gegen Österreich souverän.
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

WM-Held Bregy erinnert sich an 1994: So verrückt war der letzte Schweizer WM-Trip in die USA

Blick.ch - Wed, 11/19/2025 - 20:10
Nach 1994 fährt die Nati im kommenden Jahr zum zweiten Mal an eine WM nach Nordamerika. Georges Bregy, einer der grossen Schweizer Helden von damals, blickt zurück.
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Wird im Januar 80 Jahre alt: Darum steht Dolly Parton täglich um 3 Uhr auf

Blick.ch - Wed, 11/19/2025 - 19:53
Country-Ikone Dolly Parton kommt ganz nach ihrem Vater und ist Frühaufsteherin. Auch mit ihren 79 Jahren steht sie noch mitten in der Dunkelheit auf. Konkurrenz macht ihr dabei Mark Wahlberg.
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Marco Odermatts Übungshang: Hergiswiler Kult-Skilift vor dem Aus – jetzt naht Rettung

Blick.ch - Wed, 11/19/2025 - 19:47
Der Skilift Langmattli in Hergiswil NW muss saniert werden. 1,4 Millionen Franken sind dafür fällig. Lohnt sich das auf knapp 900 Metern über Meer überhaupt? Das wollte die Gemeinde, welcher der Lift gehört, von der Bevölkerung wissen. Die Antwort fällt deutlich aus.
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Günstig gebucht, teuer bezahlt: Bei diesem Reiseportal droht Kunden eine heimliche Abofalle

Blick.ch - Wed, 11/19/2025 - 19:41
Auf der Suche nach dem günstigsten Flug beim Portal eDreams tappen Kunden in eine Abofalle. Eine Betroffene wehrte sich erfolgreich in einem langen Kampf. Wir zeigen, wie Sie solchen Ärger von Anfang an vermeiden.
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Right-wing MEPs push lawsuit over scrapped patents bill to plenary vote

Euractiv.com - Wed, 11/19/2025 - 19:10
S&D says EPP’s alignment with far right weakens Parliament’s negotiating powers
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

MEPs reject push to fast-track vote on EU–Mercosur safeguards

Euractiv.com - Wed, 11/19/2025 - 18:35
“The EPP found itself isolated,” a parliamentary staffer said
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Regulation is stifling road decarbonisation investments

Euractiv.com - Wed, 11/19/2025 - 18:23
Europe can decarbonise its roads if it invests now, with much of the cost offset by sustainable economic returns
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Lancet papers challenge industry about ultra-processed foods

Euractiv.com - Wed, 11/19/2025 - 18:16
Industry groups dismiss findings as “sensationalism” amid calls for tighter regulation
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

EU countries back German push to delay, reopen deforestation rules

Euractiv.com - Wed, 11/19/2025 - 18:08
France backs compromise despite earlier concerns over deforestation rules
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Savings and investments union: Overview and state of play

Written by Issam Hallak.

The EU is facing the challenge of mobilising massive investments required to meet its strategic priorities and must find effective ways to finance them. In response, the European Commission published the savings and investments union (SIU) action plan on 19 March 2025, designed to channel EU savings into productive investments. This briefing presents an overview of the plan.

The SIU was launched in the context of the Draghi and Letta reports, which set out recommendations for strengthening the EU’s single market and competitiveness. Announced in the Commission’s Competitiveness Compass (the January 2025 roadmap to restore and boost the EU’s economic dynamism), it places strong importance on mobilising private financing for key EU priorities such as innovation, digitalisation, defence and the green transition. The SIU seeks to further integrate the EU’s financial system and make its capital markets more attractive to investors.

The SIU is structured around four work strands. The first focuses on the demand side – savers and investors – promoting effective savings instruments that link citizens’ savings with productive investments. The second targets the supply side by expanding financing options for firms. The remaining two strands aim to strengthen market infrastructure and advance supervisory convergence, which could, in specific areas, evolve towards a single supervisory framework. Key proposals include amendments to securitisation rules (ongoing), revised rules and products for supplementary pensions, and measures to improve financial market infrastructure. The SIU has received support from the European Parliament through its September 2025 resolution on EU competitiveness, which also makes some remarks and offers further directions for action.

Read the complete briefing on ‘Savings and investments union: Overview and state of play‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

Categories: Afrique, European Union

Commission pitches first legal framework to harmonise EU troop movements

Euractiv.com - Wed, 11/19/2025 - 17:46
The EU is aiming to simplify rules to allow national militaries to move across the continent quickly
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

European carmakers blast lawmakers for delaying CO2 price on fuels

Euractiv.com - Wed, 11/19/2025 - 17:14
MEPs and governments nervous about public reaction to spike in cost of petrol and gas
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Europe’s gallium ambitions tested by China’s grip and US momentum

Euractiv.com - Wed, 11/19/2025 - 16:32
With China dominant and the US accelerating, Europe’s first gallium project exposes both semiconductor progress and vulnerability
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

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