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According to media reports, negotiators from the US and Russia have drawn up a 28-point plan to end the war in Ukraine. The news website Axios and the Financial Times say the plan provides security guarantees for Ukraine, but also foresees territorial and political concessions on the part of Kyiv. As with Trump's Gaza peace plan, Turkey and Qatar are said to have been involved in the drafting, with no representatives of Ukraine or the EU.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has visited Donald Trump at the White House and brought several gifts including billions in investments and arms deals. He was accompanied by the most famous footballer on the planet, Ronaldo, who is under contract with the Saudi club Al-Nassr. Commentators examine the three men's shared interests and take a critical view of the meeting.

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted 36 years ago today, on 20 November 1989. On this World Children's Rights Day the media discuss why birth rates continue to decline and Europe's societies face ageing demographics.

The Social Democratic Party led by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen suffered heavy defeats in Tuesday's municipal and regional elections. Although it retained its position as the strongest party nationwide, securing around 23 percent of the vote, it lost more than five percentage points compared to 2021 and also the mayoral seat in Copenhagen for the first time in decades. Commentators conclude that voters wanted to punish the government.

Amazon cherche une nouvelle fois à rétablir l’accès de ses lobbyistes au Parlement européen, en proposant qu’un cadre de l’entreprise basé aux États-Unis soit auditionné à distance par les eurodéputés, apprend-on dans une lettre datée du 7 novembre, obtenue par Euractiv.

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French MEP François Kalfon also calls for a registry tracking foreign components in EU satellites