<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[European Commission]]></title><description><![CDATA[European Commission]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/stream/e0c4f5e5-5ecc-404a-a236-afde4624e372</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 07:23:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.ft.com/stream/e0c4f5e5-5ecc-404a-a236-afde4624e372?format=rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2024. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. 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Blame the EU ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new regulation has shaken up the industry]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e43c7099-6f8e-4196-8a14-ab11a2ed2695</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e43c7099-6f8e-4196-8a14-ab11a2ed2695</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2024 04:00:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU rejects Chinese EV makers’ bid to avert hefty tariffs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Commission dismisses offers to adjust pricing of allegedly subsidised vehicles]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e1321972-def6-4980-a52e-b9cc5fab2ae0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e1321972-def6-4980-a52e-b9cc5fab2ae0</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 14:47:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brussels explores Draghi option of extending up to €350bn in EU debt]]></title><description><![CDATA[Without additional funding the European Commission fears debt obligations will hobble the bloc’s spending power]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/5c1929d5-33e0-4ccb-83e3-cc5a678e1a23</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c1929d5-33e0-4ccb-83e3-cc5a678e1a23</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 04:00:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forming a European Commission runs into delays and roadblocks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also in this newsletter: Why the EU has not joined western powers in sanctioning Iran over arms deliveries to Russia (yet)]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/c9c660dc-b045-4c85-9ed6-fbf6fa995617</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c9c660dc-b045-4c85-9ed6-fbf6fa995617</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 05:00:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple must pay €13bn in back taxes, top EU court rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[European Court of Justice confirms Ireland provided ‘unlawful aid’ via tax deal and overturns a lower court decision]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/d6b7d0fd-a41b-45a9-a830-9cacb10c5151</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Draghi calls for €800bn EU investment boost]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former Italian premier demands ‘new industrial strategy’ to stop Europe falling behind US and China]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/92f7aedd-67fa-488f-8559-7019b7c2e40a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">92f7aedd-67fa-488f-8559-7019b7c2e40a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 10:37:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[France asks EU for more time to submit debt plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[New PM Michel Barnier works to put together a government against backdrop of worsening public finances ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/3c62964f-d1e0-4004-8486-8e850b94e7ef</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3c62964f-d1e0-4004-8486-8e850b94e7ef</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2024 15:55:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe won’t achieve its growth aims without more integrated policymaking]]></title><description><![CDATA[The way the commission and member states currently operate undermines the bloc’s economic objectives]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/932e0f4d-0379-4bbc-a7a6-7bd97fc17d9f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">932e0f4d-0379-4bbc-a7a6-7bd97fc17d9f</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2024 12:00:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spanish candidate in frame for EU’s top competition job ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ursula von der Leyen is considering Teresa Ribera for European Commission’s powerful antitrust portfolio]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/34e74c77-3775-4019-ad6b-fbbba5e8f223</link><guid isPermaLink="false">34e74c77-3775-4019-ad6b-fbbba5e8f223</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 15:13:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eleven EU countries push for conclusion of Mercosur trade deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also in this newsletter: Brussels changes tack on Italy’s beach bonanza. ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/028981e6-33f0-4f0f-88a1-1846e2616e7c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">028981e6-33f0-4f0f-88a1-1846e2616e7c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 05:00:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU urged to overhaul €387bn farm subsidies regime]]></title><description><![CDATA[Report suggests basing Common Agricultural Policy payments on income not acreage and calls for curbing meat production]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/967f6ed7-5690-408c-a840-8c3ec9a7c92c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">967f6ed7-5690-408c-a840-8c3ec9a7c92c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 11:25:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU should double budget size and cut farming subsidies, experts say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also in this newsletter: Ukraine prepares for a bitter winter]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8f6a520a-1690-43bf-9d9e-a5038d0b131e</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spanish environmentalist poised to take charge of EU’s green agenda]]></title><description><![CDATA[Teresa Ribera likely to become next commissioner for climate and environment]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/20d0c2bc-90cf-4f9b-800f-2347252789aa</link><guid isPermaLink="false">20d0c2bc-90cf-4f9b-800f-2347252789aa</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 04:00:09 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>