'Defense and green deal will be competing interests for public money.”

The inside view in Brussels is that the EU's most urgent priorities are going to cut across one another.

w. ace team Barbara Moens, Giovanna Faggionato and Giorgio Leali

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Some of Enrico Letta's proposals for the future of the 🇪🇺 #singlemarket :
- pooling state aid to avoid subsidy races between EU countries
- creating a Saving and Investment Union
- encouraging telco mergers
By Giovanna Faggionato and Bjarke Smith-Meyer
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Macron, Le Maire feud flares up amid France’s fiscal woes, with Giorgio Leali politico.eu/article/emmanu…

‘I hope Ukraine will lose’: What MEPs told Russian propaganda channel Voice of Europe

Eye-opening piece by Eddy Wax ✍️ Elisa Braün and Clothilde Goujard on POLITICOEurope

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The scooter that whisked French ex-President François Hollande to a tryst with his then-lover (and now wife) Julie Gayet in a high-profile sex scandal will be auctioned off.

Here's the story behind this now legendary vehicle — and how much it's going for.
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Macron’s top European candidate Valérie Hayer says she is disappointed by von der Leyen for not delivering on her European sovereignty fund promise and for being too close to Giorgia Meloni. #PlaybookParisElection POLITICO Live

C’est la deuxième édition de notre série d’entretiens avec les têtes de listes 🇫🇷aux européennes : Valérie Hayer (Renaissance) répond à 18h30 aux questions de Pauline de Saint Remy et Anthony Lattier

À regarder en direct ici 👇🏻ou sur POLITICO Live trib.al/t9wK4iv

France's Emmanuel Macron and Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva just spent three days publicly showering each other with affection.

But despite the apparent love fest, France was not ready to give in to some of Brazil's requests.

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Macron and Lula arrived at the Ilha do Combu. Macron is awarding the légion d'honneur to Raoni Metuktire, indigenous Brazilian leader and climate activist.

A caminho da Ilha do Combu, no Pará, com Emmanuel Macron. Início de uma viagem de três dias do presidente francês pelo Brasil, aprofundando a parceria entre nossos países. 🇧🇷🇫🇷

📸 Ricardo Stuckert

🇧🇷🇫🇷All is ready for the arrival of Macron and Lula to the Ilha do Combú, in the Amazon forest next to Belém.

🇫🇷🇧🇷 Macron lands in Brazil today on his first state visit to South America, and will meet with President Lula.

French investments and green goals will top the agenda, but the #Mercosur deal will be the elephant in the room.

My report from the Amazon 👇
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