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Can Europe find a third way? ft.trib.al/2eGVrxc

Can Europe find a third way?

A new ‘great game’ is afoot in the Arctic and the continent needs to build its own military capability in the region

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Vučić’s defeat opens door for Serbia to reheat frigid EU ties ft.trib.al/xxhbbUi

Vučić’s defeat opens door for Serbia to reheat frigid EU ties

Also in this newsletter: Meloni’s electoral overhaul faces legal challenge

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EU weighs mirroring Trump in securing critical minerals ft.trib.al/RlJyIuP

EU weighs mirroring Donald Trump in securing critical minerals

Lawmakers propose Brussels take equity stakes in raw material projects modelled on US and Japan

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Germany to tap Ukrainian tech with missile purchase ft.trib.al/ZKSylhY

Germany to tap Ukrainian tech with missile purchase

Bars strike system would be first offensive weapon developed in Ukraine to be purchased by the Bundeswehr

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Airbus to hold talks with BAE over role in GCAP fighter jet programme ft.trib.al/Bisqi5S

Airbus to hold talks with BAE over role in GCAP fighter jet programme

Germany weighs joining UK, Italy and Japan in project after collapse of its rival FCAS partnership with France and Spain

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Martin Wolf on the US midterms: What’s at stake for the world? ft.trib.al/dwFN2r2

Martin Wolf on the US midterms: What’s at stake for the world?

The FT’s chief economics commentator speaks to writer and historian Anne Applebaum about why the elections matter beyond America

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Ukraine military says Starlink service restrictions have been removed ft.trib.al/BlOopzd

Ukraine military says Starlink service restrictions have been removed

Slowdown in drone communication system hampered Kyiv’s ability to defend itself against Russian strikes

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The Putin whisperers ft.trib.al/v3KfkWm

The Putin whisperers

An American lawyer, a banker and a former spy hatched a plan to prevent nuclear Armageddon. They just needed to tell the Russian president

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US executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian control ft.trib.al/Y5wzoQx

US executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian control

Former CEO of Polar Train LNG tells FT that energy giant Novatek financed and held reins of strategic Alaska project without Washington’s approval

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France avoids downgrade from Moody’s in boost for Macron’s government ft.trib.al/6E9GQOP

France avoids downgrade from Moody’s in boost for Macron’s government

Rating agency retains Aa3 score as it assumes ‘deficit-reducing budget for 2027 will be adopted’

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Russia and Ukraine agree to temporary ceasefire around occupied town of Oleshky ft.trib.al/4NYUEXP

Russia and Ukraine agree to temporary ceasefire around occupied town of Oleshky

Melania Trump helps organise deal to allow humanitarian aid to enter area and for civilians to be evacuated

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EU capitals moderate plans to help companies operate bloc-wide ft.trib.al/IkGiFy0

EU capitals moderate plans to help companies operate bloc-wide

Key features scrapped in new ‘EU Inc’ legal structure that aims to smooth business operations across the 27 member states

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Ukraine says Starlink speeds still throttled ft.trib.al/qJj3pzf

Ukraine says Starlink speeds still throttled

Kyiv accuses Washington of intentionally slowing technology crucial for intercepting Russian attacks

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How nervous are bond markets about France? ft.trib.al/E5uuL8v

How nervous are bond markets about France?

Dusting off our apples-for-apples spreadsheet

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Serbia’s Vučić faces tough election as fraud fears mount ft.trib.al/B5CdLg6

Serbia’s Vučić faces tough election as fraud fears mount

Also in this newsletter: How to defend Europe’s position in quantum technology

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Argentina in global trading sweet spot ft.trib.al/JxcP8A2

Argentina in global trading sweet spot

Donald Trump’s tariffs have left the country relatively unscathed, although analysts fear tensions with Brazil are putting survival of trade group Mercosur at risk

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Ukraine seeks to move customs checks inside EU to avoid Russian drones ft.trib.al/eDdhJYr

Ukraine seeks to move customs checks inside EU to avoid Russian drones

Lorries waiting at the border to export agricultural produce into the bloc have become a target for Moscow’s attacks

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Germany’s Merz warns of ‘intense’ Russian espionage after arrest ft.trib.al/X2YxXuF

Germany’s Friedrich Merz warns of ‘intense’ Russian espionage after arrest

German authorities detain Ukrainian national suspected of passing on intelligence about military sites and arms manufacturers to the Kremlin

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ECB on course for another rate rise in 2026 ft.trib.al/tdndhLv
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Europe’s moderates must stop treating politics as a spectator sport ft.trib.al/FoH9EqY

Europe’s moderates must stop treating politics as a spectator sport

While centrists have retreated to myriad bubbles, extremists turn up, join up and organise

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