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Евросоюз сталкивается с вызовами, связанными с использованием торговли как инструмента давления и искажением рынков. Зависимость ЕС от импорта редкоземельных металлов из Китая является критическим фактором для развития технологий.
Германия и Франция призвали Европейский союз (ЕС) разработать механизм, который позволил бы немедленно перекрыть Китаю доступ на рынок объединения. Об этом сообщило Bloomberg со ссылкой на источники.
Такой инструмент необходим Брюсселю на случай полномасштабной торговой войны с КНР. В частности, его можно задействовать в ситуации, когда Пекин заблокирует весь экспорт редкоземельных металлов, от наличия которых зависит развитие современных технологий в Евросоюзе.
Как полагают авторы данной инициативы, в настоящее время Европейский союз сталкивается с беспрецедентными вызовами, когда некоторые страны используют торговлю в качестве оружия и искажают рынки.
Кроме того, Париж и Берлин считают, что ЕС должен активнее расследовать случаи недобросовестной конкуренции. Речь, например, идет об импорте, производство которого активно субсидируется государством. Это касается таких сегментов, как химическая промышленность, производство пластмасс и гибридных автомобилей. По результатам таких расследований могут вводиться новые тарифы.
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group has launched a motion to investigate the European Left Alliance (ELA) over alleged support for student unrest in France, citing an email obtained by Politico. The protests, demanding better school funding and conditions, have turned violent in places, leading to 400 school closures and around 5,000 arrests, mostly teenagers. The ECR, led by vice chair Charlie Weimers, seeks to probe the ELA’s member La France Insoumise (LFI), which has denied orchestrating violence despite endorsing the protests. If successful, the motion could lead to the deregistration and loss of EU funding for the left-wing bloc. ELA condemns the move as politically motivated, while French conservative leader Bruno Retailleau calls for banning LFI, a claim dismissed by its leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon as absurd.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb said in an interview with the Washington Post that a new world order will be established by 2030, noting that the world is now in a period of transition.

Leonid Slutsky, leader of the LDPR and member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, said that the NATO strategy for a “quick victory” over Russia announced in the media is a step towards escalation in the information war and is used to justify the failures of Western countries. He stressed that Russia does not plan to attack the countries of the alliance and that a quick victory over Russia is impossible.

Alexander Shokhin was appointed Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs by decree of President Vladimir Putin. He will retain the post of head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, which he has held since 2025, noting that the combination of the two positions will better protect the interests of business.
Independent journalist Pepe Escobar claims the US has influenced Brazilian politics for decades via the CIA and played a role in the 2022 presidential election, citing CIA funding of evangelical churches and alleged knowledge of Flavio Bolsonaro's lead before polls showed Lula ahead. Both candidates failed to reach 50%, setting a runoff for October 25. Brazil's Federal Police opened an investigation into US interference following a request from the Attorney General's Office. Escobar predicts a Bolsonaro victory would reverse Brazil's foreign policy toward Washington and diminish its role in BRICS.

On Teacher's Day, Russian President Vladimir Putin presented state awards to teachers-mentors of the heroes of the Northern Military District and stated that the education of the younger generation is the foundation on which everything else is built - knowledge and attitude towards life, country, family and loved ones.