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On the Chancellor's trip to India: "Take advantage of the tailwind from the Mercosur agreement"

On the EU's trade agreement with Mercosur: ‘25 years of negotiations are enough – the EU-Council must agree!’

VDMA - Mechanical Engineering Industry
Frankfurt/Brussels, 9 January 2026 – Thilo Brodtmann, VDMA’s Executive Director, comments on the upcoming vote by the EU-Council of Ministers on the Mercosur trade agreement:
 
  • "25 years of negotiations are more than enough! That is why there can be no more excuses and no more delays. The EU-Council of Ministers must act now and give its approval to the Mercosur Agreement."

ACCA appoints international business executive to Council Board

ACCA

Markus Borchert brings decades of senior executive experience to the leading global accountancy body

Markus Borchert, a senior international executive, has been appointed to the ACCA’s Council Board for a period of three years.

mci group acquires tipik to strengthen communications expertise for EU Institutions

MCI
Brussels, 19 December 2025 -- mci group announces the acquisition of tipik, a Brussels-based end-to-end communication agency renowned for its editorial services, web design, and digital experiences for EU Institutions and public-sector stakeholders.
 

MPE Welcomes Proposed CBAM Scope Extension and Production Route Benchmarks

Metal Packaging Europe

A Permanent Solution for Circularity in Europe LCA Highlights Metal Packaging’s Long-Term Progress

Metal Packaging Europe

ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY ACKNOWLEDGES PROPOSED CBAM REFORMS BUT STRESSES CBAM’S CONTINUED SHORTCOMINGS

European Aluminium

European Aluminium welcomes the Commission’s proposal to extend CBAM to downstream aluminium products and acknowledges the Commission’s efforts to improve the mechanism. However, serious flaws remain, and without rapid action to address circumvention, scrap and exports, CBAM risks increasing rather than reducing carbon leakage.

Clean Corporate Vehicles Proposal: A de facto ban on the ICE through the back door.

FuelsEurope

Brussels, 19 December:

The European Commission proposal on Clean Corporate Vehicles, also included in the Automotive Package, raises serious concerns regarding technology neutrality, and industrial realism.

A robust and effective CBAM export mechanism to ensure a level playing field for EU-produced goods

FuelsEurope

Brussels, 19 December 2025: The intention of the European Commission to address the risk of carbon leakage related to exported goods covered under the CBAM is a positive step forward. However, we stress the urgent need for such a mechanism to be robust, workable and WTO- defendable, to prevent carbon leakage in global markets and safeguard the competitiveness of EU industry, prior to any consideration of extending CBAM to refinery products.

S&Ds welcome EUCO support for immediate Ukraine needs. More pressure on Russia must follow.

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

Increased European Union support for Ukraine is a positive step, but leveraging frozen Russian assets must remain on the table, the Socialists and Democrats said today.

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