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European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager is set to announce that the European Commission is launching a new anti-subsidy investigation into imports of Chinese wind turbines during a speech at Princeton University in the United States, Politico reported April 9.

EU, China: Brussels to Launch Anti-Subsidy Probe into Chinese Wind Turbines

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The outgoing Dutch government announced plans to spend 2.5 billion euros ($2.7 billion) to improve transport and other infrastructure in the Eindhoven region as part of a broader effort to convince semiconductor manufacturing equipment producer ASML not to relocate operations abroad, Reuters reported on March 28. 

Netherlands: Outgoing Government Unveils $2.7B Investment Plan To Woo ASML

Geert Wilders, the leader of the Netherlands' far-right Party for Freedom that won the country's November 2023 general election, said he is ready to drop his bid to become prime minister, Reuters reported on March 13.

Netherlands: Far-Right Leader May Drop Prime Minister Bid To Advance Government Formation

The outgoing Dutch government set up a task force dubbed Operation Beethoven aiming at keeping semiconductor manufacturing equipment producer ASML from moving abroad, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported on March 6.

Netherlands: Dutch Government Sets Up Task Force To Keep ASML From Expanding Abroad

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A Dutch appeals court ordered the Netherlands to stop exporting F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel, citing international obligations to "prohibit the export of military goods if there is a clear risk of serious violations of the humanitarian law of war," Bloomberg reported on Feb. 12.

Netherlands, Israel: Dutch Court Orders Cessation of F-35 Exports to Israel

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The European Commission recommended reducing the European Union's net greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040 compared with 1990 levels, Reuters reported Feb. 6. 

EU: Brussels to Exclude Agriculture from 90% Emissions Reduction Target for 2040

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European Union member states unanimously agreed to a 50 billion euro ($54 billion) financial support package for Ukraine as part of their joint budget through 2027, for which Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban lifted his veto on the initiative, Reuters reported Feb. 1.

EU, Ukraine: EU Leaders Unanimously Agree to New 50 Billion Euro Aid Package for Kyiv

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Chinese ambassador to the European Union Fu Cong said in a Bloomberg interview that the European Union's probe into Chinese electric vehicle subsidies was unfair, adding that many European subsidized goods could be subject to similar Chinese probes, according to Reuters on Jan. 24. 

China, EU: Beijing Warns About the Consequences of Tech Restrictions

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A woman waves a French flag in support of protesting farmers as a tractor drives by in Agen, southwerstern France, on Jan. 25, 2024.

Farmers across Europe are protesting environmental regulations, foreign competition and falling government support, which will likely impede Brussels' ability to enact climate reforms and negotiate new trade deals.

Growing Farmer Protests Add to the EU's Political Woes

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As 2024 approaches, we look back at the previous year and consider the top five events as measured by geopolitical impact.

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2023: A Geopolitical Review

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Members of the European Parliament take part in voting on the Artificial Intelligence Act during a plenary session at the European Parliament.

The EU's recently negotiated Artificial Intelligence Act will bolster the European Union's dominance as a regulatory heavyweight in emerging technologies, yet anticipated enforcement challenges and stringent stipulations with the Act risk impeding AI innovation within the bloc.

EU Lawmakers Clinch Agreement on Artificial Intelligence Act 

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Demonstrators hold Spanish flags during a protest called by the country’s far-right Vox party in Madrid, Spain, on Nov. 12, 2023. 

Far-right parties are expected to perform strongly in sub-national, national and EU elections next year, portending significant shifts in governance and policies.

In Europe, Far-Right Parties Are Again on the Rise

Geert Wilders (C), leader of the far-right Party for Freedom, sits next to Frans Timmermans (R), leader of the Green Left-Labor Party alliance, and Henri Bontenbal (L), leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal party, during a meeting in the Dutch parliament on Nov. 24, 2023, in The Hague, Netherlands. The party leaders are discussing the formation of a coalition government following Wilders' victory in the Nov. 22 general election.

Social Issues

The Netherlands' far-right Party for Freedom will moderate its platform as it struggles to attract coalition partners and win a parliamentary majority.

Despite a Far-Right Victory, Constraints Will Moderate the Netherlands' Next Government 

Posters for different political parties are displayed near the Dutch parliament building on November 19, 2023, ahead of the country's general election.

The Nov. 22 vote will result in long coalition talks that will likely eventually yield a moderate, fiscally conservative government that's less environmentally ambitious than its predecessor.

Previewing the Netherlands' General Election

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The presidential candidate for the Union por la Patria party, Sergio Massa (R), speaks next to the presidential candidate for the La Libertad Avanza party, Javier Milei, on Nov. 12, 2023, during a presidential debate in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentina will hold the second round of its presidential election Nov. 19.

A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended RANE articles from the week that was.

The Weekly Rundown: Argentina's Presidential Runoff, the Registration Deadline for the Taiwanese Presidential Race

An EU sign is seen at a Romanian border crossing.

Bulgaria and Romania have set out to join the EU's passport-free zone by the year's end, but Austrian and Dutch skepticism will likely keep delaying their membership and the associated economic benefits.

The Challenges Facing Bulgaria and Romania's Schengen Bids

Rail cars loaded with steel sit at the ThyssenKrupp Schwelgern steel plant on May 30, 2018 in Duisburg, Germany. 

The European Union and the United States will increase efforts to deconflict their trade and climate policies ahead of the upcoming U.S. presidential and EU parliamentary elections, but lingering disagreements will not allow for a complete respite of Trump-era tariffs on EU steel and aluminum.

EU-U.S. Steel and Aluminum Negotiations Make Limited Headway

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Seized marijuana bricks are incinerated in Guadalajara, Mexico.

While narco-states exist on a spectrum of severity, they can all have dramatic geopolitical, operational and tactical impacts that raise a wide variety of risks.

What Is a Narco-State, and Why Does It Matter?

Workers at an ASML factory move parts of a chipmaking machine before shipment in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, in 2018.

The latest potential export controls indicate the U.S. and its allies’ intent to wage an increasingly disruptive assault against China’s semiconductor industry.

The U.S., Japan and the Netherlands Mull New Restrictions on China's Tech Sector

An employee makes a chip at a factory owned by the Jiejie Semiconductor Company in Nantong, China, on March 17, 2021. 

Given the potentially devastating blow to its tech ambitions, Beijing will likely retaliate against the U.S.’s push to further curb sales of Western-made chipmaking tools to China.

To Slow China’s Semiconductor Sector, the U.S. Eyes More Export Bans

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SITUATION REPORTS

EU, China: Brussels to Launch Anti-Subsidy Probe into Chinese Wind Turbines

Netherlands: Outgoing Government Unveils $2.7B Investment Plan To Woo ASML

Netherlands: Far-Right Leader May Drop Prime Minister Bid To Advance Government Formation

Netherlands: Dutch Government Sets Up Task Force To Keep ASML From Expanding Abroad

Netherlands, Israel: Dutch Court Orders Cessation of F-35 Exports to Israel

EU: Brussels to Exclude Agriculture from 90% Emissions Reduction Target for 2040

EU, Ukraine: EU Leaders Unanimously Agree to New 50 Billion Euro Aid Package for Kyiv

China, EU: Beijing Warns About the Consequences of Tech Restrictions

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