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By Euronews
Published on 22/09/2025 - 13:00 GMT+2
Key diary dates
Monday 22 - Saturday 27 September: Opening of the United Nations' 80th General Assembly successful New York.
Tuesday 23 September: European Parliament's ineligible affairs committee to see parliamentary immunity of MEPs Ilaria Salis and Peter Magyar.
Wednesday 24 September: European Parliament's commercialized committee to statement implementation of the EU-US commercialized deal.
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In spotlight
“The EU is, and volition remain, the UN’s largest corporate supporter,” Ursula von der Leyen posted connected X precocious connected Sunday pursuing a gathering successful New York with Secretary General Antonio Guterres, alongside Council President Antonio Costa.
Von der Leyen’s connection of EU corporate enactment for the organisation outstripping immoderate different state reflects withdrawal of US engagement from the organisation.
Donald Trump’s White House has slashed US backing for the UN on with different planetary organisations. But the comparative boost successful EU backing for the organisation does not construe into influence.
The EU needs to task a wide and unified connection astatine the UN, and yet connected 1 of the issues acceptable to predominate the opening of the body's General Assembly this week – designation of Palestinian statehood – its 2 largest members, France and Germany, are astatine odds.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s keynote code to the assembly connected Monday is expected to item France’s determination to recognise Palestine. Meanwhile the German Chancellor has sent Germany’s overseas curate to the gathering and has not recognised Palestinian statehood.
Back successful the EU, von der Leyen’s Commission’s connection to extremity Israel’s preferential commercialized attraction – to authorisation breach of the EU-Israel Association Agreement – would necessitate a qualified bulk successful the European Council, wherever the enactment of Germany and Italy seems precise unlikely.
Meanwhile US withdrawal for backing has been exploited by China and its allies.
Earlier this month, a erstwhile Chinese UN authoritative wrote successful the state-owned China Daily, that with the “doubts and challenges facing the UN, it is notable that China has been a steadfast protagonist of the UN’s planetary governance endeavours, lasting steadfast successful shaping solutions to planetary challenges.”
Last week a New York Times probe recovered that astatine meetings successful the UN’s Geneva offices, China has joined with Cuba, Iran, Russia and Venezuela to suggest redeeming wealth by scaling backmost quality rights inquiries.
US withdrawal from the UN whitethorn person created a powerfulness vacuum astatine the planetary body, but it’s acold from wide that the EU volition beryllium the main beneficiary.
Policy newsmakers
Commission sued for deficiency of transparency implicit nutrient scoring
Two transparency groups took the European Commission to tribunal past week for refusing to merchandise documents connected a shelved program for an EU-wide nutrition label. “Why has the EU Commission silently buried its program to contiguous a Europe-wide nutrition statement arsenic planned successful the Farm to Fork strategy? What power does the nutrient lobby have?” asked Suzy Sumner, caput of foodwatch international's Brussels office. “The requested documents are legislative successful nature,” said Carlos Cordero, President of Access Info. “According to case-law of the General Court of the European Union, specified documents are taxable to the highest level of transparency and the rule of the widest imaginable access. This standard, however, has not been applied to the Nutri-score documents."
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