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Trio program: Council prioritizes foreign affairs and asylum

The next three Council presidencies want to strengthen the EU's external relations and border protection in particular. This emerges from the eighteen-month program of Poland, Denmark, and Cyprus. They want to protect the external borders "with all available means".

By Manuel Berkel

R&D: European companies invest more

Spending on research and development by European companies rose at a similar rate to the USA and China in 2023. However, the gap to the USA remains large.

By Corinna Visser

Turkey: Support for refugees, disagreement on Syria

Turkey will receive more money from the EU for refugee management. Von der Leyen promised one billion euros. Erdoğan and von der Leyen apparently did not agree on the further development of Syria and the Middle East.

By Eric Bonse