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🏆 #POLITICO28 is coming back.

Over the next month, we’ll reveal our list of 28 people who will shape European politics in the year ahead.

Some names may be familiar. Others may be new to you.

But all 28 will be ones to watch 👇

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EXCLUSIVE: NATO allies are considering the biggest overhaul of their military planning in at least two decades:

Prioritizing fighting Russia over providing spare troops for places like Iraq and Afghanistan.

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The European Union should have a plan to respond to serious artificial intelligence incidents, two EU countries said ahead of a key Friday meeting of national leaders focused on AI.

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High home prices are top of mind for Spanish voters today as the country goes on its first general strike in 14 years.

The most recent data shows house prices are double what they were in 2015.

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@saschaosullivan For the record: This replaces an earlier post that was deleted because it featured the wrong visual.

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When designing policies, the U.K. government sometimes relies on inaccurate “dahta.”

Or is it “dayta”?

🎙️ Our Aussie Westminster Insider host @saschaosullivan explains why she switches between the two 👇

Listen to the full episode 👉 https://t.co/5eZYNQO8MM

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Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. has died, the country’s foreign ministry said.
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EXCLUSIVE: Christine Lagarde, the departing president of the European Central Bank, would fare as well as center-right candidate Edouard Philippe if she ran in next year’s French presidential election, according to new polling commissioned by POLITICO.
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A fresh wave of bomb threats at schools in Italy, the U.K. and Ireland have caused widespread disruption and evacuations today, local media reported.
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Rents have steadily risen across Spain, with urban regions and tourist hotspots seeing some of the biggest rent hikes over the past 10 years.

Here’s your 5-chart guide to the unaffordable housing problem that could bring down the Spanish government 👉 https://t.co/GZgClqnIw0

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Israel’s election has flown under the radar amid the attention on the U.S. midterms.

Yet the stakes are high:

The result could reshape the nation’s place on the world stage.

🎙️@Freedland breaks it down with #WestminsterInsider host @patrickxrbaker 👉
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Italy is considering a bill to deny citizenship to immigrant children born and raised there over minor offenses.

But critics warn tougher rules could deepen the exclusion that helped fuel recent teenage unrest.

Brussels Playbook Capitals has more👇
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Top global gaming companies have blasted new EU consumer regulations they say would “cripple the competitiveness of Europe’s world-leading video games industry.”
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EXCLUSIVE: NATO members are considering scrapping a requirement to provide extra troops for crisis-management operations, as they focus resources on Russia.

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Despite being NATO allies, Greece and Turkey have quarreled over maritime boundaries and overlapping claims to their continental shelves.

The dispute now threatens to intrude on Friday’s EU leaders’ summit.

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Most cases of sexual misconduct in Germany’s armed forces go unreported, according to a major study presented today.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius acknowledged a “systemic problem” in how the military handles complaints.
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Russia’s Federal Security Service said today it has arrested two individuals suspected of spying for Poland in Kaliningrad.
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Germany is struggling to find a candidate for the European Central Bank’s executive board.

The scramble adds to Berlin’s poor track record of filling top finance roles.

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U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said today that the government will publish its 10-year plan before parliament goes into recess for the Christmas break on Dec. 17.
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BREAKING: The U.S. is to seek Putin’s ‘blessing’ for Europe to join future peace talks for Ukraine.

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British mining giant Anglo American is proposing a new mine in Finland, presenting Europe with a dilemma:

Extract critical minerals to break dependence on China — or protect pristine wetlands?

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