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In our weekly review, we look at the European Commission President’s speech on relations with Beijing, as well as inflation figures and an agreement on renewable energy sources.

Ambassador Fu Cong said Ursula von der Leyen’s speech on China was ridden with “misrepresentations and misinterpretations.”

Talking Europe interviews Tytti Tuppurainen, Finland’s minister for European affairs, following the Hungarian parliament’s ratification of Helsinki’s application to join NATO. Finland and Sweden both applied nearly a year ago, in what was seen as a huge shift in European security. But obstacles have slowed down the two countries’ progress on that path towards the Atlantic Alliance. Tuppurainen also touches on her country’s energy transition and the main issues in the upcoming parliamentary election in Finland on April 2.

A right to die with dignity, or a slippery slope to legalised murder? Debates over assisted dying have been going on in Europe for a long time, but they seem to have intensified, with France, Belgium, Portugal and Ireland all recently re-considering their legislation, or at least launching consultations on the subject.

Austria’s far-right walk out during Zelensky speech More than 20 far-right Austrian MPs, belonging to the Freedom Party (FPÖ), walked…

Turkey’s parliament on Thursday ratified Finland’s application to join NATO, lifting the last hurdle in the way of the Nordic country’s long-delayed accession into the Western military alliance.

Pope Francis has seen a marked improvement in his health after receiving an infusion of antibiotics for an infectious bronchitis, the Vatican said in an upbeat statement on Thursday.

A Moscow court ruled that a US journalist for the Wall Street Journal newspaper should be detained for nearly two months on suspicion of spying for Washington, the most serious move against a foreign journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine.

King Charles III has cancelled his state visit to France due to ongoing industrial unrest, but the fact that he had chosen the country for his first such trip is a sign that UK-France relations are getting back on track, after years on bickering over Brexit. Just like his mother before him, King Charles III is able to converse in French. Our international affairs editor and royal watcher Philip Turle looks back at which French presidents the late Queen Elizabeth II got on best with, as well as those she didn’t hit it off with.

The EU gender pay gap stood at 13% in 2021.