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The Presidency was marked by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. In order to organise a European response, several summits as well as formal and informal ministerial meetings were held in France, in Brussels and in Luxembourg. The President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, notably gathered the EU Heads of State and Government in Versailles on 10 and 11 March for a summit that allowed for the adoption of sanctions against Russia and for the coordination, as Europeans, of a shared response.

It is in this context of crisis that the French Presidency worked to achieve ambitious goals so as to ensure the ecological and digital transitions, protect and adapt our social model, pave the way for the economic recovery, respond to issues concerning defence and reaffirm the interest and importance of European values. With over 400 events organised in France and over 2000 meetings of EU officials, the Presidency has allowed progress to be made with 130 texts adopted on priority political subjects for a Europe that is more sovereign, social, green and closer to its citizens, in an exceptional context of war in Ukraine.

On 1 July France passes the baton to the Czech Republic, who will take up the Presidency of the Council of the EU for the next six months. With the Czech Republic and Sweden, the third member of the trio, France will remain engaged in contributing to the success of the next presidency.

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European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 17, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman//File Photo

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ABUJA, July 4 (Reuters) - The European Union (EU) and its development finance institutions will provide Nigeria with 1.29 billion euros ($1.3 billion) to help Africa's most populous country diversify its economy away from oil, a document from the bloc showed on Monday.

Nigeria has been trying to broaden its economy and exports outside the oil sector, which accounts for about 7% of Nigeria's gross domestic product and 90% of its foreign currency earnings.

The funding will be provided until 2027 under the EU's "Green Deal" initiative and will, among other things, focus on enhancing access to renewable energy and boosting the development of the agricultural sector.

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"In parallel, the EIB (European Investment Bank) sovereign lending will support the agri-food sector access to markets by financing rural roads, as well as climate adaptation and mitigation efforts," the EU said.

About 57 projects, including nature-based measures to reduce climate change vulnerability, combating deforestation and desertification, and a waste-to-energy initiative in the southern Cross River state will receive funding, the EU said.

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Labour will not take the UK back into the European Union, Keir Starmer will declare tonight.

In comments likely to infuriate many of the partys members, the Labour leader will say he would not rejoin the single market, the customs union or bring back freedom of movement if he becomes prime minister.

He will say re-running the Brexit debate would ensure Britain remained stuck for another decade.

Starmers remarks put him at odds with London mayor Sadiq Khan, who recently said the UK should go back into the single market.

Speaking at an event organised by the Centre for European Reform think tank this evening, Starmer will say: There are some who say We dont need to make Brexit work. We need to reverse it. I couldnt disagree more.

Because you cannot move forward or grow the country or deliver change or win back the trust of those who have lost faith in politics if youre constantly focused on the arguments of the past.

So let me be very clear: with Labour, Britain will not go back into the EU. We will not be joining the single market. We will not be joining a customs union.

The reason I say this is simple. Nothing about revisiting those rows will help stimulate growth or bring down food prices or help British business thrive in the modern world.

It would simply be a recipe for more division, it would distract us from taking on the challenges facing people and it would ensure Britain remained stuck for another decade.

The Labour leader will add: We will not return to freedom of movement to create short-term fixes. Instead we will invest in our people and our places, and deliver on the promise our country has.

Starmer will say his plan will deliver on the opportunities Britain has, sort out the poor deal Boris Johnson signed, and end the Brexit divisions once and for all.

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The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has recommended for approval trastuzumab deruxtecan for patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.

Trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd; Enhertu) has been recommended for approval by the European Medicines Agency for patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer who have received 1 or more prior anti-HER2-based regimens, according to a press release from AstraZeneca.1

The recommendation for approval, which was made by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, is based on results from the phase 3 DESTINY-Breast03 trial (NCT03529110) assessing T-DXd vs trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1; Kadcyla) for patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.2 Topline results included a reduction in the risk of death or disease progression by 72% in the T-DXd arm vs the T-DM1 arm (HR, 0.28; 95% CI, 0.22-0.37; P <.0001).

This recommendation reflects the transformative progression-free survival benefit seen in the DESTINY-Breast03 trial compared [with] T-DM1, supporting [T-DXd] as a potential new standard of care and setting a new benchmark in the treatment of HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. If approved by the European Commission, patients in Europe may be able to benefit from this important medicine earlier in the treatment of their disease, improving their chance for better outcomes, Susan Galbraith, executive vice president of Oncology Research and Development at AstraZeneca, said in the press release.

The FDA approved T-DXd in May 2022 for patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.3 Moving forward, the European Commission will evaluate the treatment for the indicated patient population and decide on its approval.

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Thousands of protesters rallied in Georgia's capital Tbilisi on Sunday, calling for the government to resign due its failure to get European Union candidate status for the Caucasus country.

More than 35,000 people gathered in front of theGeorgian parliament, blocking traffic and waving European flags.

Several opposition parties and pro-EU organisations had called on citizens to pressure the ruling Georgian Dream party over the weekend.

Protests have also targeted the founder of the party, oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, who holds no official political position but seemingly maintains control over the government.

"We demand that Ivanishvili relinquish executive power and transfer it, respecting the Constitution, to a government of national unity," organisers said in a Facebook post.

A new government must "carry out the reforms demanded by the EU, which will automatically give us the status of a candidate for EU membership," the post added.

Georgia had applied for candidacy status alongside Ukraine and Moldova just days after Russia's invasion on 24 February.

EU leaders said last month that they were "ready to grant candidate status" to Georgia but only after significant reforms had been carried out to the judiciary, electoral system and press freedoms.

"The future of Georgia is in the EU," said European Council President Charles Michel.

The announcement was hailed as "historic" by Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili.

"We are ready to work with determination over the coming months to obtain candidate status," she wrote on Twitter.

Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has added that his government is mobilised to meet EU requirements on time so that we get candidate status as soon as possible.

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