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第42.7条在数十年间一直被人们所忽视——直到Donald Trump开始质疑美国对Nato的承诺。• 没在收件箱中收到 This Is Europe？在此注册。大多数人都听过Nato的第5条。这一“人人为我，我为人人”的条款规定，对一个成员国的武装袭击应被视为对所有成员国的袭击，要求成员国向受害者提供援助，包括“使用武力”。而直到本周，很少有人听说过欧盟自身的共同防御条款，即第42.7条 (pdf)，该条款规定，如果一个成员国遭受武装袭击，其他成员国“应采取其所有能力提供援助和协助的义务”。这或许是因为直到最近，欧洲人并没有太多查阅第42.7条的需求。分布在欧盟（及英国）境内超过40个美国军事基地和8.5万名美军，便是华盛顿对欧洲大陆防御承诺的见证。阅读详情...

• Ursula von der Leyen 随后将与匈牙利新领导人会面，后者正寻求通过改革以解锁欧盟资金。 • Von der Leyen 表示，“每个成员国的能源结构都不同”，因此不存在统一的欧盟解决方案。 • 但她呼吁在共同采购以及燃料储备方面加强协调，“特别是航空燃料和柴油，这些市场的供应正趋于紧张”。

• 八个欧盟成员国在其国家刑法典的定义中仍将强制或暴力作为必要条件。 • 欧洲议会呼吁欧盟制定一个统一的、基于同意的强奸定义，立法者将其描述为解决欧盟内部现有法律碎片化（部分法律不完善）的关键步骤。 • 周二，在斯特拉斯堡的议会会议厅中，720名欧洲议会议员中有447名投票通过了一份报告，要求建立一个以“只有‘是’才意味着‘是’”为核心的共同强奸定义，此举引发了全场热烈的掌声。

High fuel prices and passenger delays caused by EU’s EES entry-exit system causing problems, says trade bodyBusiness live – latest updatesEurope’s smaller airports may not survive if jet fuel shortages triggered by the Middle East crisis lead to widespread route cancellations, the industry’s trade body has warned.Although airlines insist that there are currently no supply issues within the normal four- to six-week horizon, the US-Israel war on Iran and the effective closure of the strait of Hormuz have doubled the price of jet fuel, prompting some carriers to cancel flights. Continue reading...

France’s president, who is also co-prince of the micro-state, expected to speak frankly about issue in country with some of strictest abortion laws in EuropeMeanwhile, Macron is visiting the Andorran primary school in Santa Coloma and absolutely loving spending his time with kids, happily posing to pictures with the Andorran flags.Last week, he suggested he would quit politics at the end of his term in May next year, and so we should expect to see more of this sort of legacy-building trips and interventions as he enters the final year in office. Continue reading...

Resolution Foundation report says ‘crisis’ stems from rising ill-health and a failing system of benefits and job supportBritain has the third-highest rate of young people not in work or education among Europe’s richest countries because of rising ill-health and a failing system of benefits and job support, a report has warned.The Resolution Foundation thinktank said the UK was facing a “crisis” in youth jobs amid a dramatic rise in the number of 16- to 24-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training (Neets) to almost 1 million – the highest level in more than a decade. Continue reading...