Daily brief
The EU-Mercosur trade agreement will apply provisionally from May 1, finalizing a long-delayed pact covering goods from Prosecco to luxury cars.
The European Central Bank is alert to second-round inflation effects from the Iran war, as the EU pushes for early gas storage refills and reviews supply risks.
The EU and Australia have sealed a sweeping new trade pact after eight years of negotiations, aiming to cut reliance on China for critical minerals.
Slovenia has become the first EU country to introduce fuel rationing, a measure against soaring energy and fuel prices amid the Iran war (ongoing coverage).
A Russian envoy stated the EU is last in line for Russian energy supplies, while Rosatom's CEO called the EU energy crisis a result of decades of policy mistakes.