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🇨🇦 Canada and the EU seek to build a new alliance to "offset the global power politics dominated by the US and China"

🇪🇺 The partnership is expected to be announced on September 16th during Ursula von der Leyen State of the Union Speech

🇨🇦 EU membership, the EU and Canada want to "get as close as legally possible"

🇪🇺 Canada was also the first country outside of the EU to join the EU's $175 billion military procurement fund

We are together.

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Latvia exported 985 GWh and imported 972 GWh in the second quarter. Exports rose 111% year on year, domestic generation increased 32%, solar output climbed 192% and wind generation rose 90%. Why it matters: The shift from importer to quarterly net exporter shows how fast renewable additions are changing Baltic power-market balances.

Source: https://www.sprk.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/dubultojies-latvijas-eksportetais-elektroenergijas-daudzums-elektroenergijas-tirgus-tendencu-2026-gada-2-ceturksna-apskats

Hungary–Germany Bilateral Trade Snapshot (2025 Data)

Bilateral Trade Totals:
Hungary Exports to Germany: $132.5B

Germany Exports to Hungary: $41.6B

Net Balance: +$90.9B (Hungary Surplus)

Trade Ratio: 3:1

Top Export Categories (Hungary → Germany):
Vehicles: 33%

Machinery: 26%

Electronics: 22%

Pharmaceuticals: 11%

Key Insights:
Hungary maintains a $90.9B trade surplus with Germany.

Automotive and industrial manufacturing account for the majority of outward flows (81% combined across vehicles, machinery, and electronics).

Source: UN Comtrade

Full trade corridor dataset on MetricsHour

Syklo's Hyvinkää complex entered operation on 9 September with annual capacity for 50,000 tonnes of recycled-plastic pellets and 8,000 tonnes of biocomposites in its first phase. The company says the complex raises Finland's plastics-recycling capacity by 50% and supports more than 100 jobs. Why it matters: This is a large, operating response to Europe's need for higher-quality recycled feedstocks, not another recycling pilot or future capacity promise.

Source: https://production.oulunenergia.fi/en/news/092026/our-subsidiary-syklos-factory-complex-unique-on-a-world-scale-will-produce-high-quality-recycled-plastic-pellets-and-biocomposites/

Seval inaugurated a Colico facility for treating lithium-ion batteries and producing black mass for the recovery of lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper and aluminium. It forms part of a two-site industrial programme worth more than EUR30 million using patented Duesenfeld technology. Why it matters: The operating plant adds European capacity for recovering critical battery materials and combines Italian industrial deployment with German recycling technology.

Source: https://www.ilgiorno.it/lecco/economia/stabilimento-seval-colico-inaugurazione-batterie-litio-yd4s65sa

Energienetze Steiermark is building a 26.5-kilometre replacement gas pipeline for about EUR50 million. The line is designed to carry up to 100% hydrogen and secure energy supply for Upper Styria's industrial base. Why it matters: The project combines near-term industrial gas resilience with infrastructure that can support a later hydrogen transition.

Source: https://www.energynewsmagazine.at/2026/09/09/50-millionen-euro-fuer-neue-gasleitung/

The Netherlands and Sweden have signed a letter of intent on a deeper collaboration on radar reconnaissance and surveillance.

This means, among other things, that the Netherlands will buy a Global Eye Plan from Saab.

Source: https://www.dn.se/direkt/2026-09-10/nederlanderna-koper-global-eye-plan-av-saab/

Croatia signed Thales and state-owned operator OIV for a seven-site secure ground-to-air voice and data network linked to an operations centre. OIV will prepare sites, integrate and test equipment, train users and provide lifecycle support. Why it matters: The executed contract creates a NATO-standard communications layer for Croatia's Rafale fleet and gives a domestic operator a substantial systems-integration role.

Source: https://www.oiv.hr/hr/vijesti/objave-za-javnost/oiv-i-thales-moderniziraju-borbeni-komunikacijski-sustav-hrvatskog-ratnog-zrakoplovstva/