The EU is preparing to curb Chinese imports of chemicals and industrial machinery, following a successful deal with Beijing that capped hybrid car exports to the bloc.

The European Commission “showed openness” to proposing safeguards, referring to an emergency brake on imports that can cover entire sectors, an EU diplomat told EUobserver on Thursday (15 October).

And there was “broad support” for the idea among member states for the commission to proceed, the diplomat said.

Last week, trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič agreed with Beijing to cap imports of Chinese hybrid cars at 350,000 next year, which was less than half the amount expected this year.

He called the deal a “blueprint” for other sectors, a view which was publicly echoed by EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, also on Thursday. 

Under World Trade Organization (WTO) and EU rules, anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases require Brussels to prove that Chinese firms sell at unfairly low prices or receive subsidies.

Safeguards do not need evidence under WTO rules, which allows them to be used as an emergency measure.

And the commission only has to show that a surge in imports is seriously harming European producers. 

“We like the idea, chemicals, machinery where there’s still a lot of Chinese overproduction needs to be managed,” said another EU diplomat.

The instrument had its limits: Safeguards have to apply to all countries, not just China, and can last no more than eight years.

The EU rarely uses WTO safeguards, but did so on steel, also aimed at China, which expired in June, after reaching the eight-year limit, and which have since been replaced by a separate EU steel regime.

And the Centre for European Reform, a prominent think-tank in Brussels, previously suggested exempting the EU’s 76 free-trade partners from safeguards so that the measures fell mainly on China.

It was a legal moot point in the WTO if that was OK, but the EU has done something similar before. 

Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and 10 other countries were left out of the steel safeguard, but using this tool to address Chinese imports was still seen as a temporary solution.

Before the end of the year, the EU commission aims to present diversification tools to reduce reliance on Chinese goods, as well as a mechanism to compensate companies hit by Chinese countermeasures.

And the package would include an instrument to shut Chinese companies out of the EU market if need be, in a measure first proposed in a Franco-German paper last week.

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Ryanair lascia 13 aeroporti europei tra il 2026 e il 2027, interrompendo progressivamente i collegamenti con diverse delle sue destinazioni più popolari. Alla base di questa decisione ci sono soprattutto i costi aeroportuali, le tasse e le condizioni economiche considerate poco vantaggiose dalla compagnia low cost irlandese.

Perché Ryanair cancella i voli

La principale ragione economica alla base delle cancellazioni è la necessità di contenere i costi. Il modello delle compagnie low cost si fonda sulla capacità di mantenere tariffe competitive attraverso un’elevata produttività degli aeromobili, una gestione efficiente delle operazioni e accordi economici favorevoli con gli aeroporti.

Le tasse sui passeggeri, i diritti aeroportuali e gli altri oneri legati all’utilizzo degli scali possono però incidere sulla convenienza di una rotta. E se a questi costi si aggiungono quelli relativi alla sicurezza, ai servizi aeroportuali e al controllo del traffico aereo in determinati scali o tratte, la conseguenze sono due, ovvero:

• la riduzione dei voli;
• il posizionamento degli aeromobili su basi più convenienti, fino alla completa cancellazione dei collegamenti.

La scelta, quindi, non dipende soltanto dalla domanda turistica o dal numero di persone interessate a una destinazione, ma dalle condizioni contrattuali con gli aeroporti e il margine economico ottenibile da ciascun volo.

L’elenco delle destinazioni coinvolte

Alcune delle uscite dalla rete Ryanair sono già avvenute, mentre altre sono programmate per i prossimi mesi o per la fine della stagione invernale 2026 2027.

Ecco l‘elenco degli aeroporti dai quali la compagnia ha interrotto o prevede di interrompere tutti i collegamenti. Dopo Vigo, in Spagna, a gennaio 2026, hanno chiuso a marzo 2026:

• Amman, in Giordania;
• Asturie, in Spagna;
• Clermont Ferrand, in Francia;
• Ponta Delgada e Terceira, nelle Azzorre, in Portogallo.

Ad agosto 2026 ha chiuso invece a Rodez, in Francia, mentre questo ottobre è prevista la chiusura a:

• Bodrum, in Turchia;
• Dalaman, in Turchia;
• Kalamata, in Grecia;
• Niš, in Serbia;
• Volos, in Grecia.

L’ultimo stop sarà invece a marzo 2027, a Brema, in Germania.

Le date si riferiscono al periodo di interruzione dei collegamenti o alla cessazione prevista delle operazioni. Chi intende partire da o per gli aeroporti interessati dagli stop di ottobre e marzo dovrebbe quindi prima verificare la disponibilità effettiva dei voli.

Che cosa cambia per l’Italia

Tra i collegamenti interessati dalla chiusura dell’aeroporto tedesco figura anche quello con Lamezia Terme, in Calabria. Se l’interruzione prevista per il 27 marzo 2027 sarà confermata nei termini annunciati, chi utilizza questo collegamento per raggiungere Brema dovrà organizzarsi diversamente.

Tuttavia, la compagnia ha specificato che ad essere cancellati saranno i collegamenti diretti. Quindi, rimarranno comunque accessibili le tratte con scalo intermedio, permettendo ai passeggeri di raggiungere la destinazione attraverso coincidenze operative presso altri hub della rete Ryanair.

Tuttavia, nonostante l’uscita dai 13 aeroporti, Ryanair ha programmato per il 2026 una media di 3.272 movimenti giornalieri, il 4% in più rispetto al 2025. L’idea è quella di ridurre la presenza in alcuni scali ma non ridimensionare l’intera attività. Il vettore trasferirà infatti la capacità liberata verso aeroporti che offrono tariffe inferiori, incentivi più vantaggiosi o prospettive di crescita della domanda.

Il meccanismo è quello di un’allocazione selettiva delle risorse. Gli aeromobili vengono destinati ai collegamenti che, secondo le valutazioni della compagnia, possono garantire i risultati migliori.

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Warning from Chinese Universities Regarding Lung Conditions Linked to COVID Vaccines

by Fabio Giusepep Carlo Carisio

On October 13, 2020, two Chinese institutions (the School of Medicine at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou; the Life Sciences Institute and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network at Soochow University, Suzhou; and Anhui Anlong Gene Technology Co., Ltd., Hefei) published a study warning the world about the risks associated with mRNA and mDNA COVID-19 vaccines.

Their research highlighted the extremely high risk of severe autoimmune lung conditions.

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Gospa News was among the very first outlets worldwide to report on this in February 2021—just weeks after the market launch of the Pfizer gene-based serum, which is now under investigation in the USA for concealed adverse effects.

A few months earlier, virologist and Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier—who died under rather mysterious circumstances, given that he was in excellent health despite his age—had warned that this new experimental biotechnology could trigger massive devastation to the immune system, potentially leading to extremely severe forms of cancer.

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Over the past two years, the phenomenon of “turbo-cancer” linked to COVID vaccines has entered scientific literature, supported by dozens of studies as well as unequivocal results from medical tests and autopsies.

“Turbo-Cancer” in the Lung of Pope Leo XIV, a Promoter of COVID Vaccines

On Tuesday, October 13, Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery to remove a portion of his lung due to a tumor; in previous years, he had been a leading advocate of the COVID vaccination campaign, describing it as an “act of love.” Relying on information disseminated by the medical establishment, the then-bishop did not hesitate to spread the falsehood that mRNA Covid gene serums could limit transmission, a claim refuted from all quarters, most recently by the Florida Attorney General’s lawsuit against Pfizer, and previously by the authoritative journal *Science*.

These are facts, not opinions.

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This stems from the video in which the then-Monsignor Robert Francis Prevost—Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru (Lambayeque region)—championed the Covid vaccination campaign launched by Pope Francis (who later died from conditions similar to the adverse reactions associated with mRNA vaccines).

Is there a faint possibility that, following his serious illness, a Christian like the current Pontiff—innately inclined to acknowledge and repent of his errors—might be ready to question the dangerous “Vaccine God” narrative?

This narrative was upheld by the Vatican to avoid defying the New World Order—comprising friends and profiteers of Big Pharma—during the SARS-CoV pandemic, a virus treacherously engineered in a laboratory.

If, as the Gospel states, Jesus Christ is the “way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6), how do the Pope and the cardinals have the audacity to refrain from questioning the science to which they bowed?

That science did not arrive as a “gift of the Holy Spirit,” but rather as a business venture for the Big Pharma manufacturers of mRNA gene serums and for the sordid rulers—past and present—who continue to support these projects at the Siena Biotecnopolo, funded by the Meloni government.

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Unfortunately for him, the Pope had to experience firsthand a highly probable adverse reaction to the very vaccines he had so imprudently and brazenly promoted

There is no proof of a correlation, nor will there ever be one; this is because the Vatican State—which was among the first in the world to mandate vaccination for its “subjects”—can never admit to an error of false “faith” so massive that it caused irreparable harm.

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Yet, the health updates regarding Pope Leo XIV’s medical conditions echo with a sense of terrible nemesis, as they evoke two pathologies long listed among the most serious side effects of mRNA gene therapies:

• autoimmune pulmonary conditions
• sudden forms of “turbo-cancer”

Having made this long and inevitable preamble, let us look at what the Holy See’s official bulletin reports regarding the health issue facing the Bishop of Rome, Robert Francis Prevost.

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Pope undergoes surgery at Gemelli; lower lobe of right lung removed

“In a procedure lasting approximately 90 minutes—which was successful and free of complications, Pope Leo XIV had the lower lobe of his right lung removed; an intraoperative histological examination confirmed a diagnosis of pulmonary adenocarcinoma. The anticipated medical bulletin containing news on Pope Leo’s health arrived in the evening at 9:53 PM (Occtober, 13), just over two hours after the surgery performed this afternoon, October 13, at the Gemelli Policlinic,” writes Vatican News.

The medical bulletin

“In the bulletin released by the Holy See Press Office, Dr. Luigi Carbone—Director of the Directorate of Health and Hygiene for Vatican City State—and Professor Margaritora announced: ‘This afternoon, the Holy Father underwent the scheduled thoracic surgery. To ensure a radical resection, the lower lobe of the right lung was removed using a video-assisted technique. An intraoperative histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of pulmonary adenocarcinoma, as had been suspected based on pre-operative tests,'” the Vatican news site adds.

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“The Holy Father,” the statement continues, “was in the operating room for approximately three hours; the surgery itself lasted about 90 minutes. The procedure was successful, and there were no complications.”

Following the surgery, Leo XIV “woke up normally and, after a brief period of observation, returned to his room on the tenth floor.”

Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio – Founder and Director of Gospa News

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With the midterm elections just three weeks away, a new inflation report shows prices rising faster than expected, putting more pressure on Americans struggling with the cost of everyday essentials. To discuss what the latest numbers mean for Americans, Amna Nawaz spoke with Heather Long, vice president and chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union.

This year's increase is 3.6%, based on inflation data, amounting to a little more than $900 next year.