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  "id": 12461250,
  "title": "Proposals over EU policies for future candidate countries",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/proposals-over-eu-policies-for-future-candidate-countries",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T19:53:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/1006/1594323-eu-countries-policies/"
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  "summary": "Future EU candidate countries will have to more strictly align with the bloc's policies ahead of joining in the wake of persistent rule of law conflicts between recent arrivals and established member states, according to new plans proposed by the European Commission.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}