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European Union chief Charles Michel reiterates support for Ukraine's closer integration with the bloc during a summit in the capital hosted by President Volodymyr Zelensky. "Ukraine is the EU, the EU is Ukraine," Michel says at a press conference with Zelensky and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. SOUNDBITE
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says that the bloc must act to address "distortions" created by Washington's $430-billion plan to spur climate-friendly technologies in the United States. The European Union must "take action to rebalance the playing field where the IRA (Inflation Reduction Act) or other measures create distortions", von der Leyen says in a speech at the College of Europe in the Belgian city of Bruges. SOUNDBITE
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says she backs treaty changes for the bloc including streamlined decision making by supermajority as opposed to unanimous voting, arguing that unanimous voting "no longer makes sense if we want to be able to move faster". SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden's administration concedes it won't meet its goal of administering one or more doses of a Covid vaccine to 70 percent of US adults by July 4. SOUNDBITE
People who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can gather unmasked with others who have been vaccinated, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says in new guidance. "Remember here we are talking about private settings where everyone is vaccinated," adds CDC Director Rochelle Walensky. SOUNDBITE
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