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Israel’s coalition dropped from 64 to 59 seats after a second ultra-Orthodox party bolted over mandatory conscription (Bloomberg). Paris–Berlin reboot chips drive
Germany’s Lars Klingbeil and France’s Éric Lombard agreed to table a joint “Competitiveness Compact” in October that earmarks €8 bn for next-gen semiconductors and cloud-edge standards (ZDF, Politico).