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Politicking over future EU customs authority threatens trouble on two fronts

By Oscar Pandiello ( August 22, 2025, 08:02 GMT | Comment) -- A political standoff is brewing over the EU's planned customs framework overhaul, and specifically the planned new central customs authority. It's a fight on two fronts: over which will country will get to host the agency, and over where control will lie over the authority's governance. While France and Spain are the key combatants in the lobbying fight to win hosting rights, the governance issue will more broadly see EU governments in dispute with the European Parliament.The EU is ready to start work on the biggest overhaul of its customs framework since 1968 — including establishing a decentralized agency to oversee what has so far been fragmented national enforcement....

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