| Gaza Deal | The EU and Israel reached an agreement to allow more aid into Gaza, Kaja Kallas, the bloc’s chief diplomat, told Bloomberg TV. The EU deal will reopen several aid routes into Gaza through Egypt, and other crossing points are expected to resume in the northern and southern areas of the Gaza Strip that border Israel. French Pressure | French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou called on the European Central Bank to do more to support the euro-region economy. “I dream of the ECB feeling it has a role to play for growth in the EU,” Bayrou told LCI television, in a rare critique of the central bank by a senior French official. “In other words, to support activity rather than putting brakes on activity.” Banking Spat | Germany’s finance minister urged UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel to abandon his pursuit of Commerzbank, after the Italian bank doubled its equity stake in its German rival. “We expect UniCredit to abandon its takeover attempt,” Lars Klingbeil, who is also the vice chancellor, told news agency DPA, reiterating that the government views the approach as “unfriendly” and supports Commerzbank’s independence. AI Code | The EU published a code of practice to guide companies through its AI Act that includes copyright protections and transparency requirements. Developers must provide documentation on their AI features, respect requests from writers and artists to keep copyrighted work out of datasets, and address copyright infringements. Crypto Concerns | Europe’s markets regulator criticized crypto oversight in Malta for falling short in several areas related to an unidentified entity it authorized. The review also focused on whether Malta had adequately used its powers to react to events that happened after the provider was licensed. | 
