The commission has warned governments against stoking demand with broad subsidies at a time of acute supply shortage. So how are Europe’s biggest economies responding three months in?
Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich is now banned from entering France. These sanctions are largely symbolic, but they matter. Why aren’t other European Union countries sanctioning members of the Israeli government?
Spending of corporate lobbying into the EU reaches new highs according to new research, manifesting in slashed regulation in a bid to build competitiveness and facilitate corporate interests
Why AI-turbocharged misogyny and porn is a threat to EU democracyWhile speaking with friends and relatives, I often encounter the (sorry) naïve views that the ‘manosphere’ is just some sad boys posting ‘locker-room banter’.
The board’s annual assessment lands just days after the commission announced plans to loosen budget rules for energy investments.
EU’s first-ever services trade deal with African states will give European firms near-unfettered access to Mauritius and Seychelles’ offshore financial hubs.
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has now lasted longer than World War I (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,567)Behind Moscow’s upbeat propaganda, Russian military channels fret over a “positional deadlock”.
Across Europe, established right-wing parties are finding themselves challenged by actors positioned further to their right. In Italy, the rise of Roberto Vannacci’s movement serves as an examples. The danger is not only the rise of more radical actors, but the gradual redefinition of what is considered politically acceptable.
Dvorkovich, the head of the FIDE chess federation, should be banned because he “publicly supported” the war in Ukraine, the EU Commission said in its second go at scalping Russia’s sports supremo.
The aviation industry will probably miss its goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. What are the main reasons behind this shortfall, and what could it mean for consumers in terms of airfares, travel options, and environmental impact?
Despite a short-term contract ban which came into effect in March, almost 97 percent of the ships that left Russia’s Arctic Yamal site arrived at an EU port.
Relatives of ‘Ulm 5’ pro-Palestinian activists tell EUobserver of degrading prison conditions, as Germany sells tanks to Israel for Gaza warfare.
Inconclusive – will EU leaders miss the chance to get tough on China?The first draft of the communique that will be issued after next week’s EU leaders’ summit does not mention China despite fears of an EU-Sino trade war.
As Beijing’s new “ethnic unity” law tightens state control over Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongols, and other minorities, the EU should show that its “unity in diversity” principle is more than a mere slogan — holding the Chinese government to account for its continued violations of international human rights obligations.
Ukraine drones turning Crimea peninsula into an island (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,566)As Ukraine’s “island strategy” for Crimea bites, Russian commanders are rerouting convoys, repainting trucks, and risking war crimes to keep fuel and munitions trickling to the front.
The EU is rejecting eight out of 10 Russians who apply for asylum, even though they face jail or conscription if pushed back.
In Alpine villages with hardly any foreigners, red campaign flags and talk of “overcrowding” reveal how a distant 10‑million threshold has morphed into a national debate over house prices, cowbells and who still feels at home.
For several weeks now in Brussels, one question keeps coming up at European Commission press briefings: are Taliban representatives really going to come to Brussels to meet EU officials? When? And why?
Von der Leyen may be caving to Meloni, but on green investment, relaxing EU deficit limits is exactly right‘Ursula cannot say ‘no’ to Georgia’, as one commentator said of von der Leyen and Meloni. But investing too little in clean energy will only push up debt levels later.
Some of the highest visa rejection rates across the EU-27 are for applicants from countries with whom the bloc wants to partner on defence, security and migration.
