Germany slashes welfare state to fund rearmament
Merz has stated that the state pension will be reformed into what he described as “basic cover” for old age and will no longer be sufficient to maintain living standards.
Spain marks one year since Europe’s worst blackout in decades as accountability remains elusive
At 12:33 on April 28, 2025, the power systems of mainland Spain and Portugal collapsed simultaneously.
EU auditors warn budget reform does not guarantee better spending
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has warned that the European Commission's proposed overhaul of the EU's next long-term budget does not, on its own, guarantee that European…
EU now promises emergency farm aid after years of policies that pushed up costs
The European Commission has announced it is preparing urgent support measures for farmers across the bloc — after years of green regulations and energy policies that farm…
EU signs €20 billion ‘green’ fund for developing world as European households show growing uncertainty
The European Union and several development finance institutions have signed a new fund designed to channel up to €20 billion in private capital into sustainable infrastructure…
EU leaders push Ukraine accession talks in political landscape of their own making
European Union leaders have moved to advance Ukraine's membership bid, pressing ahead with accession negotiations in a Hungary reshaped by an election that Brussels itself…
Aragón second Spanish region in days to adopt ‘national priority’ clause in PP-Vox deal
Spain's People's Party (PP) and Vox have struck a coalition agreement to govern the northeastern region of Aragón for the next four years, making it the second Spanish region…
EU holds first summit without Orbán as Zelensky joins leaders in Cyprus
European Union leaders have gathered in Nicosia for an informal summit that marks a historic shift in EU politics: for the first time in 16 years, Hungary's Viktor Orbán…
EU enlargement: two decades of promises, a 2030 deadline and a queue that keeps growing
The European Union's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, told a conference at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday that new member states should join the bloc by…
Romania nears OECD membership but its deficit is unwelcome in a club built on borrowed money
Romania has completed 24 of the 25 committee reviews required to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). One hurdle remains.
Vox defends ‘national priority’ as Extremadura regional coalition takes office
Spain's Vox party has taken its "nationals first" welfare policy from the negotiating table to the regional assembly floor, with spokesman Óscar Fernández defending the…
Spanish PM Sánchez launches global Left alliance in Barcelona, bypassing Brussels
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has used a two-day summit in Barcelona to launch a global Left alliance that turned its back on the European Union's main capitals, pairing…
Musk accuses Sánchez of ‘high treason’ over Spain’s mass migrant regularisation
Elon Musk has accused Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of "high treason" over the Spanish Government's mass regularisation of undocumented migrants, as the scheme opened…
Spanish region to apply ‘national priority’ in welfare and housing for first time in the country
Extremadura is set to become the first Spanish region to govern under the principle of "national priority", after Partido Popular (PP) accepted a long-standing Vox demand…
Top taxes, broken services: Spaniards pay the price of Sánchez’s mass regularisation
The Spanish government has opened a mass regularisation that will hand residence and work permits, together with immediate access to Social Security and regional health services,…