EU ministers consider next steps in response to Israel-Hamas war
European Union foreign ministers on Monday consider possible next steps in response to the Middle East crisis, including a crackdown on Hamas’s finances and travel…
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Is the short-lived Morawiecki government undemocratic?
On Monday November 27, Polish President Andrzej Duda appointed a new government led by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, expected to last only until Monday (December…
Pirates’ MEPs pull support for EU Digital ID plan over ‘mass surveillance’ fears
"Over-identification will gradually erode our right to use digital services anonymously. Mark Zuckerberg should have no right to see our ID!"
Spain expels two US Embassy staffers on alleged spying and bribery charges
The Spanish Government has expelled two alleged spies from the US Embassy in Madrid after they apparently bribed Spanish intelligence officers to reveal classified…
EC takes heat over new Pfizer vaccine contract after ‘secret texts’ scandal
A decision by the European Commission to give a vaccine-production contract to US pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer has raised eyebrows within the European Parliament.
Slovak President blasts Government’s prosecution reforms, threatens veto
Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová said on Friday she would likely veto the Government's planned fast-track changes to criminal law that include scrapping a special…
Ukraine’s Parliament approves minorities bill, seen as key for EU talks
The Ukrainian Parliament has approved three bills necessary to start European Union accession talks, including one on national minorities' rights, a critical…
EU watchdog demands ban on Facebook and Instagram ‘behavioural advertising’
The European Union's data protection watchdog has demanded Facebook and Instagram owner Meta be banned from processing user data for “behavioural advertising”.
Spain’s Calviño beats EC’s Vestager to take European Investment Bank crown
Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister and economy minister Nadia Calviño has beaten European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager for the top job at the European Investment…
Blast from the past: Sikorski and other allies return in Tusk’s new Cabinet
Donald Tusk, who is set to officially become Poland’s Prime Minister in a few days, has unveiled the Cabinet that will serve under him.
‘Traitorous’ Ukrainian opposition MP ‘assassinated’ in Russia
Sources within the Ukrainian Government have claimed responsibility for the assassination of Illia Kyva, a prominent pro-Russian member of the country's political…
Qatargate: Has Socialist Euro MP Marie Arena been protected?
The newly appointed investigating judge, Aurélie Dejaiffe, wants Arena, a Belgian politician, to be investigated but has got nowhere with her request, it is claimed…
Budget crisis ‘pushing German Government to edge of collapse’
Germany's Government risks collapse amid a budget crisis that has put coalition partners sharply at odds, according to political experts.
Spanish PM Sánchez wobbles as hard-left party quits governing coalition
Less than a month after his re-election as Spain’s leader, Sánchez must deal with the decision of the five MPs who make up Podemos to quit the Sumar group in…
EU thrashing out landmark AI rules in marathon overnight talks
The two sides agreed to a provisional deal on how to regulate fast-growing generative AI systems such as ChatGPT in the early hours, overcoming one of the biggest…
Spain looking to overcome ‘doubts’ about making Catalan, Basque and Galician official EU languages
Spanish ambassadors to the other 26 European Union Member States have received a document from José Manuel Albares, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, detailing…
EC ‘aims to create single market for defence’
The European Commission wants to create a "single market for defence" to better prepare the European Union for times of crisis, according to a leaked document.
Spain’s Puigdemont locks horns with EU’s Borrell again, this time over ‘sexist speech’
Spanish Junts leader Carles Puigdemont has grilled the European Commission on "sexist speech" by Josep Borrell, the EU's top diplomat.
Let’s give Austria-Hungary a chance – Europe needs some Habsburg values
Discussion on Russian state television emerged this week which saw Russian propagandists arguing for the re-establishment of "the great Austro-Hungarian territory"…
‘Our soldiers would have to throw stones if war broke out,’ says former Belgian military top brass
Ex-Lieutenant General Marc Thys, former Belgian Vice-Chief of Defence, has claimed Belgium is not at all ready for armed conflict, saying that within hours of an…
German fairy tale forest to be felled for wind turbines
A large area of Reinhardswald, an ancient German forest featured in the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, is being partially cut down in favour of 241-metre tall…
No backbone? No protection: Octopuses left high and dry under EU law
Octopus species are not protected under animal welfare rights in European Union law, the European Commission has confirmed.
EU ‘not adequately monitoring potential Ukraine aid fraud’
The European Union has not been properly monitoring the potentially fraudulent use of cash sent to Ukraine, MEPs have said
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The kids are not alright: Most EU pupils’ educational results tumble in PISA rankings
The latest results from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), one of the most prominent student-ranking organisations in the world, are causing…
UK to rejoin EU’s Horizon science programme, irritating Brexiteers
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's post-Brexit UK is to rejoin the European Union's Horizon science programme, set to become an associate country to the scheme…
EU aims to force Big Tech and others to make their products repairable
The European Union is to target so-called "planned obsolescence" in products amid the bloc's ongoing technology regulation efforts.
Berlin’s spätis show how things tend to go right when Europe keeps it simple
Can the EU political establishment learn something from the späti, the late-night convenience store that is ubiquitous in the German capital?
Putin threatens to end ‘happiness in Latvia’ over its new Russians’ residency law
Russian President Vladimir Putin is threatening Latvia with "unhappiness" after it brought in legislation the Kremlin sees as targeting Latvia’s Russian population.
Lagarde rides to the rescue of under-fire Polish central bank chief
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde has backed the head of Poland’s central bank (NBP) Adam Glapiński in a conflict with incoming Prime Minister…