EU climate chief fears green deal risks hit from ‘culture wars’
The European Union’s landmark green deal is at risk of being dragged into the “culture wars,” said the bloc’s climate chief Frans Timmermans as he warned…
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Brussels and Washington win skirmish with Poland over Russian influence legislation
Poland’s ruling Conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party on June 16 agreed to water down a law targeting possible Russian influence on Polish policy-making over…
Institutional bias: the European Parliament has failed to tackle the real issues raised by Covid-19 and its lockdowns
After 15 months of considering the EU’s management of the Covid-19 pandemic, an EU Parliament special committee has released its 56-page report.
EU Nature Restoration Act grinds to a halt amid growing division
The European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) was forced to postpone the vote on a proposed nature restoration law…
New Europe had the potential to save the European project from its federalist excesses – but is this another victim of the Ukraine war?
There was a time, not too long ago, when New Europe seemed set to become a coherent force in continental affairs.
Timmermans on the defensive over EU environmental laws
European Commission Vice-President, Frans Timmermans, claims the Christian Democrats ‘ran away’ from an agreement on environmental legislation, accusing them…
European Parliament polarised over Migration Pact
Acrimony filled the Strasbourg plenary hall, as Right and Left lambasted the pact for their own reasons, while the Centre pleaded for constructive support to get…
EU agriculture chief slams boss von der Leyen over farmers’ aid delay
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been accused by one of her own top-ranking officials of dragging her feet over compensation payments to Member…
Presidentialism: What Giorgia Meloni has, and other Right-wing leaders would do well to emulate
Many Right-wing populists in the West, from Donald Trump in the US, to Matteo Salvini in Italy, and Marine Le Pen in France, are known for their abrasive and direct…
‘Bunga no more’ – Silvio Berlusconi 1936-2023
At the age of 86, Silvio Berlusconi has died following a battle against leukaemia.
Montenegro: pro-EU party tops polls
The pro-European Union party, Europe Now Movement (PES), appears to have gained the majority of votes after Montenegro’s snap national elections on June 11.
Europe is no metrosexual superpower – it is an old continent seeking a quiet retirement
The EU’s foreign policy is the progenitor of a new era in international relations - or so argues a 2009 essay in the renowned journal Foreign Policy.
Does Hungary debacle mean we should abolish rotating EU Council Presidency?
Furious debate has erupted over Hungary's upcoming presidency of the Council of the European Union, spurring demands to kill off the six-month rotating EU Council…
Von der Leyen buckles: EU nature restoration law to be watered down
Critics of European Commission environment plans seem to be getting their way.
EU ethics body is ‘toothless bulldog’
Věra Jourová, the Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency, has raised hackles among some MEPs after putting forward a proposal for…
EP internal newsletter deflects harassment accusations
The European Parliament has denied taking no action to combat harassment, in an internal newsletter circulated on June 7.
EC cavalry riding to rescue Tusk?
The European Commission has ratcheted up the pressure on Poland's ruling conservatives by launching legal action over a law establishing a special commission…
Exclusive: Migration Pact well short of Council majority
The European Union's proposed Migration Pact looks set to fail in a key vote at a meeting of the EU Council of ministers on June 8, according to a source close to…
Libya’s civil war is the progenitor of Europe’s populist wave – the EU elite must help end it or face the inevitable consequences of yet greater mass migration
The savage internal conflict poisoning Libya has been ongoing for more than a decade now.
Euroscepticism on the rise in Germany
Germans identify less with Europe than in the past, according to a new survey from German public broadcaster ARD.
EXCLUSIVE Top EU research university sees explosion in anti-EU students
Europe’s top research university for European Union affairs is struggling with an unprecedented wave of students who no longer believe in “ever closer union”.
EU nations increasingly split on climate laws
Luxembourg Prime Minister, Xavier Bettel, has stepped into the fray over climate policy raging between Belgium's Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo, and Dutch EU…
Hungary on EU Presidency controversy: ‘we’ve been attacked for our pro-peace stance’
Germany is the latest to voice concerns over Hungary taking up the rotating European Union presidency in the second half of 2024, questioning the country’s ability…
UK demands millions in refunds from EU nationals
The UK Government has angered Brussels with demands for the refund of millions of pounds in benefits apparently wrongly paid to European Union nationals after a…
European Parliament gets tough on lobbyists and NGO’s
In the latest attempt by the European Parliament to promote openness and transparency in response to the Qatargate corruption scandal that implicated several MEPs…
So-called ‘group of friends’ pushing for more QMV discovers it has enemies too
Poland and Hungary are leading the resistance to the so-called ‘group of friends’ countries that are calling for the removal of unanimity voting on security…
Italy rejects Ireland’s law requiring health labels on wine
The Italian government is seeking to block Ireland's new law that requires health labels to be attached to alcoholic beverages, including wine.
Euro MPs clash with Polish education minister during investigation of ‘academic freedom’
Euro MPs on a visit to Warsaw accused Poland’s education minister Przemysław Czarnek of behaving in a “brutal and aggressive” manner towards them, according…
Will von der Leyen get flagship ‘green deal’ approved before European elections?
Ursula von der Leyen now knows how long she has left to secure her flagship ‘green deal’ and make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.
Western countries considered guilty of double standards on Russia, says Scholz
India, Vietnam, and South Africa baulk at criticising Russia’s invasion of Ukraine because they believe the West is not consistent in its values and principles,…