Most Europeans say the EU is in decline
Sixty-eight per cent of those interviewed described Europe in terms of “general deterioration or a loss of normality”.
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Von der Leyen promises ‘substantial’ EU package on Greenland visit
The European Commission President is in Nuuk to sign a renewed partnership declaration with Denmark and Greenland, with investment pledges expected to run into the…
Brussels prepare to drop Article 7 against Hungary before mission assesses reforms
The European People's Party wants the case closed as a political victory for Péter Magyar's Tisza party, though the law at the heart of it is still in force.
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Brussels pays for research aimed at cutting right-wing appeal among young men
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Brussels keeps Morocco migration funding on course despite Ceuta breach
The European Commission has called Rabat a strategic partner and confirmed further money for border work, five weeks after tens of thousands crossed into the Spanish…
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Von der Leyen and Rutte meet in Brussels over ‘Russian hybrid attacks’
Talks at the Berlaymont come a day after Berlin said Moscow was behind the explosive-laden drone found at Leipzig/Halle airport.
Von der Leyen heads to Greenland to sign joint EU declaration
The European Commission President is due to meet the Greenlandic, Danish and Faroese prime ministers on a trip postponed since March.
Brussels approves €6.1 billion for Ukrainian air defence on Independence Day
The EU executive signed off the envelope as leaders gathered in Kyiv to discuss Ukraine's shortage of interceptor missiles.
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Europe burns, Brussels regulates: The fatal hypocrisy of von der Leyen’s bureaucracy
As wildfires rage across Europe, the EU's response under von der Leyen prioritizes taxes and regulations over urgent action, highlighting a disconnect from the real…
Brussels urges immediate return of Ceuta’s unaccompanied minors to Morocco
The European Commission said EU law covered the removal of children as well as adults, while it welcomed Madrid's pledge that nobody would be moved to the Spanish…
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Russia presses Armenia to choose between the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union
For Moscow, the accelerating European presence in Armenia threatens a long-standing sphere of economic, political and security influence.
Brussels targets social media over Ceuta as Morocco has been offered more EU support
The European Commission has brought the 27 member states into its campaign against online disinformation, while Morocco stays off the agenda.
EU packaging rules take effect as Commission misses its own labelling deadline
Limits on 'forever chemicals' in food packaging apply from August 12, though the harmonised sorting label promised to business is still missing.
US Senators recover Fauci’s phone as Brussels still cannot find von der Leyen’s texts
The trove opened with the former US health chief's messages on miscarriage risk, sent nine days before he told an audience regulators had seen no warning signs.
Von der Leyen offers Morocco more EU support days after Ceuta border breach
The Commission President told Pedro Sánchez that Rabat remained a strategic partner as EU interior ministers prepared for emergency talks.
Von der Leyen demands immediate halt to Ceuta crossings and swift returns
The European Commission has offered Spain reinforcements through Frontex, though Madrid has yet to ask for them.
Von der Leyen signs EU-Ukraine ‘drone deal’ on Kyiv visit
"This deal will bring together Ukrainian ingenuity and Europe's industrial scale".
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Eurocontrol freezes Polish air-traffic funds over Pfizer vaccine claim
The company is enforcing a €1.
European and NATO leaders lead tributes to Graham
His death removes a key Senate interlocutor for Europe on Russia policy, days after allies had worked alongside him at the NATO summit in Turkey.
EU ministers move to unlock Hungary’s frozen recovery billions
"We can already feel a strong wind of change across Hungary," von der Leyen said after meeting Magyar.
Von der Leyen and Rutte urge more European NATO to cut US reliance
Twenty-three of the EU's 27 member states are also NATO members, though the two organisations remain formally separate.
Von der Leyen opens EU market to Armenia in bid to counter Russian influence
Both Brussels and Moscow are explicitly linking their trade measures on Armenia as political tools.
EU offers South Caucasus package to bolster Armenia-Azerbaijan peace
Von der Leyen said the sum had the potential to mobilise up to €2 billion in public and private investment across the region.
Ex-Commissioner Oettinger criticises EC’s economic track record under von der Leyen
He stressed that in the last decade, the GDP of China has grown strongly, while the US remained stable, but the GDP of Europe dropped.
EU backs coordinated, cost-conscious enforcement of anti-‘greenwashing’ rules
The agreement sets shared criteria for how national regulators enforce the Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition Directive.
Commission puts cost of Montenegro’s EU accession at ‘less than a coffee’
The seven-year package, reported to be worth around €3.2 billion, is built on the assumption that the small Balkan country joins the European Union in 2028.
Von der Leyen plans Armenia trip to bolster pro-EU Pashinyan
The visit was tentatively set for around July 1, though the arrangements had not been finalised.
Von der Leyen praise Starmer as Brexit reset summit is thrown into doubt
"Under your premiership we turned a new page in EU-UK relations," wrote António Costa.
Von der Leyen and Kallas rivalry deepens as capitals move to curb EU diplomatic service
A French-led push to reform the EU's foreign service has exposed a growing power struggle between them.
Brussels’ candidate Magyar returns to von der Leyen to unblock €17 billion
Hungarian Prime Minister arrives as the candidate the EU establishment promoted in Budapest.