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Von der Leyen’s coalition of the unwilling

Tue, 09/02/2025 - 07:06
In today’s edition: Germany slamming von der Leyen’s military ambitions, Italy considering a fiscal escape clause to boost defence spending, enlargement talks stalling in Copenhagen, Brussels shelving its safe countries list, and a petition pushing the EU to act on abortion access

Save EU Steel: Why the EU needs to step up its trade defence [Promoted content]

Tue, 09/02/2025 - 07:00
The European steel industry is on the brink. A 50% tariff on steel imports into the United States and the lack of a bilateral agreement to preserve EU steel exports to the U.S. under the recent EU-U.S. Joint Statement on...

Polish president renews call for German war reparations

Tue, 09/02/2025 - 05:43
Marking the war’s 86th anniversary, Poland’s president renews a politically charged call for €1.5 trillion in German reparations – despite government doubts over its feasibility

Slovak opposition urges Fico to cancel China visit, warns of isolation

Tue, 09/02/2025 - 05:35
Slovakia’s opposition lashes out at Prime Minister Fico for planning a third meeting with Putin – this time in China – warning it isolates the country diplomatically and aligns it with authoritarian powers over key EU partners

Welcome to Europe’s future Carbon Valley

Tue, 09/02/2025 - 05:25
Industrial clusters in Europe’s heartland look to carbon capture and storage to turn CO2 from climate liability into a commercial resource

Another socialist runs out of other people’s money

Tue, 09/02/2025 - 05:25
Slovakia may be a small player, but a European government that arbitrarily seizes the savings of its citizens sets a very bad precedent for an effort to scale up Europe’s venture capital ecosystem

Football’s goal is to become a catalyst for gender equality

Tue, 09/02/2025 - 02:57
Across Europe in women's soccer, a significant number of both coaches and players reported altering their behaviour due to gendered expectations

Sánchez defends record amid fires and corruption scandals

Mon, 09/01/2025 - 23:09
In rare TV appearance, Sánchez urges unity on climate while fending off corruption claims

The Brief – Will nobody rescue the EU’s digital rulebook?

Mon, 09/01/2025 - 19:10
It was only a matter of time until Trump trained his crosshairs on the bloc's flagship tech regulations. But the lack of EU pushback is remarkable

Italy mulls activating EU defence spending clause

Mon, 09/01/2025 - 19:10
Activation of the 'national escape clause' would mark a sharp reversal by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s hard-right government

Sánchez ally to meet Puigdemont as Madrid prepares debt relief

Mon, 09/01/2025 - 18:37
Meeting comes as embattled Spanish premier seeks to shore up support

Former Danish minister jailed over child porn

Mon, 09/01/2025 - 16:40
Henrik Sass Larsen had denied the charges, saying he had the material because he was trying to find out who had abused him as a child

Merz’s says Nein to tax hikes, leaves Berlin with €30bn budget paradox

Mon, 09/01/2025 - 15:29
Blockade is looming as Germany's coalition partners rule out tax rises and substantive benefit cuts respectively

‘You surrendered’ on EU-US trade deal, Belgian MEP tells Commission

Mon, 09/01/2025 - 15:15
Belgian MEP Yvan Verougstraete tells Euractiv the EU-US trade agreement is not a negotiation but 'a surrender' - he says signing it would be one of the greatest acts of submission of this century

German minister rebukes von der Leyen’s peacekeeping plans for Ukraine

Mon, 09/01/2025 - 15:03
'I think it is totally wrong to discuss this publicly at this stage,' Boris Pistorius said

New ‘creative’ coalition proposal to govern Brussels (without N-VA)

Mon, 09/01/2025 - 14:13
Belgium's capital region has been without a government for 15 months, as the city sinks deeper into debt

Fierce winds force Gaza aid flotilla back to Barcelona

Mon, 09/01/2025 - 14:03
Spanish media reported that the organisers would meet to decide whether to resume the expedition later on Monday

Putin defends Ukraine invasion at China summit, blames West

Mon, 09/01/2025 - 13:49
"The second reason for the crisis is the West's constant attempts to drag Ukraine into NATO," the Russian president said

Brussels blames Russia for interference attack on von der Leyen’s plane

Mon, 09/01/2025 - 12:59
Bulgarian authorities suspect Russia was behind the attack, the Commission said, adding that it is up to Sofia to investigate as the incident occurred in its airspace

Germany resumes resettlement of Afghans over legal pressure

Mon, 09/01/2025 - 12:12
The ten families, en route to Germany on Monday, only received visas after they went to court

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