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European gas stockpiles at lowest level for early January since Ukraine invasion

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 14:47
Easing of EU rules meant stores never reached the 90% safety level ahead of a winter that has turned bitterly cold
Categories: European Union

Danish soldiers ordered to fight back if US invades Greenland, Copenhagen confirms

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 14:39
A 1952 law orders Danish forces to engage immediately against an attack, even if there was no formal declaration of war
Categories: European Union

‘I don’t’: AI wedding vows fall foul of Dutch law

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 14:37
A Dutch court ruled a couple’s marriage invalid after their AI-written wedding vows omitted the legally required declaration
Categories: European Union

Commission wants to commercialise open source for sovereignty

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 13:22
An incoming strategy looks set to target support at European open source projects to scale into commercial alternatives to US tech
Categories: European Union

Europe faces transport chaos as deadly cold snap persists

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 12:39
Belgium's biggest hub, Brussels Airport, also confirmed 40 flight cancellations on Wednesday
Categories: European Union

Eurozone inflation slows to 2% in December

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 12:27
Consumer price rises in Germany and France, the EU's biggest economies, also slowed in December
Categories: European Union

Power restored in Berlin as bickering over blame continues

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 12:16
Left-wing feud erupts over responsibility for blackout
Categories: European Union

German MEP takes von der Leyen to court over arms industry contacts

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 12:14
The co-chair of the left-populist BSW party argues that von der Leyen only partially and belatedly answered his formal request for information
Categories: European Union

Don’t Mourn, Organise: Europe’s Path Through Global Turbulence [Promoted Content]

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 12:00
As geopolitical tensions intensify and the far right advances, Europe must act. In this article, industriAll Europe calls for organising around democratic values, internationalism, and a bold industrial renewal - mobilising investment, solidarity, and workers’ power to secure peace, resilience, and shared prosperity.
Categories: European Union

FIREPOWER: Portugal first stop on Kubilius’ Roadmap road trip

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 10:28
Plus Greenland looms large on the European stage
Categories: European Union

FIRST AID: Brussels’ growing web of anti-abortion religious influence

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 10:05
In today's edition: Pfizer taxes, biotech financing, and sick leave in Germany.
Categories: European Union

HARVEST: Whatever it takes

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 09:34
In today's edition: Mercosur, CAP budget, CBAM
Categories: European Union

THE HACK: Council looks ahead to Digital Fairness Act

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 09:08
In today's edition: Child protection panel delay, digital tax deal, US chips plans
Categories: European Union

VOLTAGE: European carmakers steel themselves for another tariff shock

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 09:00
In today's edition: Steel imports, drinking water pollutants, plastic recycling
Categories: European Union

Ukraine’s paper-thin guarantees

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 07:02
In Wednesday's edition: Green(back)land, Mercosur momentum, farm safeguards
Categories: European Union

German climate goals at risk as emissions cuts slow: study

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 06:59
The pace of German greenhouse gas emissions cuts slowed further in 2025, putting in jeopardy climate goals in Europe’s biggest economy, a think tank warned Wednesday. Emissions fell by 1.5% in 2025 from the previous year, according to a study by Agora Energiewende, compared to a 3% drop in 2024 and 10% the year before […]
Categories: European Union

Trump’s unused powers in Greenland

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 06:00
European leaders say Washington already has broad military access to Greenland under a long-standing agreement
Categories: European Union

INTERVIEW: Ex-NATO deputy commander rejects US case for seizing Greenland

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 06:00
General Sir Rupert Smith reflects on Washington’s attack on Venezuela, past Western interventions in Iraq, Afghanistan and the former Yugoslavia – and why soldiers sometimes have to disobey orders
Categories: European Union

Brussels, the quiet front line of Europe’s abortion wars

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 06:00
Conservative religious groups, US-linked think tanks and faith-based organisations are increasingly using the EU capital to push hardline anti-abortion views – blurring the line between belief, lobbying and politics
Categories: European Union

The ally Europe feared losing is now the one it fears

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 06:00
Trump’s Greenland gambit has exposed Europe’s deepest vulnerability: its dependence on an ally that now poses the most explicit threat to its security
Categories: European Union

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