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Struggling Kallas hunts cash and power

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 07:35
In today’s edition: Kaja Kallas clashes with Ursula von der Leyen as a tightening budget exposes the EEAS’s limited sway, the Commission concedes that its €140bn Ukraine ‘reparation loan’ risks financial knock-on effects, and Friedrich Merz hosts Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer in Berlin after the European digital sovereignty summit
Categories: European Union

Divided Spain marks 50 years since ex-dictator Franco’s death

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 07:21
Spain’s 50-year reckoning with Franco is mired in a new culture war, with a fifth of Spaniards viewing the dictatorship positively and parties clashing over how to confront its legacy
Categories: European Union

UN Security Council votes for international force for Gaza

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 06:57
There were 13 votes in favor of the text, which Trump claimed would lead to "further Peace all over the World," with only Russia and China abstaining – but no vetoes

Czech president may block Babiš without conflict-of-interest fix

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 06:09
Czech law bars government members from benefiting from state subsidies through companies they control

EU split at WHO meeting seen as test for upcoming tobacco fight at home

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 06:00
Europe’s divided stance will leave the EU silent in a key WHO debate, denting its global credibility

How a details man took control of the EU’s €400bn industry war chest

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 06:00
Christian Ehler has engineered one of the largest political heists in history – and no one has noticed

Danish presidency pushes for broader defence tender exemptions

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 06:00
The Commission's proposed omnibus foresees fast-tracked procurement for defence contracts that source from European industry, with the Council hoping to go still further
Categories: European Union

Brussels urges widespread adoption of CO2 pricing at COP30 climate talks

Mon, 11/17/2025 - 20:23
Climate commissioner quiet on fossil fuel phase-out, but admits he's in the supporting camp
Categories: Afrique, European Union

EU’s emerging music talent getting global boost with Amazon breakthrough support

Mon, 11/17/2025 - 19:19
Artists get Amazon breakthrough boost while EU's Culture Compass takes shape
Categories: Afrique, European Union

World dangerously off-track in reducing methane emissions, UN warns

Mon, 11/17/2025 - 19:00
Cutting output is a cheap and quick way to slow global warming
Categories: Afrique, European Union

EU’s top diplomat Kallas rejects Commission’s proposed intelligence ‘cell’

Mon, 11/17/2025 - 19:00
Kallas says a new intelligence unit inside the Commission would duplicate existing work and strain EU resources
Categories: Afrique, European Union

Malta is slowly kicking football inequality to the side, says leading national player

Mon, 11/17/2025 - 18:58
Girls in Malta increasingly find their space in football, and a structured education approach is slowly changing old attitudes
Categories: Afrique, European Union

The Brief – Omission impossible: Why Europe still isn’t answering Belgium’s Ukraine loan fears

Mon, 11/17/2025 - 18:39
The Commission’s inability (or refusal) to answer basic questions about the €140 billion scheme is profoundly problematic – and bizarre
Categories: Afrique, European Union

The Chattering Classes: Politico spy-affair update

Mon, 11/17/2025 - 18:12
Sebastian Kurz, Steve Bannon, and Jeffrey Epstein; taking libertés, and Je Suis Henry!
Categories: Afrique, European Union

Thai tuna industry pushes for tariff-free EU access amid trade talks

Mon, 11/17/2025 - 17:49
EU fishers warn Thailand still faces sustainability and human-rights concerns as FTA negotiations intensify
Categories: Afrique, European Union

France, Germany clash over controversial EU budget structure

Mon, 11/17/2025 - 17:41
“What's important now is that we agree on the structure,” said Gunther Krichbaum, Germany's Europe minister
Categories: Afrique, European Union

Commission eyes further simplification of tech rules after DSA review

Mon, 11/17/2025 - 17:21
The Commission's report on the Digital Services Act points to further simplification of EU tech rules in the upcoming 'digital fitness check'
Categories: Afrique, European Union

Medicine security in focus as Czech government shapes up

Mon, 11/17/2025 - 17:12
Czechia's new government will pursue drug pricing stability and support for domestic pharma production
Categories: Afrique, European Union

AI and digital health emerge as key drivers in EU’s new cardiovascular plan

Mon, 11/17/2025 - 17:10
Brussels hopes AI tools can transform risk prediction and screening, though fragmented data still hampers development
Categories: Afrique, European Union

EU countries resist fast-tracked permitting for defence factories

Mon, 11/17/2025 - 16:39
European Commission says environmental rules are slowing defence expansion
Categories: Afrique, European Union

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