European Union

The energy crisis will be painful for many Europeans and emergency measures are needed to ensure gas keeps flowing to keep people warm for the next few months. But the EU must also recognise that this is good money thrown after bad, writes Jonathan Gant.

The EU's policy of equalising blame in the Western Balkans has fuelled Serbian aggression against Kosovo, writes Sidita Kushi.

To truly advance peace through education, the EU bodies must distinguish between cheap manipulation designed to justify Israel’s ongoing occupation, and authentic striving for improvement, writes Dahlia Scheindlin.

Georgia vowed Tuesday (28 September) to arrest exiled former president and opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili if he returns for upcoming local elections, seen as a key test for the increasingly unpopular ruling party.

The United Kingdom’s fuel crisis, complete with scenes of panicked motorists queuing at petrol pumps, has led to an oversupply of Schadenfreude in much of the EU.

Does such a policy go against the Commission’s own technology neutrality principle? Could it harm climate mitigation efforts and also hamper the development of more scalable technologies that could ensure the long term decarbonisation of the aviation industry?

How to align US and EU policy priorities and market instruments? How can the new transatlantic cooperation contribute to the climate-neutrality transition? How might these policy interventions affect international trade and reduce trade frictions?

Accessing health remains a challenge in rural and remote areas in a context of a declining and ageing population, a lack of connectivity and infrastructure, as well as a low access to essential public services such as healthcare.

Panama is to stay on an EU list of "non-cooperative" tax-havens - but three micro-states are to get off in a decision due next week.

After the Bundestag elections, SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz has spoken out in favour of a "traffic light" (red, green and yellow) coalition with the Greens and the FDP. But CDU leader Laschet has not given up yet and is seeking to form a government with his party at the helm. European commentators are for the most part optimistic about the situation.

The Social Democrats (SPD) have won the German election with 25.7 percent of the vote, but the CDU/CSU (24.1 percent) is not out of the running yet. A three-party coalition involving the Greens and the FDP is the most likely constellation. European media examine the prospects and see both opportunities and risks for their own countries as well as for Europe as a whole.

The Ukrainian parliament passed a new law aimed at curbing the influence of oligarchs last Thursday. The country's ultra-rich are now to be listed in a register kept by the National Security and Defence Council, whose members are appointed by the president - a cause of concern for some commentators.