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The European Union played a positive role in addressing global challenges, upholding peace and security in the Western Balkans, and supporting Ukraine, said the UK’s UN Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the Security Council briefing on EU-UN Cooperation on Thursday. “We...

Far-right leader Herbert Kickl’s verbal attack on President Alexander Van der Bellen at the traditional “political Ash Wednesday”, where politicians have carte blanche to publicly criticise eachother, has sparked widespread outrage among Austria’s political parties. In Germany, Political Ash Wednesday...

French taxpayers may have to fork out €14.6 billion in unpaid taxes, according to the tax authorities fraud assessment for 2022, the Public Accounts Ministry reported on Thursday. In their assessment for 2022, tax authorities lay out the sums they...

Francesco Giorgi, the partner of European Parliament former vice president Eva Kaili, has been freed from jail but will wear an electronic bracelet, according to a press release by the Belgian prosecution. This development prompted a negative reaction from Kaili.

The Special Envoy of the European Union for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Miroslav Lajçak, said he expects Belgrade and Pristina to accept the European proposal, backed by France and Germany, for the normalisation of relations with Kosovo at the meeting in...

Bulgaria may join the Eurozone on 1 January 2025, European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said in Sofia on Thursday, postponing Bulgaria’s initial plan to join the group in 2024. Three years ago, Bulgaria set the goal of joining the...

Emilia-Romagna Governor Stefano Bonaccini and his former deputy, leftwing MP and former MEP Elly Schlein are through to the primaries for the election of the new leader of Italy’s leading centre-left force, the Democratic party (PD), with the vote scheduled...

It would not be wise for Ukraine to attack Russian territory with weapons it received from the West should it successfully push out Russian forces, said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday, as many Germans increasingly fear this scenario may...

UK universities and researchers are among those waiting most anxiously for the long-awaited compromise agreement on the Northern Ireland protocol in order to finally unlock access to billions of euros of EU Horizon Europe funding. 

As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches the one-year mark with no end in sight, there are hints at how the outcome of the war could transform the global order. What lessons did European policymakers learn from the first year...

The current phase of the war in Ukraine, one year after Russia started its brutal aggression, is reminiscent of the entrenched phase of World War I when hundreds of thousands of soldiers on both sides dies in muddy trenches of Flanders and France, fighting to conquer only a few metres.

A question mark hangs over the timeline of the sustainable use of pesticides regulation (SUR) after a leaked letter showed agriculture MEPs are dragging their feet on the crucial file, leading Commission officials to accuse them of deliberately blocking progress on the regulation.

As the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion nears, Kyiv and its Western allies are looking at how to keep up sustained long-term support. To do so, this could see the EU entering unchartered territories.

The tragedy of both Serbia and the Serbian people is caused by the fascination with Russia as a gulag, Russia as a prison, Russia as an occupier and robber, writes Vuk Drašković.

While free traders generally lament the politicisation of trade for its undermining effect on the multilateral trade order, the more geopolitical tensions might give some EU trade deals the impetus they need to get over the line.

The migrant welcoming system within the EU has “come to the brink of failure" mostly due to inadequate planning and growing needs, the head of a delegation of EU lawmakers declared after completing a visit to three reception hotspots on Wednesday evening (22 February). 

Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In this edition, we look at why there is not much that is new about the alternative...

The European Commission put forth a Connectivity Package on Thursday, including measures to boost the rollout of high-capacity networks in Europe and a public consultation that might pave the way for Big Tech companies to chip in infrastructure costs.

The EU-Mercosur trade deal will substantially increase the trade in agricultural products, including beef, soy and ethanol, commodities that are directly tied to deforestation, greenhouse gas emissions and human rights violations, writes Audrey Changoe.

EU policymakers need to formulate a new strategy if they want to meet net-zero targets on time, writes Lee Beck. In addition to renewables, policy must also support nuclear, as well as carbon capture and storage and zero-carbon fuels, she argues.