There are those who dismiss the specter of the 93 billion euro economic bazooka against the United States and those who instead claim its use. The date February 6 is circled in red on the calendar, when the frozen counterduties would automatically come into effect the day after the trade agreement reached between Ursula Von der Leyen and Donald Trump ...
Washington threatens, Brussels seeks dialogue. The imperative is to avoid a trade escalation with Donald Trump, but all measures are on the table. At least this is the line that emerges in the Commission and in the main European chancelleries against the backdrop of a tug of war between the two sides of the Atlantic – and NATO allies – ...
The European Union will propose to phase out Chinese-made equipment from critical infrastructure. The measure will affect telecommunications networks (including 5G networks), solar energy systems and security scanners, excluding companies such as Huawei and ZTE. The hypothesis, anticipated by Financial Timeshas a dual objective: on the one hand to reduce the EU’s dependence on companies based outside the old continent, ...
Next, the newsletter of Europa Today which every Monday morning tells you what will happen in the European week Top of the agenda The new telecommunications framework – After the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act, the Digital Networks Act is the last piece of the puzzle of European digital legislation that the European Commission is ready to ...
The “Arctic Endurance” military operation in Greenland has come to life, proposed by Denmark – which maintains sovereignty over the island – and supported by some European countries, in response to Donald Trump’s expansionist aims. The mission has a limited military dimension, but significant political weight. It is certainly a tool to strengthen security in the Arctic, but it is ...
Ahead of the next plenary session of the European Parliament, which will be held from 19 to 22 January in Strasbourg, MEPs from the different political groups present their priorities. They will be there – Matteo RicciDemocratic Party (S&D) – Paolo BorchiaLeague (Patriots for Europe) – Salvatore Di MeoForza Italia (EPP) – Stefano Cavedagna. FdI (Ecr) – Leoluca OrlandoVerdi/Avs (Greens) ...
Hungary will go to the polls on April 12 to elect the new Parliament. And for the first time in 16 years, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban risks seeing his power taken away by his opponent (and former loyalist) Peter Magyar. World sovereignists have come to the aid of the far-right Hungarian leader, expressing their support in a video published ...
Beijing and Brussels seem to have reached an agreement on an issue that has split bilateral relations in two: the exports of Chinese-made electric vehicles to the Old Continent. The agreement, reached after months of threats culminating in heavy European duties on electric cars and Chinese trade retaliation, was announced by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce at the same time ...
Next, the newsletter of Europa Today which every Monday morning tells you what will happen in the European week Top of the agenda Trip to Paraguay – With the green light received on 9 January from the 27 ambassadors to the free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur – the South American common market which includes Argentina, Brazil, ...
After 25 years of negotiations, the green light has been given to the free trade agreement between the European Union and the South American common market of which Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay are members. Mercosur agreement, Italy in favor and France against: what changes for European agriculture The agreement, which is expected to create the largest free trade ...