After weeks of absence Ursula von der Leyen is about to return to the command posts of the European Commission. The president was hospitalized for severe pneumonia which forced her to abandon her commitments, an absence which sparked quite a bit of controversy due to the lack of transparency towards the press regarding what was happening . The missions “The ...
Europe is “not at war” but not “at peace” either, and its security “will depend on the outcome of the war in Ukraine”. This is the message launched by the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, hearing for the first time in this role in the European Parliament. “I am deeply concerned about the security situation in Europe, we are ...
The “great challenge” for ecologists “is to begin to make people understand how much need there is for a democratic, united Europe, for peace and for people”. This is the message that Benedetta Scuderi launched while speaking at Ri-Generazione Ecologista, the second congress of the Young Green Europeanists (Gev), which took place in Teramo and was attended by around 100 ...
Zoran Milanovic was re-elected president of Croatia with an overwhelming majority of 75 percent, defeating his conservative rival Dragan Primorac in the run-off. It is the highest result achieved by a presidential candidate since the country’s independence in 1991. Despite being a largely ceremonial role, Milanovic’s broad victory is the latest setback for the Croatian Democratic Union’s popular party (Hdz), ...
Slovakia is ready to block European aid to Ukraine if Kiev does not allow the reopening of the pipelines that brought Russian gas to Europe. The Prime Minister of Bratislava, Robert Fico, is continuing his pressure on the European allies and is having talks with Vladimir Putin to try to find a solution that will allow the country to continue ...
A new newspaper appears in the world of European information: The New Union Post, an English-language magazine that turns the spotlight on a key issue for the European Union, enlargement. The newspaper aims to report and analyze the political and social changes in the countries that aspire to become new EU members. “The EU enlargement process is much more than ...
For seventy-five minutes, Elon Musk wore the journalist’s shoes. Deployed, obviously. In the long-awaited virtual chat on can save Germany.” The AfD leader has once again received explicit support from the richest man on Earth, who for weeks has intervened in German politics (and not only) with harsh criticism of the chancellor and the president. Musk against everyone: this is ...
Armenia joins the states dreaming of joining the European Union. Yerevan’s government has approved a bill calling for the country, once part of the Soviet Union, to launch a bid to join the bloc. In recent years the nation has deepened ties with the West at the expense of traditionally close relations with Vladimir Putin’s Russia, accused of failing to ...
Either a government led by the far right in alliance with the People’s Party, or new elections in May: these seem to be the only two paths left in Austria, with the country unable to emerge from a long political crisis. The parliamentary elections in the country were held last September 29th and marked a historic affirmation of the radical ...
Italy has managed to slow migrant flows by building a wall on its border with Turkey and having it patrolled by drones. The statement of the conservative MP Suella Braverman, former Secretary of State for the Interior, famous for her extreme positions against migrants, has sparked irony and controversy in the United Kingdom. Speaking on LBC radio, the Tory leader ...