Italy continues to push to revise the European Union’s plan to switch to electric cars from 2035, as the region’s auto industry struggles with the transition. Together with the Czech Republic, our country has produced a document in which it asks Brussels to recognize a “wider range” of solutions beyond battery electric vehicles and hydrogen cars. According to a draft ...
Giorgia Meloni seems intent on demonstrating that she can be a reliable (perhaps even indispensable) partner for the new European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen. After having abstained in the European Council on the nomination of the German, and after the Brothers of Italy even voted against the confidence in the European Parliament, now things seem to have ...
European Union leaders are trying to send the first strong signal of support to Ukraine after the US presidential elections. They do so in the context of the European Summit of Heads of Government of the European Union taking place in Budapest on 8 November, announcing the extension of the mandate of the European Union Military Assistance Mission in Support ...
Olivier Varhelyi did not get the green light from MEPs during the hearing in the Brussels Parliament. The candidate for the role of Hungarian commissioner will now have to submit to further written questions from parliamentarians which he will have to answer by Monday. So far he is the only one of the sixteen commissioners examined not to have obtained ...
After Donald Trump’s overwhelming victory in the US elections, from Ursula von der Leyen to Emmanuel Macron in Europe there was a unanimous chorus of congratulations and invitations for collaboration towards the republican. But the reality is that in the old continent everyone (or almost everyone) was rooting for Kamala Harris, aware of the fact that a return of the ...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has received the green light from Parliament to extend the possibility of ruling by decree for another six months. The decision was justified by the extension of the state of emergency due to the war in Ukraine, extended until May 2025. The decision will certainly not be well received in Brussels, where the excessive centralization ...
Estonia has decided to reduce the rights of Russian citizens who have been living on its territory for years. The country plans to revoke their and Belarusians’ right to vote in local elections, a measure aimed at countering what the government sees as the risk of pro-Kremlin influence. About a quarter of the Baltic nation’s population, which amounts to a ...
The European Union’s anti-fraud office, Olaf, has opened an investigation into a loophole that allows countries like Turkey to export Russian oil to Europe, oil that should instead be banned due to sanctions against Moscow for invasion of Ukraine. This was revealed by Politico, which cites people familiar with the matter. The scheme is possible thanks to a clause in ...
It had been in the air for days and now the official announcement has arrived. China has lodged an appeal with the World Trade Organization (WTO) in response to the European Union’s introduction of definitive tariffs on imports of Chinese electric cars on 31 October. Beijing, according to a note from the Ministry of Commerce published today, brought the case ...
The hearings of the future European commissioners have begun in Brussels, which will establish whether the candidates nominated by the EU governments will pass the exam in the Chamber and will be able to take office in the new executive led by Ursula von der Leyen. Just as in national institutions a Government cannot be formed without the approval of ...