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 ...
The already creaking coalition in government in Germany risks completely imploding. Chancellor Olaf Scholz is doing everything he can to try to keep together the so-called ‘traffic light’ executive, named after the colors red, yellow and green which represent the three parties that compose it: Social Democrats, Liberals and Greens. But now almost no one believes that the legislature will ...
The incumbent president of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, has won a second term in the presidential elections. The pro-Western candidate beat her pro-Russian opponent Alexandr Stoianoglo in the runoff. The electoral contest was characterized by accusations of Russian interference, electoral fraud and intimidation. According to the Central Election Commission, with over 99% of the votes counted in the ...