Bulgaria and Romania could join Schengen fully by the end of the year. Austria would have decided to eliminate its veto which was keeping the practice suspended, with Vienna pushing to maintain border controls fearing an increase in irregular immigration. The first steps The two Eastern European countries joined the European Union in 2007, but only at the beginning of ...
Olaf Scholz’s return trip from the G20 in Rio de Janeiro will certainly be accompanied by quite a bit of turbulence. Political turmoil, which is growing among the leaders of the German Social Democratic Party, divided on the candidate to propose for the chancellorship race. A possible official decision on Scholz’s candidacy was expected by the end of the month, ...
Major maneuvers underway in Brussels on the management of the funds of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. According to what the Politico newspaper reveals, Ursula von der Leyen is evaluating a reform of the staff who manage the money attributed by the European Union to the Member States through the Recovery Fund. The EU Commission is thinking of moving ...
A thousand days. They are those that have passed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Kiev has little to celebrate and an even worse situation seems to be looming on the horizon. The Ukrainian troops, busy fighting on multiple fronts, are tired and the search for men willing to fight is starting to be tiring. The capital is in the constant ...
Vladimir Putin has approved an updated nuclear doctrine that states that Russia will be able to use nuclear weapons as a “last resort to protect the country’s sovereignty” if it is threatened by a nuclear or conventional weapons attack. The decision on their possible use will be up to the president, but Moscow believes it is “necessary” to relax the ...
European tractors take to the streets again. This time at the center of the protests is Mercosur, the trade agreement that the European Union is about to conclude with four Latin American countries. The protests started from France, the country that is most opposed to the conclusion of the treaty, but quickly spread to Germany, Poland and Italy. European agricultural ...
Still rifts within the European Union countries over the war in the Gaza Strip and relations with Israel. This time the debate is fueled by the words of Josep Borrell, the head of diplomacy of the European Union. “There are no more words to define what is happening in Gaza, I have run out of them. 70% of the dead ...
Next, the Europa Today newsletter that every Sunday morning tells you what will happen in the coming European week, edited by Alfonso Bianchi (for comments, suggestions or criticisms write to [email protected]). Top of the agenda The day of reckoning – The day of reckoning has arrived for the new Commission. The Conference of Presidents will meet in the EU Parliament ...
The European Union has “conclusive” evidence that armed drones are being produced for the Russian army in China’s western Xinjiang region and used in the war in Ukraine. Brussels has asked Beijing for answers on the matter. This is what several diplomatic sources revealed to the international press. This sensitive information will be discussed by EU foreign ministers during a ...
The hearings of the 26 commissioners appointed by Ursula von der Leyen are over, but the agreement regarding the European Parliament vote that gives the definitive green light to the EU executive is not really solid. In addition to disagreements and reservations relating to some key appointments, such as vice president Teresa Ribera and executive vice president Raffaele Fitto, it ...