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 ...
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 auditions begin – The hearings of the European commissioners begin in Brussels, with the candidates who will have to pass the examination in the ...
Giorgia Meloni’s government “fills its mouth with the desire to protect the automotive sector”, and then in the midst of the crisis “moves four billion from the sector to give it to Defence”. Benedetta Scuderi, Green MEP, says she is “shocked” by the executive’s decision contained in the latest budget law in an interview with Europa Today. Campania politicians have ...
Georgia is increasingly distant from the European Union. “The course of action taken by the Tbilisi government jeopardizes the country’s path towards the EU, effectively halting the accession process.” This is the opinion of the European Commission contained in its annual report on enlargement, which takes stock of the progress of negotiations in the candidate countries. A troubled path Georgia ...
The European Union should equip itself with a common intelligence service, which puts into operation all the information collected by the various secret services of the member countries, to better defend itself from threats from external actors, both state and non-state. It is one of the proposals contained in the report on strengthening EU military preparedness, a report that aims ...
The conflict continues over the elections in Georgia, which went to the vote on October 26 and ended up at the center of tensions between Western countries and Russia. While the Kremlin denies any influence on the electoral process, Brussels and Washington are insistently calling for checks on the alleged irregularities. The country’s prosecutor’s office summoned the pro-EU president Salomè ...