French GDP predicted to decline slightly by end of year
French economic activity is expected to fall by 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to the French public statistics institute, but insisting that it will not lead to…
December 2022
The not-so-soft killing of the EU’s Farm to Fork strategy
It would be a slap in the face of the 1.1 million EU citizens that signed the official European citizen initiative 'Save Bees and Farmers initiative' (Photo: Dearbhlaith Larkin &…
Belgian PM calls for coordinated EU response to IRA, energy crisis
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo called for an EU response to high energy prices and the US Inflation Reduction Act on his arrival at the EU summit in Brussels…
Court strikes down DUP stance on customs checks
The move by Northern Irish Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots to suspend import checks on goods entering the territory from Great Britain was illegal, the High Court ruled on Thursday. In…
Frontex interim director under investigation
Aija Kalnaja, the interim head of the EU’s border guard agency Frontex is under investigation by the EU anti-corruption watchdog (OLAF), it was confirmed to EURACTIV on Friday (16 December).…
Swedish far-right migration minister attend press conference together for first time
The Deputy party leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats party participated in a press conference on resident permits with the migration minister on Thursday even though his party is not…
Portugal’s cabinet approves €240 support for one million families
Families receiving minimum benefits or benefiting from the social tariff on energy will be given €240 after Portugal’s cabinet approved the support on Thursday, said Labour Minister Ana Mendes Godinho.…
EXCLUSIVE: Another MEP and journalist the latest victims of ‘Greek Watergate’
Renew Europe MEP Giorgos Kyrtsos and investigative journalist Tasos Teloglou are the latest victims of the ‘Greek Watergate’, a wiretapping scandal that has been shaking Athens for months. Sources close…
How to restore the European Parliament’s reputation
One of the most striking features of this scandal is the fact that it was the Belgian police — working on this case for months — who spotted what was…
Wagner Group: Burkina Faso anger over Russian mercenary link
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Burkina Faso President Capt Ibrahim Traoré seized power in September promising to reverse gains made by Islamist militantsBy Lalla SyBBC News The military authorities in…