Greece’s Tsipras resigns from leftist Syriza’s leadership
Alexis Tsipras, the former prime minister of Greece and leader of the main opposition Syriza party (EU Left), resigned on Thursday (29 June) following a poor showing in a national…
June 2023
The EPP on manoeuvres
Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques will bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In…
Sanctions — how they work, and how oligarchs get around them
While sanctions are supposed to always entail asset freezes, whether property is in fact frozen — or, say, remains hidden behind nominee owners and thus cannot be linked to the…
Dutch agrarian party leader calls for realism in migration debate
Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) leader Caroline van der Plas criticised excessive polarisation concerning the migration debate within political circles in a parliamentary discussion on Wednesday and called for more realistic measures…
UK businesses given financial aid to ditch fossil fuels for cleaner alternatives
Businesses across the UK received a share of over £80
Finnish government shows cracks as new minister survives no-confidence vote
The new Economic Affairs Minister and nationalistic Finns Party MP Vilhelm Junnila can continue in the government after surviving a no-confidence vote by a relatively narrow margin of 95 in…
Republicans’ Problem in Attacking Biden: They Helped Pass His Economic Bills
No doubt they will take swings at him anyway. But it may be more difficult to land punches given that plenty of them voted for the bipartisan infrastructure and semiconductor…
Italian opposition calls eurozone bailout fund ratification postponement ‘embarrassing’
Italian opposition parties are up in arms and have called the coalition government’s decision to postpone the much-awaited ratification of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the Eurozone’s bailout fund, embarrassing.…
Romanian parliament passes watered-down special pensions reform
Romanian lawmakers passed the special pension reform requested by the European Commission on Wednesday, though several last-minute changes diluted the law. The special pension reform is an essential milestone for…
Efforts to find French PM’s successor falter as ECB’s Lagarde says ‘no’
Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, has reportedly turned down the post of French prime minister, meaning the incumbent Élisabeth Borne, whose popularity is waiting, particularly after…