To be the EU’s new climate chief, Hoekstra must reach out to the left
Wopke Hoekstra, the Dutch nominee to become the EU’s new climate commissioner, will need backing from at least four political groups in the European Parliament if he wants to be…
October 2023
Angry miners continue to block roads in Bulgaria over plans to abandon coal
Bulgarian miners who are blocking highways and key roads in southern Bulgaria in a protest against the government – which officially submitted their territorial Just Transition Plans to the EU…
Romanian defence system detects unauthorised airspace entry, citizens alerted
The radar surveillance system of the Romanian Army identified potential unauthorised access into its national airspace on Friday night, prompting alerts to citizens near the Ukrainian border about potential falling…
McCarthy’s Speakership Is in Jeopardy This Week After a Threat to Oust Him
Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces a major test of his leadership in the days ahead, after one of his loudest Republican critics in the House promised to try to remove him…
Slovak elections: Hungary celebrates, EU switches to alert mode
The victory of pro-Putin Robert Fico in Slovakia’s elections pleased Budapest, which saw an ally coming to power but caused concern among pro-EU forces. Although the formation of a government…
Vučić: Serbia does not want war with Kosovo
Serbia’s army has no intention of going over the administrative line with Kosovo as an escalation of the conflict would be counterproductive to Serbia’s desire to join the EU, Serbian…
Green issues neglected in EU’s future priority list, NGOs warn
Environmental crises have largely been left out of a draft list of future EU priorities to be discussed during an informal meeting of EU leaders in Spain this week, according…
The ‘Third Way’ to determine PiS dominance in Polish politics
Although most analysts focus on the fight between the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party and the opposition Civic Coalition (KO) bloc ahead of the Polish elections, PiS internal surveys…
Polish opposition holds massive Warsaw rally ahead of tight election
Hundreds of thousands of people held an opposition rally in Warsaw on Sunday (1 October), two weeks ahead of an election that the liberal Civic Platform (PO) says may decide…
EU Greens court Yolanda Díaz in Madrid, as Left keeps careful distance
The European Greens closed ranks with the leftist coalition Sumar on 29-30