France’s Attal pledges to ‘de-bureaucratise’ France in first major speech
France’s freshly-appointed Prime Minister Gabriel Attal vowed to take down bureaucracy and regulatory burden in a major speech in the National Assembly on Tuesday (30
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EU floats Hungary compromise before decisive Ukraine aid summit
EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday (1 February) are likely to propose holding an annual debate on a planned €50
Majority of EU Parliament backs call for Ukraine aid in message to Orbán
The centre-right European People’s Party, liberal Renew, Socialists and Democrats, Greens, and national-conservative ECR all urged EU leaders to agree on further financial aid for Ukraine’s defence efforts during the…
Catalan separatists threaten to topple Sánchez government over amnesty law
The Catalan pro-independence party has threatened to withdraw its support for Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s socialist party if they do not a pass “comprehensive” amnesty law to pardon all…
The Brief – EU election is a battle of placeholders
The upcoming EU election was meant to be a shining example of the Europeanisation of democracy. But with the once-promising lead candidate system dying a slow death, it seems the…
Measures of power sharing deal for Northern Ireland announced
UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris briefed British MPs on Wednesday (31 January) on the details of a deal to restore the Northern Irish Assembly after two…
Inside Impeachment’s Rise as a Weapon of Partisan Warfare
Impeachment was once seen as perhaps the most serious check on corruption and abuse of power developed by the founders. Now it looks in danger of becoming just another tool…
Wartime Ukraine ranks among world’s top performers in anti-corruption index
Ukraine recorded solid progress last year in its long struggle with corruption, according to the latest edition of Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. Wartime Ukraine climbed twelve places in the…
The election year of 2024 is the climate’s window of opportunity
40% of the world’s population will be voting in the coming months. This is an opportunity for citizens around the world to call for more action to tackle the climate…
Hungary’s ties to Russia make Europeans ‘increasingly uncomfortable’
Over the past two years, Budapest’s ties with Russia have become the ‘elephant in the room’. As European leaders brace for their biggest fight with Budapest so far over a…