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The worrying Chinese projects in Orban’s Hungary

Viktor Orbán has doubled-down on his commitment to building out an ‘Eastern Opening’ in Hungarian foreign policy and become Beijing's most reliable partner within the EU (Photo: European Parliament) Chinese police officers may soon participate in joint patrols on the…

The farming lobby vs Europe’s wolves

No one would deny that wolves periodically kill farm animals — but the political attention that these large carnivores receive is disproportionate to the damage they cause (Photo: Darren Welsh) Over the past few years, farming and hunting organisations have…

Why are the banking lobby afraid of a digital euro?

The European Parliament’s forthcoming deliberations are decisive. The outcome will either pave the way for a competitive digital euro by 2026 or stifle its potential (Photo: Pexels) Over the next few weeks, the European Parliament will negotiate and vote on…

Right of Reply: The EU-ACP Samoa agreement

The Samoa Agreement was signed in November 2023. As of February 2024, 12 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries have not signed the agreement (Photo: European Union) Dear Editor, In response to Gilbert Onyango’s article, Energy and minerals disputes overshadow new…

Joined-up EU defence procurement on the horizon?

Europe’s weaknesses have become clear as the Ukraine war drags on. Despite national and joint incentives to boost domestic production, Europe's supply chains have fallen short of fulfilling the needs of the Ukrainian resistance (Photo: Yarden Sachs) The EU’s internal…

For Ukraine’s sake, pass the EU due diligence directive

The war in Ukraine has clearly demonstrated that human lives can be totally dependent on companies’ behaviour during conflict (Photo: UNICEF) EU companies will be actively involved in rebuilding Ukraine, in fact, they have already started as the war continues.…

Why the EU silence on why Orban’s €10bn was unblocked?

Hungary’s Viktor Orban (second right) with EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, and Emmanuel Macron of France, Germany’s Olaf Scholz, Italy’s Georgia Meloni, and EU Council president Charles Michel, ahead of a EU summit (Photo: European Commission) On 13…

Creating the conditions for just peace in Ukraine

(Photo: Markus Spiske) Editor’s note: We’ve partnered with the newsletter Brussels Dispatches, launched by Wilf King and Pierre Minoves, respectively working for the European Parliament and Commission. The newsletter provides an accessible, personable, high-level overview of why the upcoming EP…