Since Romania and Bulgaria’s partial Schengen entry doesn’t remove passport controls at the land border — only at sea and air borders — it's highly unlikely that it will boost short-stay or day trips (Photo: wfbakker2) In December, EU member…
Anti-Erdogan poster in Berlin (Photo: strassenstriche.net) Turkey’s local elections have always held significant implications — not just for its domestic political landscape but also for its relationships with international partners, including the European Union. With the 2024 local elections next…
Donald Tusk, leader of Poland’s Civic Platform, visiting Brussels in October after his election success (Photo: European Commission) To the joy of rule-of-law activists around Europe — and the relief of the hundreds of persecution victims in Poland — the…
Europe’s political parties have reason to worry that promising action on bold carbon-cutting targets will be like turkeys voting for Christmas (Photo: electoralcommission.org.uk) Climate-doubters claim top spot in the Netherlands. A boiler ban puts the German government on the back…
The EU’s shocking U-turn on animal welfare is a story that needs to be told (Photo: Compassion in World Farming) It wasn’t long ago when animal advocates celebrated an unprecedented commitment by the European Commission to ban cages for 300…
EU Commission president Ursual von der Leyen and European Parliament president Roberta Metsola visit Israel in the immediate aftermath of the 7 October attack (Photo: EU Commission) In the face of horrendous Israeli-Palestinian violence, European leaders have revived calls for…
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One thing that has changed significantly about COP is the scale — in Poland in 2008 fewer than 10,000 people attended (Photo: Pascale Palmer) The big end-of-year COP28 climate summit is a strange beast — thousands of similar-minded delegates in…
Why is the EU Commission proposing that fruit juice can make the claim ‘no added sugars’ — when in fact a glass of juice contains about as much sugar as a glass of Coca-Cola? (Photo: Pixabay) When the EU Commission…
The European Parliament faces pressure from certain members states afraid of upsetting publisher groups who have lobbied hard against any rules affecting their business (Photo: TheClimateRealityProject) After months of intense and often volatile debate, the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA)…
Slovak PM Robert Fico has repeatedly said that Russia's war against Ukraine is not our war, and that Slovakia would not send a single bullet to Ukraine (Photo: council.europa.eu) Anyone claiming to know where Robert Fico’s government will lead Slovakia…
Is Wopke Hoekstra still in touch with McKinsey or ex-colleagues? (Photo: European Union) As Biblical floods submerge southern Somalia — a year after being gripped by drought, and with scorching heat waves nearing 60 degrees Celsius asphyxiating Brazil, the newly-appointed…