With the EU elections just around the corner, decision-makers would do wisely to deliver on their green commitments (Photo: Coline Balfroid) Brussels and the EU institutions with which it has become synonymous is often dismissed as a bureaucratic blackhole. But…
EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, dressed in the yellow and blue of Ukraine. If there is one sector in which Ukraine's immediate integration with the EU would be strategically crucial, it is the defence industry (Photo: European Parliament)…
Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, created some excitement last year by scolding his diplomats for not being assertive enough in ‘communicating the EU’s narrative' (Photo: European External Action Service) Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, created some…
When explosive weapons are used in populated areas, up to 90 per cent of victims are civilians (Photo: UNRWA) Since 7 October, when Hamas forces entered Israeli territory, killing an estimated 1,400 people — the vast majority of whom were…
The ECJ seems to regard the transparency of judiciary as a costly, time-consuming and resource-intensive administrative burden — rather than an issue of open justice (Photo: Unsplash) A lot of attention has been paid in recent years to how the…
In Ukraine, the lines between football, politics, and war are indelibly blurred. The frequent disruptions of matches due to air raid alerts, coupled with the absence of fans in stadiums, stand as somber markers of the times (Photo: Bence Balla-Schottner)…
As part of the sanctions a group of countries has imposed on Russia, more than $300bn of Russian sovereign assets held abroad have been frozen (Photo: kremlin.ru) A joint assessment by the government of Ukraine, the World Bank, the European…
Sahra Wagenknecht has left Die Linke [The Left] to set up a new economically leftwing, socially rightwing German party to take on the Alternative for Germany (AfD) (Photo: Die Linke) In the 1990s Sahra Wagenknecht was a member of the…
Europe and the US are sending the message that human rights and international law apply to some, but not to others. This attitude makes the West morally bankrupt in the eyes of the rest of the world (Photo: Annie Spratt)…
The attack on Israeli civilians by Hamas and Islamic Jihad was a war crime and a crime against humanity, but that is also true of the collective punishment Israel is now inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza (Photo: Israeli Air Force)…
Gaza, during the October 2023 Israeli bombing (Photo: UNRWA) Within the corridors of diplomacy, an unsettling silence hangs heavy when it comes to addressing the predicament of Gaza. This silence is entangled in narratives that are often influenced by politics…
The EU estimates a need for an additional €477bn per year to 2030, in the energy and transport sectors alone (Photo: Greg Rosenke) The last few months have brought increasing clarity on the legislative framework underpinning the European Green Deal…