Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In this edition, we look at Boris Johnson’s reaction to the agreement to replace the controversial Northern…
President Biden said he and Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, would work in “lock step” to provide military support to Ukraine. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Shortages of fruit and vegetables — from broccoli, cucumbers and lettuce, to tomatoes, peppers and raspberries — have served up a blame game in Britain. Are sparse shop shelves due to Brexit, bad weather in Spain, supermarket price wars, soaring…
One of Europe’s most staunchly pro-Ukrainian governments faces a challenge in a national election in Estonia on Sunday (5 February) from a far-right party that is seeking to capitalise on dissatisfaction with the rising cost of living. If, as opinion…
Ninety-two per cent of Ukrainians favour EU membership by 2030, the latest poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology for the National Democratic Institute (NDI) finds. Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in December 2021, only 67% said they would…
Col. Paris Davis’s nomination in 1965, for saving three teammates while injured in battle, hit a wall. It was revived in recent years. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
The unexpected announcement by the Spanish construction giant Ferrovial to move its headquarters from Madrid to The Netherlands over better tax policies prompted a storm of reactions in Spain on Thursday, with left-wing junior coalition member Unidas Podemos accusing the…
Libyan Interior Minister Emad Trabelsi was arrested in Paris on Friday (3 March), the media Libya Review reported. Trabelsi was arrested at Charles de Gaulle airport “carrying a large sum of cash”. He was released after several hours. #BREAKING@LibyaReview sources…
A report about a warrantless surveillance program detailed new limits imposed since 2021, but it did not provide a number for how often the F.B.I. searched it for Americans’ information in 2022. Send any friend a story As a subscriber,…
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė believes that Europe should develop its security system without Russia. “Sometimes there are voices saying that it will still be necessary to somehow develop a security system together with Russia. In my view, such thinking…