UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak could decide next week on whether to accept an arrangement that would finally see the UK obtain access to the €95 billion Horizon Europe research and development funding programme after two and a half years…
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The main contention points in the European Parliament’s debate about an EU broadband law are how to deal with tower companies and the rules for permits, while divisions over the senders-pay principle loom in the background. The Gigabit Infrastructure Act…
Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded, where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques will bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In this edition, Eleonora Vasques reports from the Ocean Viking close…
Germany is undergoing a cultural shift from restrictive immigration regulation towards actively recruiting skilled labour abroad but is struggling to make the country welcoming for foreign workers, German Labour Minister Hubertus Heil said on Wednesday. Last year, Germany was missing…
The Commission’s proposal to loosen rules on certain new genetic techniques (NGTs) on Wednesday was strongly condemned by Austrian governing parties, opposition, and environmental organisations who fear it could threaten the country’s large organics sector. Austria could be among the…
The French government said on Thursday (6 July) that EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders had no competence to comment on policing in France in the wake of recent riots. After police killed a 17-year-old boy from an impoverished suburb of…
Hungarian riot police attack demonstrators protesting against the law on 4 May (Photo: Katalin Cseh) On Tuesday (4 July), the Hungarian parliament passed a troubling piece of legislation known by its critics as the ‘revenge law’, which aims to punish…
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Travel to and from Sweden’s airports increased in June by 1