The US Trade Representative’s office on Wednesday (26 April) added Belarus to an intellectual property rights watch list over a new law allowing the unauthorized use of copyrighted works from countries sanctioning Belarus for its support of Russia’s war in…
The government will meet its climate goals under the EU’s Fit for 55 package by introducing additional measures to reduce CO2 emissions by further 22 megatons until 2030, Climate and Energy Policy Minister Rob Jetten announced on Wednesday. Introduced in…
Ireland’s first ‘Clean Air Strategy’, aimed at reducing pollution-related deaths and improving air quality to meet targets set by the World Health Organisation (WHO), was approved by the government on Wednesday. Poor air quality, caused by burning fossil fuels for…
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne presented a government roadmap on Wednesday (26 April) aiming to lay down “concrete solutions” in areas including immigration, ecology, health, and education and appease the nation after fierce protests over a recent pension reform. Read…
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, we look at the admission by EU migration…
The president of the European People’s Party (EPP), Manfred Weber, and the head of the Spanish centre-right delegation to the European Parliament, Dolors Montserrat, on Wednesday, accused EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius of “campaigning” for the socialist-led Spanish government due to…
Russia’s decision to temporarily take over the Russian assets of Fortum has not caused panic among investors and after a slump, the company’s share recovered. The Russian Federal Agency for State Property Management announced on Tuesday evening that the assets…
The Swedish government was urged on Wednesday to speed up the next governmental decision on defence and rearmament to take effect as early as 20
Slovakia has avoided a real debate about its relationship, economic and political, with China, straddling between more hawkish voices in its neighbourhood, most prominently Czech and Lithuanian ones, and the China doves in countries such as Hungary (Photo: Jean Beller)…
Spain and Brazil have joined forces to make progress on the currently stalled EU-Mercosur trade agreement, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his Brazilian counterpart, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, announced in Madrid on Wednesday. Sánchez (PSOE/S&D) held a joint…