The European Commission sent letters of formal notice to Belgium for failing to transpose various environmental and transport directives into national law on time. The Commission sent a letter of formal notice to 15 member states, including Belgium, for not…
Hungarian Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó defended his country’s continued block of formally convening the body responsible for developing the NATO-Ukraine relationship over minority rights row with Kyiv. NATO foreign ministers began a two-day meeting in Bucharest on…
A new trio, including Representatives Katherine Clark of Massachusetts as No. 2 and Pete Aguilar of California as No. 3, will take the reins in January, replacing Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her team. Send any friend a story As a…
While recommending the freezing of EU funds under the rule of law conditionality mechanism, the European Commission gave a formal green light to Hungary’s recovery plan. However, the disbursement of the recovery money would be linked to 27 ‘supermilestones’. On…
Yesterday’s speech by German Economy Minister Robert Habeck gave the impression of an almost paradigmatic shift in German economic thinking. In response to Washington’s Inflation Reduction Act and surging energy prices, Habeck outlined an eight-point plan to save the EU…
Four months were not enough for the Hungarian parliament to vote on Sweden and Finland joining NATO. Although Viktor Orban’s government has shown it can move legislation quickly when it wants to, he announced last week that the vote will…
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The House was poised to approve a bill to impose a tentative agreement that President Biden helped broker earlier this year and a separate measure to add seven days of paid leave, a key demand of rail workers. Send any…
Universities need to stop actively recruiting international students, the House of Representatives said on Tuesday due to the strain it has on resources. According to the House of Representatives, the number of students coming in is now affecting the amount…
Over half of the Dutch public are not positive about EU enlargement in the Western Balkans, according to a new report which also lays bare a fundamental lack of knowledge on accession criteria. Many observers have classified the Netherlands as…