Surprisingly, ending the war in, or rather on, Yemen is no longer an immediate concern. The gratuitous violence can continue, for there are now other priorities, or so we are told. Amongst them are development and fostering resilience, whatever these…
A Belgian financial messaging service is once again at the center of an international sanctions fight. Members of the Ukrainian Army at a training site in Volnovakha, Ukraine. The United States could levy sanctions against Russia if it invades Ukraine.…
An EU-Libya deal under which migrants desperate to reach Europe are turned back and held in “hellish” conditions must be ended, Amnesty International said on Monday (31 January), the pact’s fifth anniversary. The rights organisation said that, over those five…
Former Justice Minister Christiane Taubira has won France’s ‘People’s Primary’, a citizen-led electoral initiative organised by left-wing parties. However, the new format has struggled to find a candidate that the French left can unite behind. EURACTIV France reports. Taubira was…
Cyprus’s highest court on Monday (31 January) quashed the conviction of a British woman found guilty by a lower court of faking a claim that she was gang-raped on the island in 2019, lawyers said. The woman appealed in September…
The European Union is planning to introduce a levy for carbon-intensive goods later this decade, but it risks creating more post-Brexit problems on the island of Ireland, landing importers of UK goods with potentially expensive new procedures. The carbon border…
Nothing boosts a politician’s image better than posturing as a leader during times of war. As Boris Johnson’s approval rating sinks to an all-time low over lockdown parties at Downing Street, the Ukraine crisis has thrown him a lifeline. Instead…
Forty-four per cent of Europeans believe that climate change should be a priority topic at the Conference on the Future of Europe, according to a new Eurobarometer survey commissioned by the European Parliament and the European Commission. The survey, conducted…
Since January 1, France has held the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union. For six months, Paris will set the pace and will be responsible for steering the discussions between the member states in Brussels. But what…
Justice Stephen G. Breyer, who said last week that he planned to retire, enlivened Supreme Court arguments with questions that could confuse and amuse. Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s habit of asking elaborate and fanciful questions at oral arguments has, the…