EUROPEAN POLITICS

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 how European…

The country’s left-wing government approved a new raft of measures to tackle the cost of living crisis, among them a reduction in VAT on food products over the next six…

Italian social democrat MEP Andrea Cozzolino will not invoke parliamentary immunity for Qatargate but his party in Italy, the Democratic Party (PD/S&D), is ready to vote to lift it if…

The funds from the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) is not a cheque given by the European Commission but a contract signed with the EU with goals, milestones and objectives,…

Slovenian National Assembly Speaker Urška Klakočar Zupančič is facing backlash for using a government jet to fly from Ljubljana to Vienna for the Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Eve concert, a…

Leader of North Macedonia’s opposition party VMRO DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski has called for early elections as a solution to the dire political situation, suggesting two dates in mid-May. One of…

Albania launched its first two satellites, Albania 1 and Albania 2, into orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station this week, hoping they will aid a crackdown on drug cultivation…

The EU on Wednesday (4 January) defended a trip by its top diplomat to Morocco, which has been linked, along with Qatar, to a graft scandal unrolling at the European…

Eleni Touloupaki, Greece’s former head of the Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, who investigated the scandal involving Novartis pharma company, has asked the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) to…

State-owned PKN Orlen allegedly inflated fuel prices last year, causing outrage amongst motorists and local governments. PKN Orlen, Poland’s state-owned fuel company, is accused of deliberately inflating margins on its…