EUROPEAN POLITICS
Increasing tensions with Kosovo have laid bare political division in Kosovo as parties struggle to find unity on issues including contentious negotiations with Belgrade and relations with the US and EU. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Albin Kurti held a meeting…
Following reports on Chinese government outposts set up to monitor and harass nationals on bloc territory, information is emerging on similar third-country operations, with governments around Europe often evasively confirming their existence but coming up short on action. In September,…
France would not be prepared for a high-intensity war as the government’s defence budget is currently insufficient, Pierre de Villiers, the former Chief of Staff of the French Army, told Le Parisien in an interview published Tuesday. France will allocate…
Sweden continues to deal with Kurdish organisations Turkey views as terrorists, said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after meeting Sweden’s new Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Ankara on Tuesday, despite the Swedish government announcing it will distance itself from the YPG…
Greece will soon ban the sale of spyware, the conservative government said on Monday (7 November), after a newspaper report that more than 30 people, including ministers and business people, had been under state surveillance via phone malware. A list…
Increasing disinformation, cyberattacks and drones have got Finland’s authorities worried while the country’s transmission system operator steps up security measures. Meanwhile, EU countries struggle to find a common vision for securing critical infrastructure in the short term. Sabotage against critical…
Israel Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday (3 November) congratulated Benjamin Netanyahu on his election win as final results confirmed the former premier’s triumphant comeback at the head of a solidly right-wing alliance. Netanyahu’s victory is set to end an unprecedented stalemate…
In her first trip to Brussels, new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that she would bring “the strong voice of Italy to the EU” but gave her support for the bloc’s actions on the war in Ukraine, the energy crisis…
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 address the sharp polarisation between conservatives and…
Danes on Tuesday (1 November) handed the Social Democratic Party a mandate to form a new government in a general election seen as a vote of confidence in Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s handling of the pandemic and her leadership to…
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The downfall of Britain’s conservatives shows that governments shouldn’t embrace unfunded tax cuts, nor emulate populists to lure back supporters, writes Carla Subirana Artús. Carla Subirana Artús is an Economist at Oxford Economics. She is writing in a personal capacity.…