EUROPEAN POLITICS
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.…
The fulfilment of Italy’s economic recovery plan is set to top the agenda when new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meets EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday (3 November). The Italian leader will perform her first visit outside Italy in Brussels,…
The European Union signed an agreement with Egypt on Sunday (30 October) for the first phase of a €80 million border management programme, a statement from the EU delegation in Cairo said, at a time when Egyptian migration to Europe…
God bless Liz Truss! As confusing as this may sound – after all, she just resigned last week – her short and inglorious reign in Downing Street has offered salutary lessons to the rest of Europe. There is no question…
Italy’s new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni insisted that her government would be at the core of the EU in a speech on Tuesday (25 October) that played down her party’s euroscepticism and links to the far-right. In her first major…
Bulgaria’s caretaker government will not present a draft 2023 budget to parliament, finance minister Rositsa Velkova said on Tuesday (25 October), potentially leaving its successor with the tough choice of either breaching EU fiscal rules or slashing spending. Speaking to…
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Italy’s outgoing premier Mario Draghi used his last day on the European stage Friday (21 October) to warn both his fellow leaders and his far-right successor that a united Europe should remain their “guiding star”. European leaders gave Draghi, a…
With the Albanian capital of Tirana’s reign as the European Youth Capital entering the final stretch, attention is turning to quantifying the success and lasting impact of the initiative amid criticism from those on the ground. The title is awarded…
Tens of thousands of people marched in Berlin on Saturday (22 October) in a show of support for protesters in Iran where unrest ignited by Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody entered a sixth week despite a deadly state crackdown.…