Hungary’s top court issues ruling in immigration row with EU
Hungary has the right to apply its own measures in areas where the European Union has yet to take adequate steps for common implementation of EU rules, the Hungarian Constitutional…
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Germany’s Baerbock attempts to square the circle with Poland
Germany’s new Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stressed the importance of German-Polish friendship during her inaugural visit to Warsaw on Friday (10 December) but said “
Leave Serbia, Montenegro to do their homework, says Belgrade’s human rights minister
The European Union should move on outstanding promises of enlarging the bloc while leaving the two frontrunners in the waiting room, Serbia and Montenegro, to ‘do their homework’, Serbia’s Human…
The Brief, powered by Neste — Do as I say, not as I do
One of the stories of this pandemic has been just how easy it is to take away our freedoms. As Europeans, we took our four freedoms for granted until they…
Future of Europe conference ‘not a listening exercise without consequences’, says leading MEP
“Governments are obliged to react, they cannot bypass citizens’ proposals”, Italian socialist MEP Brando Benifei told EURACTIV in an interview on the Conference on the Future of Europe. Brando Benifei…
Macron presents France’s EU Council presidency priorities
French President Emmanuel Macron gave an overview on Thursday (9 December) of the priorities France wants to pursue when it takes over the EU Council Presidency in the first half…
Slovenia’s Hojs warns of emerging migration crisis in Cyprus
While the situation on the Belarusian border is stabilising, the focus should shift to other hot spots such as Cyprus, Slovenian’s interior minister Aleš Hojs warned as EU home affairs…
Internet guardians want to break web’s language barriers
When website addresses using writing systems like Chinese and Arabic were introduced back in 2009, it was hailed as a step that would transform the internet. But 12 years later,…
Tweets of the Week: Neue Germany, Santa Boris, Disco Sanna
Farewell Angela Merkel, you will be missed, Boris Johnson lies about party, but we all get the gist, while the Finnish PM went out and got pissed! As Angela Merkel…
Croatia can join border-free Schengen area, EU governments say
European Union governments agreed on Thursday (9 December) for Croatia to join the bloc’s passport-free Schengen travel area after Zagreb convinced Brussels that it was able to effectively manage its…