For his campaign, navigating the platform has meant encountering over and over some of the thorniest issues plaguing Mr. Biden’s re-election bid. Share full article Last month, Mr. Biden became the first president to join TikTok. President Biden’s campaign is…
Germany secured the construction of a gigafactory for electric car batteries in record time with the help of the EU’s new subsidy “matching” scheme. On Monday, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD/S&D), among others, inaugurated the start of construction of the Swedish…
The EU’s auditing body has warned that the European Commission’s strategy of relying on member states to ensure the money of the pandemic recovery fund is properly spent is heightening the “risk of irregularity or even corruption”. Speaking to reporters…
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Portugal’s outgoing Prime Minister António Costa (PS) will receive a statuette alluding to the headquarters of the European Council at what will be his last EU summit in Brussels after eight years in power. A source at the European institution…
The solution is not to withdraw funds but to invest differently. The millions of people who rely on this aid cannot be forgotten (Photo: EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid) European officials and humanitarian organisations gathered at the European Humanitarian…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticised the general lack of accountability of EU institutions on Tuesday (19 March), warning that not just national governments but also the European Commission and Parliament need to be held responsible by the public for policy…
Bulgaria has started negotiations with Azerbaijan to increase gas supplies to Romania, Moldova and Ukraine through the future vertical Balkan gas corridor, the Bulgarian parliament’s press centre announced on Monday. Bulgarian Parliament Speaker Rosen Zhelyazkov is on an official visit…
The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) is close to overtaking the socialists in two of their strongholds, Romania and Portugal, according to the latest EU elections projection by Europe Elects for Euractiv. Check out further changes in party rankings in…
A looming hard-right shift casts a shadow on June’s EU elections and Europe’s left is using the topic to mobilise their voters, but the consequences are rather damaging. Two years into the new millennium, the French felt for the first…
Sweden is ready to respond to the threat of countermeasures announced by the Russian embassy in Stockholm following the announcement of Sweden’s imminent entry into the alliance, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Tuesday. Moscow made no official comment…
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