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The Commission chief had earlier explained that over the 16 months of Russia’s war against Ukraine, the EU executive had taken €30 billion from the bloc’s budget to support Ukraine financially, and that these funds had come primarily from been mainly from reserves in the budget.

Von der Leyen replies to Orban’s allegations about EU’s ‘bankruptcy’

By: EBR | Monday, July 3, 2023

Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen answered allegations by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban that the EU was “bankrupt”, which he had published earlier on social media

With Hungary’s ratification process stranded in parliament since last July, Orban aired concerns about Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership for the first time in February.

Hungary delays ratification of Sweden’s NATO membership

By: EBR | Thursday, June 29, 2023

Hungary’s parliament will not ratify Sweden’s NATO membership before the summer recess as it has not included the vote in the agenda of next week’s session

For all that, the Europeans have to focus on how to deal with the Russia of today and the future. Schadenfreude, if it does exist over what happened on June 24-25, is not a substitute for strategy, especially given Russia’s nuclear status.

What the Russian Crisis Means for Europe

By: EBR | Thursday, June 29, 2023

Europe need not be powerless

A second term for Kyriakos Mitsotakis is not just good news for Greece. It also sends important signals to Europe.

Greece: A Vote for Stability, Growth and Reforms

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 28, 2023

In a repeat election, Greece’s conservative New Democracy party, led by the economic reformer Kyriakos Mitsotakis, won an impressive 40.6% of the popular vote

More importantly, there was no extra money on the table to rival the US Inflation Reduction Act and its $370 billion in cash for clean energy investments. Instead, the Commission chief said the money will be rehashed from existing EU funds, with a proposed €10 billion top-up coming from EU member states’ coffers.

The predictable flop of EU’s green industrial policy

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 28, 2023

The mishap around the European Sovereignty Fund has exposed the fault lines in the EU’s approach to industrial policy

EU lawmakers are closing in on the file, with two technical meetings scheduled for Tuesday and Friday this week. A final political agreement is expected to be reached among the main political groups of the house next Wednesday (5 July).

MEPs hash out on scope, manufacturers’ obligations in cybersecurity law

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are fine-tuning the obligations a new cybersecurity legislation will impose on product manufacturers and how it will apply to open-source software

Ukraine is the latecomer of the nine hopefuls wanting to join the EU. But accepting it even as a candidate with years of negotiation ahead poses major difficulties.

The EU needs to detail a ’Ukraine strategy’ free of empty promises

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 27, 2023

What sort of European Union lies ahead?

“The Spartans” party got 12 seats, and it’s considered to be the continuity of the former neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, which has been branded as a criminal organisation.

‘Dark’ far right clouds Greek skies

By: EBR | Monday, June 26, 2023

Greek conservatives emerged victorious in the second round of elections giving them a historic absolute majority, but with the further collapse of the leftist opposition, combined with the rise of the far-right, dark shadows are now cast over the new parliament

To me, Germany is free falling, a country in decline,” Oettinger told a conference of German newspaper publishing houses on Thursday before using even more dramatic words, calling Germany “a sick case, in need of restoration.”

Germany is a ‘sick case’, says former EU Commissioner

By: EBR | Friday, June 23, 2023

Germany is ‘a sick case’ and in dire need of innovation and reform, Gunther Oettinger, a former German EU Commissioner, explained at a conference

The Parliament will also make use of the together.eu platform, engaging thousands of stakeholders across the EU and groups with whom the communications service is already in touch in member states via the European Parliament Liaison Offices (EPLOs).

EU Parliament elections campaign will cost €0.08 per citizen

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 21, 2023

The Parliament’s communication strategy for the 2024 EU elections will rely on a network of media and civil society organisations, with a €37million budget – or €0.08 per citizen

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that the operation to transfer the prisoners was carried out solely in the political interests of Orban.

Ukraine says Hungary ignores requests for contact with transferred prisoners of war

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Ukraine said that Hungary has been ignoring requests for contact with prisoners of war that Kyiv said had been secretly transferred from Russia

The law was the product of demonstrations by youth climate activists, which led to a landmark ruling by Germany’s Constitutional Court ordering the government to take urgent action to protect their future.

Germany veers off from 2030 climate goal

By: EBR | Friday, June 16, 2023

The German government faces a carbon dioxide (CO2) gap of 200 million tonnes when it comes to reaching its 2030 climate target, largely due to a lack of action in the transport sector

A total of 21 member states are in favour deleting several provisions from the Act to Support Production of Ammunition (ASAP), initially proposed to increase European industry’s capacity for producing ammunition to one million shells in the next year, several EU diplomats told EURACTIV.

EU countries team up to cancel bloc’s ammunition production boost plan

By: EBR | Thursday, June 15, 2023

A majority of EU countries look to slash a proposed text on ramping up ammunition production in the bloc, accusing the European Commission of taking advantage of the emergency situation to usurp their powers

“If there is to be a return to the negotiating table, the way to do this is through recognition” of the north, Erdogan declared.

Victorious Erdogan demands recognition of northern Cyprus

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan redoubled his call for the international recognition of northern Cyprus, making the Mediterranean statelet his first port of call since his re-election

Yet the UK’s two main political parties are still cautious about the sort of post-Brexit relationship they envisage with the EU.

Brexit re-visited: How welcoming should the EU be?

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Britain’s mood shift on Brexit has been much like Ernest Hemingway’s celebrated description of how bankruptcy occurs: “Two ways; gradually, then suddenly.”

“Poland will block the solutions regarding the relocation of migrants,” said Muller, calling the position adopted by the Council “a short-term thinking, which will de facto cause migration waves to grow.”

Poland to build coalition against EU migration pact

By: EBR | Monday, June 12, 2023

Poland will attempt to block the migration and asylum pact that the Council of the EU adopted last week and build a coalition of opponents, conservative Law and Justice (PiS) government spokesman, Piotr Muller, told

“The bitter part of the compromise is the border procedures at the external border for people from countries with a low recognition rate. Without these border procedures, however, no one but Germany would have participated in the distribution mechanism,” Baerbock stressed.

EU migration deal bitter pill for Germany

By: EBR | Friday, June 9, 2023

A new agreement between EU member states to tighten migration rules, and levy charges of €20,000 for each migrant a state refuses to accept was met with disappointment in Germany

Following a series of back and forths within the ruling coalition, Scholz has decided to take the lead on spending cuts, with ministers who oppose cuts to their departments now having to justify their opposition to him, several media reported, quoting government sources.

Scholz to enforce spending cuts in ministries amid coalition clashes

By: EBR | Thursday, June 8, 2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will reportedly enforce spending cuts across the federal ministries unless ministers justify their opposition after the Green and liberal coalition partners clashed over the topic

A second round is scheduled for 25 June, and although his centre-right party leads all polls, the absolute majority may be missed again.

Greek PM warns of third elections if absolute majority not reached

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has warned that the country will hold a third round of elections if an absolute majority to form a single-party government is not reached in the second round on 25 June

But the Austrian example also shows that if trust in the traditional parties is eroding, the natural winners are the ones on the two ends of the political spectrum.

The rise of left-wing populism in Austria

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Austria is often considered the birthplace of modern right-wing populism in Europe

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