
The Death of Economic Liberalism in Germany?
By: EBR | Thursday, December 19, 2024
Olaf Scholz’s SPD and the Greens, along with their dedicated supporters in the media, are out to blame Germany’s small liberal party

German cancellor faces confidence vote likely to lead to snap elections
By: EBR | Monday, December 16, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces a confidence vote on Monday he is expected to lose

Serbia used Israeli firm’s tech to enable spy campaign, Amnesty says
By: EBR | Monday, December 16, 2024
Serbian officials installed homegrown spyware on the phones of dozens of journalists and activists, Amnesty International said in a report

Poland’s Morawiecki to replace Meloni as ECR head
By: EBR | Friday, December 13, 2024
Former PiS prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki will take over from Italian Prime Minister and Fratelli d’Italia leader Giorgia Meloni as president of the EU’s conservative ECR

Swedish minister open to new measures to tackle energy crisis, blames German nuclear phase-out
By: EBR | Friday, December 13, 2024
Sweden is ready to introduce new measures to tackle the country’s soaring energy prices, Energy Minister Ebba Busch announced

Macron to head to Warsaw to brief Tusk, Duda on US-Ukraine talks
By: EBR | Wednesday, December 11, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected in Warsaw to debrief on conversations with US President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the weekend

Wolves, farmers and VDL
By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Although experts had warned that the EU’s bid to change the protection level of wolves was rounded in prejudices,the members of the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife approved the bid to modify the status of wolves

Closer UK and EU ties will boost growth, says Reeves
By: EBR | Monday, December 9, 2024
Closer relations between the UK and the European Union (EU) will boost economic growth, Chancellor Rachel Reeves will tell finance leaders on Monday

Warsaw counts on Rome to block Mercosur deal
By: EBR | Monday, December 9, 2024
As an EU-Mercosur deal was reached after 25 years, it faces one last stumbling block: member state approval and Poland hopes Italy will play a part in blocking the deal

Local energy communities pinning hopes on new Commission
By: EBR | Wednesday, December 4, 2024
An energy community project in south-west Brussels is cutting energy bills for a homeless shower facility

“Listening to Others” as European Foreign Policy?
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 3, 2024
A bold and prominent commitment to “listen to others” has embedded itself at the heart of European foreign policy

The Draghi & Letta reports: Surgeons without a scalpel
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 3, 2024
It’s either too soon or too late to speculate on the fates of the Letta and Draghi reports

Brussels halts EU recovery plan payment for Bulgaria
By: EBR | Monday, December 2, 2024
Bulgaria will not receive the second €653 million disbursement under the recovery and sustainability plan due to the country’s unfinished reforms

Le Pen tells France’s Barnier to negotiate or be felled
By: EBR | Monday, December 2, 2024
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier must make further budget concessions to avoid a no confidence motion that could topple his government, National Rally lawmaker Marine Le Pen said

Commission mulling 2025 white paper on electricity market reform
By: EBR | Friday, November 29, 2024
The European Commission’s energy department may issue a White Paper in 2025 which would lay the ground for further electricity market reforms

UK electric car production drops with firms ’under pressure’
By: EBR | Friday, November 29, 2024
UK car production fell sharply in October amid industry concerns about "intense pressure" on investment in electric vehicle-making

Poland makes security a key priority of its EU presidency
By: EBR | Thursday, November 28, 2024
Poland has outlined the political direction of the rotating presidency the country will hold from January to June 2025

No 10 dismisses Russia spy claims as ’baseless’
By: EBR | Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Downing Street has denied allegations that a British diplomat expelled from Russia was a spy

Roberta Metsola: The US ‘understands the language of power’
By: EBR | Monday, November 25, 2024
The European Union should remain united and speak with one voice because the US understands the language of power, Roberta Metsola said in an interview

UK wants to hire EU negotiator to ’reset’ relations
By: EBR | Monday, November 25, 2024
The UK government is hiring a new negotiator to help deliver a “reset” of relations with Europe