Meloni keen to form conservative front with EPP, Patriots
Italian Prime Minister and European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) leader Giorgia Meloni appears to be looking to unite the right-wing European People’s Party (EPP) group and the new far-right Orban-led Patriots for Europe group
The New European Commission’s Distorted Democracy Agenda
By: EBR | Tuesday, October 8, 2024
With the clear primacy of security issues in the new European Commission’s priorities, the place of democracy support in the EU’s geopolitical toolbox looks increasingly uncertain
A decade of slow growth? The World Bank’s chief economist on the global economic outlook
By: EBR | Wednesday, October 2, 2024
“The global economy is doing better than we expected just six months ago, but it’s doing much worse than it was six years ago”
Starmer’s EU-UK ‘reset’ faces reality check after botched divorce
By: EBR | Wednesday, October 2, 2024
As UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s first official meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen takes place in Brussels on Wednesday, an unfamiliar optimism is in the air
The EU’s Crisis of Confidence
By: EBR | Tuesday, October 1, 2024
On the face of it, the EU’s institutional transition of 2024 has been going well
Email from Athens set to cause von der Leyen, Metsola headaches
By: EBR | Monday, September 30, 2024
An email sent to the European Commission and Parliament chiefs is expected to stir the waters ahead of the upcoming hearing of Greece’s commissioner candidate for the transport portfolio
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By: EBR | Thursday, September 26, 2024
EU industry ministers are meeting to discuss Europe’s competitiveness
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By: EBR | Wednesday, September 25, 2024
In all the brouhaha over Ursula von der Leyen’s ‘gender balanced’ EU Commission, scant attention has been paid to the next Agriculture Commissioner
Germany’s Fragmentation Weakens Europe
By: EBR | Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Chancellor Scholz’s party secured a narrow win in the state of Brandenburg. But the victory cannot disguise Germany’s political and economic woes that also affect the EU
Liberal FDP mulls leaving German government after crushing election defeat
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 24, 2024
FDP leader and Finance Minister Christian Lindner suggested on Monday after a string of disastrous regional elections for his party
Germany’s social democrats prevail in east German stronghold
By: EBR | Monday, September 23, 2024
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) narrowly beat the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)
Italy’s Meloni vows to revise ‘disastrous’ EU Green Deal
By: EBR | Thursday, September 19, 2024
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has pledged to push for the review of the European Green Deal, criticising its “ideological approach”
Europe’s Choice: Adapt or Atrophy
By: EBR | Wednesday, September 18, 2024
The world is heading into a period where foundational rules once taken for granted no longer apply
French Commissioner Thierry Breton resigns over row with von der Leyen
By: EBR | Monday, September 16, 2024
Thierry Breton, Internal Market Commissioner also in charge of tech and defence announced his resignation from the European Commission
Macron, the Underrated and the Misunderstood
By: EBR | Monday, September 16, 2024
For most of political Europe, Emmanuel Macron calling parliamentary elections earlier this year reflected his penchant for high-risk action
New French PM dashes hopes of a EU-Mercosur deal by Brazil G20 summit
By: EBR | Monday, September 16, 2024
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier reiterated France’s opposition to the EU-Mercosur free trade deal and confirmed his desire to seek a ‘blocking minority’
Poland backs ending EU benefits for Ukrainian men of fighting age
By: EBR | Monday, September 16, 2024
Poland would support ending welfare payments to Ukrainian men of fighting age in Europe to push them to return home and fight Russia’s invasion
Germany introduces checks at all borders, moves to refuse entry to migrants
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Following increased political pressure, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser announced that she will introduce checks at all border crossings
Tusk cancels trip to Germany amid deteriorating relations
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called off his visit to Germany, planned for later this week, as relations between the two countries worsen
EU’s three biggest islands
By: EBR | Friday, September 6, 2024
The EU’s biggest islands, according to geography, are Ireland, with 84 thousand square kilometres, Sicily (25,000 sq. km), and Sardinia (24,000 sq. km)