Category: 3. Europe

Hawkish Eastern European and Nordic countries including Poland and Sweden are keen to boost EU spending on defense, while Southern ones such as Italy and Greece would prefer more cash to stem migrant arrivals from Africa.  In 2025, EU countries will set their red lines for the… Continue Reading

Talks between the left and Bayrou never really took off, and the Socialists are once again threatening to vote against the government, but the close encounter may prove to be a turning point in French politics. The Socialists have been playing second fiddle on the left for years, their last… Continue Reading

Holiday special: Meet JD Vance’s surprising European support network – POLITICO

At the moment, however, there is no guarantee that the Lords could amend the bill without effectively wrecking it. That’s because any amendments added by the Lords need to go back to the Commons, which, combined with a shortage of time for private members’ bills, could mean the whole… Continue Reading

Getty Images There were great hopes for the Northvolt battery plant Skellefteå, Sweden Heavy snow blends into white thick clouds in Skellefteå, a riverside city in northern Sweden that is home to 78,000 residents. It’s also the location of what was supposed to become Europe’s biggest and greenest… Continue Reading

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has threatened to cut financial support for more than 130,000 Ukrainian refugees as a dispute with Ukraine over Russian gas supplies escalates. On 1 January, Kyiv shut off a pipeline that for decades was used to supply Central Europe with Russian natural… Continue Reading