Category: 3. Europe

“Espionage is a security issue for Austria,” Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger told POLITICO. “This government has made a policy shift and is taking consistent action against it. We have made this unmistakably clear to the Russian side, also with regard to the ‘forest of…

“Everything was wrong with that fake ‘Galician-style octopus.’ Octopus mixed with squid and broccoli — that’s never been eaten in Galicia. That octopus was as Galician as the Parliament building is Renaissance: not at all,” Vázquez said.

His dinner’s guest list includes…

Kallas framed the move as a wake-up call for European defense, stressing that reliance on American forces can no longer be taken for granted.

“I think it shows that we have to really strengthen the European pillar in NATO and we really have to do more,” she said. “American troops are not…

Should Trump make good on his pledge, the car tariffs would mostly affect Germany’s struggling car industry — and put further pressure on embattled Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Trump has ordered a drawdown of U.S. troops from Germany after Merz said he lacked a clear strategy to end the…

The WHO Pandemic Agreement adopted in May 2025 contained one crucial proviso: it couldn’t be ratified until one of its most contested elements, the Pathogen Access and Benefit Shifting (PABS) was agreed. Despite an additional year of negotiations, diplomats have failed to…

On 20 November 2025, the Commission received a notification in the sense of Article 12(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC (‘ETS Directive’) from Germany, concerning its intention to voluntarily cancel allowances associated with the closure of electricity generation capacities in 14…

The Commission has issued “Better Regulation” guidelines to rethink the way new EU rules will be made. Dainius Žalimas (Laisvės partija/Lithuania), who drafted a report on the monitoring of the application of EU law, says: “Thinking about how to make better new rules is…

The European Parliament has adopted a landmark report calling on the European Commission to bring forward dedicated legislation establishing an EU-wide consent-based definition of rape. The vote marks a decisive step forward, following the setback in 2024 when a consent-based…