Category: 3. Europe

After nearly two decades of relentless DIY grind, Singapore punk rockers Iman’s League are finally going on their first-ever European tour.

Long delayed by the pandemic and plagued by funding issues, the 10-date tour—stretching across…

It didn’t go down well. Finally, weeks ahead of the big reset summit, Starmer has started to publicly relent: ditching a canned response that he had “no plans” for the scheme. EU officials, meanwhile, said that U.K. negotiators were starting to show openness to the idea.

But London…

The EPP dismisses such claims. It says it is simply demanding more transparency in how nonprofits use EU taxpayer money, having accused the European Commission of paying NGOs to lobby other EU institutions on its behalf to promote environmental laws.

But others disagree, including the two…

From Brussels to Brasília, policymakers have long championed poultry as a “transition meat” — a pragmatic alternative to climate-intensive beef. Chicken is lower-emission, relatively affordable, scalable across global markets and often promoted as a leaner, lower-fat option compared…

Since then, Hololei took up a new role with a reduction in pay as Hors Classe Adviser at the Directorate-General for International Partnerships. He was notified on March 21 of this year that he faced an internal disciplinary procedure from the Commission, according to the documents seen by…

With their official badges, lobbyists could previously enter the Parliament’s premises as they pleased, but now they’ll have to activate them every time they visit via a small terminal with badge readers at the entrances.

That will require them to declare whether they are meeting an…

There is no new magic Reform voter and no new problem politicians must figure out how to tackle. They are the same people who “surprised” us in Brexit, “surprised” us in 2019, and are “surprising” us now.

They voted for Conservatives, they voted for Labour, and the change they…

As it continues to work on a deal to keep the app in the U.S., TikTok’s links with the Chinese government are also causing impacts elsewhere, with the platform facing a huge new fine in Europe…