Category: 3. Europe

France and Italy are wooing potential buyers of their new joint air defence system at this week’s Paris Air Show, in an effort to convince European armies to reduce their reliance on US weaponry.

European missile champion MBDA, French defence…

As migration policy reaches a crucial juncture, trade unions in Europe are challenged to expand solidarity-based strategies amidst intensifying crackdowns.

At the time of writing, the struggles surrounding migration politics have reached…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer didn’t pipe up when Trump mistakenly announced he’d finally closed a deal “with the European Union,” when he meant to say the U.K. When the papers of said deal dropped tragicomically to the ground after Trump opened a folder to show them off,…

“We’re likely to go into the next election with Tories and Reform both promising to leave or hold a referendum. We need to get ahead of it,” they added.

However, the minister — granted anonymity like others in this piece to discuss internal government thinking — issued a warning…

Even though the spatial plan does not define the country’s exclusive economic zone, the map prepared by Ankara University reflects several of Turkey’s long-standing territorial claims, many of which conflict with those of neighboring Greece.

Greek officials complained the map…

Another popular option being floated to raise revenue involves levying a €2 fee on billions of imported small parcels from Chinese retailers such as Shein and Temu. The idea, outlined in a Commission paper seen by POLITICO, was endorsed by EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič earlier…

It has also shown it doesn’t shy away from using these tools. In 2010 China briefly restricted rare earth exports to Japan; more recently it has imposed export restrictions on gallium, germanium and antimony (which are also deemed critical minerals) and banned the export of rare earth…

But France believes such a cap is too low. “From what we understand — from what Germany has signaled, but also from what Commissioner Hoekstra has signaled — there is some discussion around 3 percent,” said the official, like others in this article granted anonymity to speak…

Ever since the end of the Second World War in 1945, Europe has been known as the continent of peace. However, that peace was shattered when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

Two years later, Europe leads the…