Category: 3. Europe

Irregular crossings at Europe’s borders have fallen by 30% in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period last year, in a decrease that rights groups partly attributed to EU policies that have emphasised deterrence while…

Friedrich Merz hat ein Personalproblem: Carsten Linnemann hat ihm einen Korb gegeben und will nicht Wirtschaftsminister werden. Gordon Repinski analysiert, warum das einst begehrte Amt inzwischen wie eine heiße Kartoffel behandelt wird und welche Frau oder Mann aus der…

The disease has the potential to devastate animal agriculture. An outbreak in the United Kingdom in 2001 caused an agricultural and tourism crisis costing more than €15 billion. Authorities slaughtered more than 6 million animals in efforts to eradicate the disease.

Germany also reported…

No nuclear ‘has been’

At the same time, Bihet insists he has a partial solution for the EU’s continued Russian energy reliance: more atomic power.

Long a die-hard nuclear proponent — Belgian lawmakers nicknamed him “Atomic Boy” — the Walloon Reformist Movement politician…

In part, Meloni’s actions reflect Italy’s terror at the prospect of losing its historically close ties to the U.S., which it sees as insurance against the Franco-German axis that dominates EU affairs. Unlike other European leaders, she believes that Trump can still be reasoned with and…

Because the news broke on a Friday night in Europe, many U.K. officials had to start working at home. “There was a lot of WhatsApp traffic,” said the British official quoted above. “It was people at home trying to have a night off, but then instantly realizing — fuck me, this is…

While Dan is also well placed to collect support from Romanians abroad, he’s not yet well known outside Bucharest, which is in fact his Achilles’ heel. Across Romania, “10 percent of the population don’t know who Nicușor Dan is,” and that could cost him victory in a tight…