First, they must institutionalize the fifth freedom — the free circulation of knowledge and innovation — by removing regulatory barriers to research collaboration, data exchange, university partnerships and mobility for knowledge workers.
Next, they need to adopt EU-wide rules where…
As the European Commission president faces the second set of no-confidence votes in three months, groups of people with very different views from each other are giving her angst. Some even want to bring her down.
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Paul MellyWest Africa analyst
AFP via Getty ImagesSpain is kicking against the prevailing political mood among Western nations when it comes to migration and policies regarding the African continent.
At a time when the US, the UK, France and Germany are all cutting back their development aid…
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The rise of AI threatens to deepen Europe’s dependence on American tech companies. Dimitar Lilkov argues that decoupling from the US is the only viable option if the EU wants to stay secure and geopolitically relevant.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s focus on slashing Italy’s deficit to escape an EU special monitoring regime has left the government with a slimmed-down budget with scarce headroom for flashy policies, prompting continued calls from the hard-right flank of her ruling coalition for…
Four Ukrainian-founded firms secured spots in the prestigious Sifted250 ranking, which highlights the most dynamic startups in Europe based on revenue growth over the past three years. The top spot in the ranking was…
The failure to bring order to European borders is eroding trust in politicians and the concept of nation states, Shabana Mahmood will warn.
As she hosts a meeting of fellow interior ministers to discuss migration routes through the western Balkans…
But Sánchez asked for a carve-out, arguing Madrid doesn’t need to spend as much money to fulfill the duties required by NATO. At the time, Trump had threatened to make Spain pay “twice as much” in tariffs.
Madrid has the lowest military spending of any NATO member country, allocating just…
