Month: September 2022

A far-right bloc, led by former fascist Georgia Meloni, barrelled to victory in Italian elections on Sunday with up to 45 percent of the vote.

EU countries are looking to stop the use of fireworks inside football stadiums and other spectator arenas across the bloc, in a new strategy proposed by the Czech EU presidency and seen by EUobserver. It pushes for all 27 countries to criminalise the practice at national level and to train people in health and safety […]

EU countries have dropped calls for an “independent” enquiry into the alleged Israeli killing of Palestinian journalist Shirin Abu Akleh from a declaration on Israeli ties. The document, to be published while meeting Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid in early October, but already agreed by EU diplomats and seen by EUobserver, also voices “strong opposition […]

The problem is many of the reasons Kyiv has so successfully fended off Russia’s onslaught in cyberspace cannot simply be replicated anywhere else — not least due to international law.

The Czech presidency proposed a compromise that would reduce a plan to claw back fossil fuel companies’ excess profits.

The EU is adding Anguilla, the Bahamas, and Turks and Caicos Islands to its blacklist of tax-havens, in what some have called a “fig-leaf” exercise.

Europe should have in place an electronic EU-wide database on catch certificates to better track illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing from third countries, auditors said.

The concept paper includes getting EU missions to seal cooperation deals between EU member state intelligence and security services with the host governments.

In Warsaw and Budapest, the prime ministers were quick to congratulate the new Italian leader, who — they hope — will back them in their battles with the EU over civil rights, rule of law and democratic backsliding.