Category: EU Reporter

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.

Italians cast their ballot yesterday on Sunday and chose a rightwing majority parliament, which is expected to have a turbulent relationship with Brussels.

German citizens are suing their government over its failure to bring air pollution levels down.

The European Union and its 27 member states will play a decisive role in deciding the fate of the hippo.

While a cap on revenues from renewables is aimed at redirecting excess profits from low-cost electricity generation back to consumers, analysts and industry groups argue such measures come with risks — and at a bad time.

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Ireland has joined Poland and the Baltic states in lobbying for more hawkish Russia sanctions, in a sign of widening moral outrage in Europe.