Category: EU Reporter

The Queen of England died. Ukraine started a startlingly successful counterattack on Russian occupiers. Sweden elected a rightwing government. Hungary no longer considered a democracy by the European Parliament. A new secretary-general appointment was rushed through.

The freezing, the first time in the EU’s history using the conditionality mechanism linking EU subsidies to the respect of the rule of law, would suspend money from the bloc’s cohesion funds under the 2021-27 long-term budget.

The Queen of England died. Ukraine started a startlingly successful counterattack on Russian occupiers. Sweden elected a rightwing government. Hungary no longer considered a democracy by the European Parliament. A new secretary-general appointment was rushed through.

Just as Europe is planning another massive bail-out of the economy, the European Central Bank is retreating into monetary austerity.

The progress, publicly-touted, by EU Council president Charles Michel’s puts his credibility on the line when it comes to forging a lasting Azeri-Armenian peace. And it’s a test of the EU’s capacity as a credible mediator in its own backyard.

In a fraud trial relating to €2m in EU subsidies, Andrej Babiš son testified his signature on share-transfer agreements was forged. He claims his father transferred the shares to him without his knowledge, making him a front man for scheme.

Climate change, food insecurity and seasonal shortages have triggered calls to loosen regulation for genetically-modified food and seed technologies in the EU.

The European Commission has not taken any initiative to restaff the position of a coordinator on combating anti-Muslim hatred, which has been void since July 2021 and starved of resources and a clear mandate.

The proposal for a so-called European Media Freedom Act announced on Friday by the European Commission is part of wider efforts to tackle the erosion of rule of law in EU states like Poland and Hungary.

A mass burial site of more than 440 people was found in the recently liberated city of Izium in Eastern Ukraine. In a Thursday night video speech, president Volodymyr Zelensky compared the discovery to the hundreds of people found buried in Bucha on the outskirts of Kyiv in February. “Russia is leaving death behind it […]