Category: EU Reporter

A cross-party group of MEPs presented a legal study suggesting the European Commission freeze all EU funds to Hungary, due to ongoing rule-of-law issues.

It is Tibor Navracsics, an ex-EU commissioner and minister without portfolio in Orban’s new government, who was reportedly picked to work on closer relations between Fidesz and the European People’s Party.

British prime minister Boris Johnson has vowed to stay on despite more than 40 resignations from government, including key ministers such as chancellor Rishi Sunak. The rebellion came after Johnson covered up knowledge of a minister’s sexual misconduct and in the wake of scandals involving illegal parties during Covid lockdowns. Johnson also sacked Michael Gove, […]

Eurozone rules on maximum national debt levels — the stability and growth pact — are no longer relevant in an era of pandemic, war, and gross inflation, French finance minister Bruno Le Maire told the FT in an interview. “The debt rule is obsolete, simply because you have a gap of more than a hundred […]

Russian Security Council chairman and ex-president Dmitry Medvedev has again threatened nuclear armageddon over the West’s reaction to the Ukraine invasion. “The idea of punishing a country that has one of the largest nuclear potentials is absurd. And potentially poses a threat to the existence of humanity,” Medvedev said. Ukraine was investigating more than 21,000 […]

The European Parliament greenlighted the commission’s controversial proposal to include gas and nuclear investments in the so-called EU taxonomy — sparking criticism and legal threats from the climate community

France is set to take full control of the debt-laden nuclear power group EDF, prime minister Élisabeth Borne told parliament on Wednesday. She did not give any details, but president Emmanuel Macron said during his re-election campaign in March that part of the company should be nationalised to bolster French energy independence. EDF has been […]

EU lawmakers voted Wednesday to allow natural gas and nuclear energy to be labeled as green investments, removing the last major barrier. Immediately after the vote Austria and Luxembourg announced legal challenges. “I deeply regret that today the EU parliament failed … allowing gas and nuclear to be part of the EU sustainable finance policy,” […]

The European Commission will present an emergency plan in the coming weeks to secure enough gas supplies for next winter. EU leaders are expected to meet in Brussels to discuss it shortly after.

The Socialists and Democrats group leader, Spanish MEP Iratxe García, on Wednesday urged the Czech government to ratify the Istanbul Convention as Prague takes over the EU presidency. “This is the main legal instrument to fight gender violence,” she said. Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia have also not ratified the convention. García also deplored the […]