[Analysis] Borrell wants a bolder, faster EU — and scolds diplomats to get to it
“This is not a moment when we are going to send flowers to all of you saying that you are beautiful,” he warned EU ambassadors early in his speech.
Continue Reading“This is not a moment when we are going to send flowers to all of you saying that you are beautiful,” he warned EU ambassadors early in his speech.
Continue Reading“Hybrid and cyber-attacks can trigger Article 5,” Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday when asked about the act of sabotage on the German rail network at the weekend and the twin leaks at the Nord Stream pipelines. Stoltenberg refused to comment on specific events, as investigations are ongoing, but warned that hybrid and cyber-attacks […]
Continue ReadingIt is the responsibility of EU member state to proceed with bilateral meetings but the EU’s position is that “it makes no sense to engage with Russia at a time when they are so openly disregarding and dismissing every single civilised norm of the rules-based world”, EU Commission spokesperson Peter Stano said on Tuesday of […]
Continue Reading“I wake up every morning, thinking this may be my last day. I have never lived like this”, a young woman in a calm and normal Kyiv told me 10 days ago. But this week the missiles came back.
Continue ReadingThe European Union seeks to expand gas trade with Algeria, as part of its wider efforts to diversify energy supplies away from Russia.
Continue ReadingGermany has no plans to back a joint European Union loan mechanism, a government source said.
Continue ReadingThe sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines was the first major attack on European maritime infrastructure. But while the EU Commission has a critical infrastructure directive in the works, it largely focuses on cybersecurity —not physical attacks.
Continue ReadingAustria has launched legal action against the European Commission for the inclusion of gas and nuclear in the EU sustainable investment rules. Vienna is now seeking support from other member states to join procedures against the so-called EU taxonomy.
Continue ReadingGerman transport minister Volker Wissing said he cannot rule out involvement of foreign countries in what he called an act of sabotage over the weekend when trains came to halt in the north of the country.
Continue ReadingThe EU has extended by one year the special protection status for Ukrainian refugees, as Russia carries out country-wide rocket attacks.
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