Category: EU Reporter

The 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.

Austria 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.

German 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.

The EU has extended by one year the special protection status for Ukrainian refugees, as Russia carries out country-wide rocket attacks.

Carlos Lesmes, the president of Spain’s National Council for the Judiciary, said he would step down on Monday, carrying out his previous threats. His resignation comes after intense disputes over the renewal of the council, which has been exercising its functions on a temporary basis since December 2018. “Staying in the post from now on […]

The EU is calling for “dialogue” with Russia in a draft UN resolution on Ukraine, in a bid to stop creeping war-fatigue amid non-aligned states

The mood in London in ruling political, financial, and opinion-forming circles is that the steam is going out of the Brexit balloon. Brexit is now seen as a bore, replete with negatives for economic, scientific and civil society.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, a leader of the democratic forces in Belarus, is expected to address MEPs, while lawmakers will narrow down the finalists for this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

Citizen panels can contribute to what the European Union has lacked for so long: a European public sphere. Democracy requires democratic debate.

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