Category: EuroActiv

The Europe Parliament’s main conservative group is facing demands to give Silvio Berlusconi and his party the boot if he supports the far-right Giorgia Meloni leading Italy. The Forza Italia party, led by the former Italian prime minister turned MEP, is backing Meloni to lead a new coalition government in Rome, following elections held last […]

COPENHAGEN — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Wednesday called a general election in the wake of a scandal over the slaughter of the country’s entire 17-million mink population in 2020. The Danes will go to the ballots on November 1, with a total of 14 parties contesting the parliament’s 179 seats. Frederiksen’s announcement has been expected […]

BERLIN — The German government is punching back against criticism from France and its EU commissioner over Berlin’s €200 billion gas price relief scheme, arguing that Paris is rolling out energy support measures of a similar scale. The giant German scheme, which comes on top of an additional €95 billion of energy price support measures […]

BIRMINGHAM, England — Liz Truss named her priorities as “growth, growth, growth” in a Conservative Party conference speech interrupted by environmental protesters. In her first address to Tory conference as prime minister — which came after a bruising week marked by a high-profile tax U-turn and party infighting — a combative Truss hit out at […]

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday the EU executive has “started work” on a “temporary” measure to cap gas prices across the bloc. “We are ready to discuss a cap on the price of gas that is used to generate electricity,” she told MEPs in Strasbourg. “But we also have to look […]

Broadcasters and sporting and entertainment associations are demanding that Brussels crack down on widespread piracy of live events.  In a letter obtained exclusively by POLITICO, 108 organizations urged the European Commission to propose a law to enable the immediate blocking and removal of illegal livestreams. Among the signatories are UEFA (European football’s governing body), rugby’s […]

The Biden administration and its international allies are hunting for votes at the United Nations this week in their quest to get as many countries as possible to support a historic resolution slamming Russia’s territorial claims in Ukraine. U.S., European and other allied officials are using spreadsheets, phone calls, WhatsApp messages, face-to-face chats and the […]

Towns have the greatest potential to unlock economic growth. Towns where hard-working local enterprises are delivering consistently for communities and incubating new ideas. In a first-of-its-kind report, together with the Social Market Foundation and the British Retail Consortium, we have leveraged Visa data insights to better understand the economic vitality of our towns and how […]

LONDON — Six years after the Brexit vote, the U.K. is inching closer to the rest of Europe. This time, it hopes to do so on its own terms. British Prime Minister Liz Truss will on Thursday attend the inaugural meeting of the European Political Community, a new forum of European nations aimed at discussing joint […]

BIRMINGHAM, England — Liz Truss campaigned for the Tory leadership on a message of hope. It’s a quality in short supply among her party faithful. The mood at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham this week has been dark, as Tories unconvinced by Truss’ economic program despair at their chances of victory at the next […]