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Also in this newsletter: Political jostling for the European Central Bank presidency begins amid rumors of Lagarde’s early departure; and an exclusive story on the new procedure agreed to select the host of the European Customs Authority.

Published on 19/02/2026 – 7:43 GMT+1•Updated 7:48 On today’s show: ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Maia de la Baume fills us in on the inaugural meeting of Trump’s Board of Peace taking place in Washington, DC. An interview with Salomé Zourabichvili, the 5th President of Georgia. Jakub Janas explains whether Europe is experiencing mass immigration — an issue […]

Published on 18/02/2026 – 18:59 GMT+1•Updated 7:20 p.m EU lawmakers have drafted a procedure to select the future host of the European Customs Authority, a new decentralized agency tasked with supporting and coordinating national customs administrations across the bloc. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The agency is expected to be set up in 2026 and operational in 2028. […]

Published on 18/02/2026 – 18:02 GMT+1 EU member states will extend the bloc’s mechanism to regulate price spikes beyond 2030 in a bid to ensure the carbon price under the upcoming tax on cars, vans and buildings does not spike excessively when the system takes effect in 2028. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Households and businesses using fossil […]

The European Commission’s surprise decision to dispatch Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica to the first formal gathering of the Board of Peace in Washington has sparked outrage among several member states, with France leading the charge in voicing both institutional and political objections. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING During a meeting of EU ambassadors on Wednesday, critics […]

Published on 18/02/2026 – 16:25 GMT+1 Hungary and Slovakia announced on Wednesday that they would suspend diesel exports to Ukraine amid growing tensions over oil deliveries, saying they need to secure their energy supplies to replace imports of Russian oil through the damaged Druzhba pipeline – with Hungary also accusing Ukraine of political blackmail and […]

Europe doesn’t have an innovation problem, but a scale problem, says the latest report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), noting how the continent excels at research and pilot projects, but consistently fails to convert technological breakthroughs into large-scale industrial deployment. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The hefty report was presented on Wednesday as energy ministers gather on […]

Published on 18/02/2026 – 12:32 GMT+1 The European Commission has released a strategy to support eastern border regions struggling with economic decline, demographic pressure, and hybrid threats stemming from the war in Ukraine. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Nine EU member states – Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria – are set to benefit […]

Published on 18/02/2026 – 12:09 GMT+1•Updated 1:06 p.m The European Commission will boycott the Milan-Cortina Paralympics Opening Ceremony in protest at a decision to let Russian and Belarusian athletes compete under their national flags. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Commissioner for Sport Glenn Micallef said he considered the move “unacceptable” will not attend the ceremony, which will be […]

Published on 18/02/2026 – 11:19 GMT+1 The European Commission has just launched a formal, priority investigation into the e-commerce giant under the EU’s Digital Services Act. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Interested? Let’s unbox this together. Brussels is targeting Shein’s entire business model. They are investigating its addictive design, such as giving users points and rewards to keep […]