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European leaders floated a two-speed union as the fastest way to break a political impasse over economic reforms needed to reboot the European economy, as French President Emmanuel Macron set a summer deadline for a broad deal. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “What we decided today is that between now and June, we will have to finalize the […]

Published on 12/02/2026 – 18:00 GMT+1 Hungary’s opposition leader Péter Magyar has admitted he was lured into a “honey trap” by his former girlfriend, and has rejected allegations of drug use. Magyar says Viktor Orbán’s government orchestrated the operation using secret service methods. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Magyar’s Tisza Party is the main challenger to Viktor Orbán’s […]

Published on 12/02/2026 – 17:45 GMT+1 Belgian federal police raided several European Commission premises on Thursday as part of a probe into the 2024 sale of real estate assets to the Belgian government’s investment arm, the Federal Participation and Investment Company. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING At the center of the investigation is the purchase of 23 Commission […]

US and European defense ministers seemed to be in agreement on Thursday that, to survive, NATO needs to become more European. But their rationales for this shift, however, are probably not fully aligned. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “What is needed is a ”NATO 3.0′,” US Under Secretary of War Eldridge Colby told the NATO defense ministers gathering […]

Published on 12/02/2026 – 14:53 GMT+1 The European Court of Justice should annul the European Commission’s 2023 decision to disburse €10.2 billion to Hungary, according to an opinion released this week. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Advocate General Tamara Ćapeta concluded that Hungary did not fulfill all required milestones to qualify for the funds. While such opinions are […]

NATO defense ministers meeting on Thursday were keen to stress that support for Ukraine remains top of their agenda following weeks of debate about security in the Arctic that culminated with the launch of a new alliance activity in the High North. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING At Thursday’s defense ministerial in Brussels, the alliance ministers broadly praised […]

Published on 12/02/2026 – 12:33 GMT+1 Hungary’s opposition leader Péter Magyar has accused Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s ruling Fidesz party of preparing a blackmail campaign against him involving a secretly recorded sex tape, escalating tensions ahead of April’s parliamentary elections. Magyar, whose Tisza party leads Fidesz in opinion polls, said he suspects the governing party […]

Published on 12/02/2026 – 11:27 GMT+1 Level 1. During the 2012 financial crisis, Mario Draghi famously promised to do “whatever it takes” to save the euro. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING And he saved the currency you now use every day. But the price was high. Draghi was the face of austerity. And if you are from southern […]

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is producing empty phrases, former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said, arguing Europe must choose between federalization or dissolution. “We have two choices – we are at a fork in the road. We can move in the direction of federation or we can disband the euro,” Varoufakis told […]

Good morning, I’m Mared Gwyn. It’s Thursday, and EU leaders are about to descend on a remote castle in the Belgian countryside for talks on how to restore European competitiveness and revive a stagnant economy. Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi – the Italian duo who diagnosed the EU’s outdated economic doctrine in two separate reports […]