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Welcome to the first edition of the Brussels Playbook Podcast! In the debut episode, Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart break down two big questions facing Brussels: How far is the EU willing to go to bring Ukraine into its fold? And can Europe finally get serious about fixing its economy? First, Ukraine and enlargement. EU […]

Die Ukraine droht im Lärm der globalen Krisen unterzugehen. Während auf internationalen Panels über Iran, China oder Venezuela diskutiert wird, rutscht der russische Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine auf der Agenda nach unten, auch kurz vor der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz. In dieser Folge steht die Frage im Zentrum, wie viel Aufmerksamkeit dem Krieg noch bleibt und was […]

With more than 21,000 employees across 65 facilities in Europe, U.S.-based RTX is a major player in the European defense sector, building on the region’s technical and manufacturing talent. In addition to direct investment, RTX works with approximately 11,000 suppliers across Europe and spent $8 billion in the European supply chain in 2024 alone. Industrial […]

The tourism economy flourished, but it came at the cost of local residents, who were ejected from apartments hastily converted into short-term rentals and priced out of their local tascas. Home prices across the country jumped more than 124 percent between 2015 and 2025, and the median price-per-square meter in Lisbon now hovers around €5,914. […]

The EU’s idea echoes Emmanuel Macron’s multi-speed Union blueprint, which he has outlined several times since he became French president in 2017. The latest version has been informally dubbed “reverse enlargement,” according to an EU official and two European diplomats, because it effectively brings countries into the bloc at the beginning of the process of meeting membership criteria rather than […]

Instead Starmer was cheered and applauded by his own MPs and peers in a private meeting on Monday night. Fighting for his future in 75 minutes, Starmer gave what one supportive MP called “the most passionate speech” of his time in office and took 44 questions, apologizing for the damage caused to his party. It […]

The fresh indictment adds to mounting European concern over alleged Russian hybrid operations — including sabotage, cyberattacks and disinformation — since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Reported Russia-linked arson and serious sabotage incidents across Europe rose to 34 in 2024, up from 12 the previous year and just two in 2022, according to […]

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They are still “far, far too high,” Martin McCluskey, a Scottish Labour MP and the minister tasked with bringing them down, acknowledged in an interview with POLITICO last month.   Starmer “seems to have taken his eye off the ball in regard to domestic issues,” said Brian Leishman, a Scottish Labour MP. | Peter Nicholls/Getty Images “I understand why people […]

The center-right European People’s Party, the center-left Socialists and Democrats, and the liberal Renew Europe all agreed to fast-track votes allowing the Commission to raise funds on the international debt market, backed by the EU’s long-term budget. The three groups’ backing means the votes — including on changes to the EU’s budget and to an existing […]