Category: Politico News

The European Commission today proposed emergency legislation that would allow Brussels to impose 15 percent binding gas consumption cuts on EU countries over the next two years. “The recent escalation of disruptions of gas supply from Russia points to significant risk that a complete and protracted halt of Russian gas supplies may materialise in an […]

ROME — Mario Draghi said Wednesday that he would be willing to stay on as Italian prime minister — because the Italian people were asking him to. But for that to happen, Draghi made clear that Italy’s governing coalition parties must be willing to get into line. In a speech Wednesday in the Italian Senate, […]

Belarus’ diversion of a Ryanair flight, which led to the arrest of dissident journalist Roman Protasevich and his partner Sofia Sapega, was “an act of unlawful interference,” the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has said. On May 23, 2021, Belarusian authorities reported a bomb threat against a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius, and forced […]

U.K. consumer price inflation hit 9.4 percent in June, a significant increase since May, according to data released Wednesday by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).  The reading marks a jump from the 9.1 percent measured in May. Transportation, namely fuel prices, and food costs were the biggest drivers behind the inflation spike, offset only slightly by falling […]

Presented by GE. View in your browser or listen to audio By MARI ECCLES with Josh Posaner PRESENTED BY — We look at hydrogen‘s potential in decarbonizing aviation as companies including easyJet and Rolls Royce throw their weight (and cash) behind it. — German consumers have launched a case against Tesla in Berlin, claiming the company […]

Jean-Luc Lemercier, corporate vice president EMEA, Canada and Latin America, Edwards Lifesciences The European population is aging. By 2040, 155 million people are expected to be over the age of 65 [1]. This demographic change is often referred to as a challenge, but we believe that this description ignores the considerable benefits that society can […]

Europe’s record-smashing heat wave has exposed a divide between workers who can escape the heat and those who can’t. From Portugal to Belgium and into Central Europe, those unable to decamp to air-conditioned offices sweltered in buses and bakeries, on fields and construction sites as a brutal heat wave gripped the Continent.  In Spain, the […]

Dalibor Rohac is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He tweets at @DaliborRohac. The European Council’s decision last month to extend European Union candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova came as a pleasant surprise, especially to those expecting “old” member countries to derail the process for fear of the disruption that a wider […]

At the last scheduled meeting of European commissioners before the summer recess on Wednesday, Brussels technocrats will attempt their most far-reaching power grab yet seen in 2022: the right to impose mandatory gas rationing on the bloc’s 27 member countries. As citizens from Portugal to Poland swelter and perish in record-breaking heat, their governments are […]

Julie Pascoët is a senior advocacy officer at European Network Against Racism. Nabil Sanaullah is the organization’s communications and press officer. As the dust from the French election finally settles, the heavily racist rhetoric that propelled several political campaigns shows no sign of abating. However, the rise of the far-right National Rally (RN) party and […]