Category: The Brussels Times

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The European Commission approved Italy’s aid scheme worth 10 billion euro to support companies affected by the crisis. The EC noted in a statement on Tuesday that it approved the loan guarantee scheme under the state aid Temporary Crisis Framework, stressing that the EU economy is facing a crisis. Margrethe Vestager, […]

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) German MEP Nicola Beer pledged support for Taiwan to officials in Taipei during her visit on Tuesday. She stressed that the EU and Taiwan have to cooperate as members of a “family of democracies,” according to DW reporting. “Taiwan’s bloom is also Europe’s bloom… we won’t turn a blind eye to […]

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The EC is to propose mandatory gas consumption cuts to avoid potential deepening of the energy crisis in winter. In the draft document, the Commission warned that Russia could cut natural gas supplies further and added that EU member states could face shortages if they do not implement cuts, according to […]

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The French government has offered roughly 9.7 billion euro to take full control of EDF power utility. The move will allow the government to run one of the largest power utilities in Europe as it sees fit, which will help it to contend with the energy crisis, according to Reuters reporting […]

The bloc is in negotiations with Azerbaijan on a new cooperation agreement on investments, trade, economic diversification and more. Continue reading EU, Azerbaijan to strengthen economic cooperation at Brussels Morning Newspaper.

Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ann Linde pointed out in a statement that “a political agreement was reached on the fifth tranche of military assistance to Ukraine.” Continue reading EU to spend additional €500mn on weapons for Ukraine at Brussels Morning Newspaper.

Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Extreme weather conditions as a consequence of global climate crisis are taking a serious and tangible financial toll on Germany, measured in tens of billions of euros, according to a study released on Monday. In a first study of its kind, economic analysis firm Prognos estimated that climate crisis consequences had […]

The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) In recent weeks, Ron DeSantis has not only consolidated his lead among the potential non-Trump candidates for the Republican nomination in 2024, but has begun to emerge as a strong potential challenger to Donald Trump for that nomination. Because of DeSantis’s popularity, for the first time in over seven year, […]

A delegation of the Budgetary Control Committee will go to Warsaw on a fact-finding trip to look into how taxpayers’ money is being managed and whether the governance systems and procedures in place are fit for the upcoming challenge of managing the recovery funds. MEPs will meet investigative journalists and associations of judges, prosecutors and […]

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The European Commission has approved IPCEI Hy2Tech – a package of 41 hydrogen projects in 15 EU member states. Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition, pointed out that “IPCEI Hy2Tech is the first Important Project of Common European Interest in the hydrogen sector,” the EC noted in a statement on Friday. […]