Turkey sees Greece’s militarization of Aegean Islands as ‘threat’
ATHENS — Ankara considers Greece’s militarization of the Aegean Islands a security threat, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said, as tensions between the two neighbors rise. “We don’t want Greece...
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How did von der Leyen’s ‘independence moment’ hold up over 12 months?
Ursula von der Leyen used her set piece speech last year to declare Europe’s “independence moment.” Twelve months later, the European Commission president’s record shows the EU’s independence still...
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How ‘Made in Israel’ is powering European security
How ‘Made in Israel’ is powering European security The EU’s sovereignty push is colliding with growing reliance on Israeli defense firms. By ANTOANETA ROUSSIin Brussels Illustration by Ricardo Tomás...
View ArticleIreland bids to break EU budget deadlock as warring governments stall for time
BRUSSELS — Ireland is stepping up its efforts to unblock talks on the EU’s next seven-year budget, with governments split over the size and aims of the spending plan — and neither side showing signs...
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Brussels wants ‘Buy European’ but voters lean domestic, poll shows
BRUSSELS — As the EU works on a major industrial policy bill that would give European companies an edge in government contracts, the message from voters in most member countries is that their leaders...
View ArticleZelenskyy’s Balkan fumble
PRISTINA — Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s weekend trip to Serbia triggered reverberations in the Balkans long after the Ukrainian president jetted back to Kyiv. Zelenskyy visited Serbian President Aleksandar...
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Ceuta crisis: 22 EU leaders gang up against Spain’s Sánchez over his...
Twenty-two EU leaders — including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni — on Saturday took aim at Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s migration policies for...
View ArticlePost-Orbán sanctions showdown exposes EU capitals’ red lines
BRUSSELS — EU ambassadors will make another push Wednesday to finalize the bloc’s first Russia sanctions package since Viktor Orbán left office, after governments stripped back key measures to protect...
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Trump’s wavering on NATO brings Europe closer to Turkey on defense
BRUSSELS — Turkey has a grim human rights record and strong ties with Russia and China, but Donald Trump’s wavering commitment to European defense is prompting allies to reassess closer military...
View ArticleItaly joins Bulgaria in resisting EU sanctions against Putin ally Patriarch...
Italy has joined Bulgaria in voicing concerns about plans to sanction Russia’s Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, according to three EU diplomats informed on the deliberations. Chief EU diplomat Kaja Kallas...
View ArticleProbe finds former MEP investigating Pegasus was hacked with Pegasus
BRUSSELS — Former member of the European Parliament Stelios Kouloglou was “repeatedly hacked “with Pegasus spyware while serving on the Parliament’s committee investigating spyware abuses, according...
View ArticleCommission warns frugals: Slash the EU budget at your peril
BRUSSELS — EU budget commissioner Piotr Serafin warned frugal countries that drastic cuts to the bloc’s proposed €2 trillion budget would disproportionally hit their own priorities. Serafin’s...
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How to navigate Ireland’s EU presidency policy agenda like a pro
Ireland is stepping into its role as chair of the EU’s policy agenda at a moment when Europe’s politics are, for once, helping rather than holding it back. With Hungary’s Viktor Orbán no longer a...
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Europe wants to save its industry. It still can’t agree how.
BRUSSELS — Volkswagen’s plan to cut up to 100,000 jobs and close four factories in Germany is exactly the kind of industrial crisis Brussels says it wants to avert. But EU countries and lawmakers are...
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How fear of farmers is reshaping the next EU budget
As EU leaders squeeze defense, foreign policy and competitiveness funds in their next long-term budget, farm subsidies are emerging almost untouched. It’s the latest reminder that no constituency...
View ArticleIrish EU presidency to cost triple those of Cyprus, Denmark
Ireland is set to spend more than three times as much as Cyprus and Denmark on its Presidency of the Council of the EU, with the estimated cost of chairing the bloc’s policy agenda between July 1 and...
View ArticleEurope’s foreign policy turf war
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music The EU’s diplomatic service is losing power, people and influence to Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission. Zoya Sheftalovich and Nick Vinocur look at how the...
View ArticleIreland’s toughest mission: Getting a budget deal under the Christmas tree
BRUSSELS — Ireland faces the daunting task of forging an agreement on the EU’s next seven-year budget in the next six months, ahead of an election year across Europe that could throw negotiations into...
View ArticleTrump’s Gaza Board of Peace will hit the reset button in Cyprus
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace is set to convene at a Cyprus resort on June 30 to “adjust its strategy,” an official familiar with the matter told POLITICO. Two senior EU officials,...
View ArticlePresident vs Parliament: Metsola overrides MEPs in bid to force through child...
BRUSSELS — European Parliament President Roberta Metsola is trying to push through a controversial law on scanning child abuse content online even though it has been repeatedly slapped down by her own...
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