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Cyprus to rebuff calls from Northern frugals to slash EU budget
BRUSSELS — Cyprus’ Council presidency is set to turn down Germany’s demands to slash the EU’s next seven-year budget, four EU diplomats told POLITICO. Nicosia, which is set to unveil new budget...
View ArticleHungary announces deal with Ukraine on minority rights, clearing Kyiv’s path...
BRUSSELS — Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar late Wednesday announced Budapest had struck a deal with Kyiv that would clear the way for the EU to open accession negotiations with Ukraine. Magyar...
View ArticleEU negotiators reach compromise on air passenger rights
BRUSSELS — After months of wrangling over EU air passenger rights reform, negotiators appear set to leave the most contentious issue — compensation for delays and cancellations — largely unchanged,...
View ArticleFrance and Cyprus to sign defense pact for French deployment to island
France and Cyprus will sign on Monday a status of forces agreement allowing Paris to station troops on the Mediterranean island, two senior Cypriot government officials told POLITICO. The agreement...
View ArticleTurkish forces harass aircraft carrying European defense ministers to Cyprus
ATHENS — Turkish forces interfered with a military aircraft carrying European defense ministers to an EU meeting in Cyprus on Monday, the Cypriot government said, adding it will lodge formal...
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EU capitals boost plans for migrant ‘return hubs’
BRUSSELS — EU plans to send failed asylum seekers to deportation hubs outside the bloc look set to gain momentum, as national capitals are poised to back new rules on migrant returns. Ambassadors are...
View ArticleEU eyes developing new joint military capabilities to curb reliance on US
BRUSSELS — EU defense chief Andrius Kubilius is exploring a new initiative for countries to jointly fund military capabilities like air-to-air refueling now provided by the U.S., three European...
View ArticleHormuz closure sparks global pitchfest on energy
Multiple countries are pitching the Trump administration on how they can offer alternatives to the energy crisis the Iran war has sparked over the Strait of Hormuz. They’re hoping to get political...
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We want bigger cuts to EU budget than planned, richer countries say
BRUSSELS — A group of wealthy northern EU countries has launched a revolt against a proposal for only minimal cuts to the bloc’s €2 trillion budget. The plan for a 2 percent (€32.8 billion) cut to the...
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The EU has new migration rules. What does that mean?
BRUSSELS — After years of political deadlock, false starts and dead ends, a major overhaul of EU migration policy kicks in on Friday. The reforms are the EU’s response to an upsurge in arrivals back...
View Article5 things to know about the EU’s air passenger rights reform deal
BRUSSELS — EU countries on Friday cleared the way for an overhaul of air passenger rights, approving a compromise deal that will affect everything from how easily passengers can file claims for...
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Rogue tractors complicate farm spending fight
MULLINGAR, Ireland — As Ireland prepares to steer negotiations over the EU’s next farm budget, policymakers are confronted with a key question: Who actually speaks for Europe’s farmers? The question...
View Article4 things to watch at the European Council
BRUSSELS — The laundry list for EU leaders when they head to Brussels for talks on Thursday and Friday is long and daunting: Ukraine, the Middle East, the bloc’s massive multi-year budget, how to take...
View ArticleEurope’s budget battle begins as leaders spar over China challenge
BRUSSELS — It’s not easy being an EU leader. On Thursday, they’ll explore how to face down China’s threat to the economy. On Friday, they’ll argue about who pays. The two discussions exemplify the...
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...
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 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 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 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...
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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...
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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 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...
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...
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 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...
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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 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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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 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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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 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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