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The EU cheese stability index
Charles de Gaulle was right. The former president articulated the despair of French officials throughout history when he said, “How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?” We set...
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Shipping climate talks expose EU divisions
EU negotiators are in London this week to convince emerging economy giants of the need for urgent action to curb pollution from the shipping industry. The problem is, there are deep fissures within the...
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Southern rim rebels against EU migration proposal
The political fight over migration is roaring back to life. Five EU countries that sit on the bloc’s external borders are bucking a proposed overhaul of asylum rules, putting in peril efforts to strike...
View ArticleBrussels to tackle EU cash-for-passports schemes
The EU plans to pressure member countries that offer passports to investors from outside the bloc to adopt more selective screening processes, according to the European Commission. A handful of...
View ArticleBrussels risks clock-change chaos
EU capitals are split on everything from migration to trucker rights — but on time, the European Commission is hoping the bloc sticks together. The Commission this week unveiled a draft law to do away...
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Turkish Cypriots fear being part of Erdoğan’s ‘pious generation’
NICOSIA — On the northern edge of Europe’s last divided capital, signs of Turkey’s growing influence are hard to miss. A brand-new mosque, sponsored by Ankara, towers over the Turkish Cypriot suburbs...
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Brexit talks shake toxic mood as diplomats report progress
After staring into the abyss, negotiators have found renewed momentum in the Brexit talks. Although obstacles remain, there is now cautious optimism that the two sides are close to wrapping up...
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The Brexit playbook in the 11 EU countries that will shape a deal
Britain’s hopes of gaining an advantage in the Brexit divorce talks by playing one national capital off against another have not found much success so far. The EU27 have proved remarkably disciplined...
View ArticleThree out of four Europeans say the euro’s a good thing
A big majority of people in all 19 eurozone countries support the common euro currency and think it’s a good thing for the bloc, an annual Eurobarometer survey found — as first reported by Brussels...
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Şener Levent
Criticizing Turkey is a risky undertaking if you live within Ankara’s reach, as Şener Levent knows only too well. Bullet holes mark the entrance to Afrika, his Turkish Cypriot newspaper; hitmen have...
View Article2018: The year in figures and charts
What a tremendous, nebulous year. Very much like last year, 2018 was full of endless Brexit drama. And endless Trump drama. And then there was some more Brexit drama. And some more Trump drama. But...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament talks to the hand
The European Parliament is coming to your hand. That’s right, hearts and minds are passé, but hands are everything in 2019: because that’s where European citizens hold their smartphones. As part of its...
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European Parliament is failing on transparency
When it comes to transparency, the European Parliament’s motto has become: Do as I say, not as I do. Members of the key European institution are fighting crucial reforms to ensure MEPs act by a shared...
View ArticleManfred Weber hits EU campaign trail in Cyprus
NICOSIA — Manfred Weber, the European People’s Party (EPP) candidate for European Commission president, gave a crowd of about 500 diners in Cyprus a first glimpse at his election campaign Thursday...
View ArticleCommission raises concerns about ‘golden’ visa, passport schemes
The European Commission on Wednesday published a report criticizing schemes that allow foreign citizens to “buy” EU residency or citizenship through investment. The schemes — dubbed “golden visas” and...
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Citizens’ rights for Brits in the EU if there’s no Brexit deal
With Brexit day less than two months away and no deal still a possibility, uncertainty looms for the roughly 800,000 U.K. citizens living elsewhere in the EU. Under the Withdrawal Agreement...
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Venezuela’s chaos exposes EU disarray on foreign policy
Venezuela is the country in chaos but it was the EU and its members that couldn’t get their messages in order. Many EU countries, including the bloc’s major powers of France, Germany and the U.K.,...
View ArticleEurope’s election void: Just 30 percent of MEPs are confirmed to run again
With less than 100 days until the May 2019 European Parliament election, nearly half of Parliament’s current MEPs (323 out of 751) do not know whether they are running again. A further 203 (27 percent)...
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Brussels warns Italy, Greece over high debt and bad loans
Brussels has a — slightly repetitive — message for the bloc’s most fragile economies: They need to get serious about fiscal discipline or remain vulnerable to an economic shock. Italy, Cyprus and...
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