China has warned the European Union against expecting concessions through economic pressure, as Brussels moves towards developing a new instrument that could allow it to restrict Chinese companies’ access to the bloc’s
China has warned the European Union against expecting concessions through economic pressure, as Brussels moves towards developing a new instrument that could allow it to restrict Chinese companies’ access to the bloc’s
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European Union leaders have agreed to review the bloc’s carbon emissions trading system after pressure from Italy, Poland and the Czech Republic, opening the door to changes to a central pillar of
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European Union leaders are preparing for a difficult battle over the bloc’s next long-term budget, with disagreements over spending priorities and fears of electoral gains by eurosceptic parties threatening efforts to reach
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Britain’s emerging debate over rejoining the European Union is colliding with a fundamental change in the bloc it left a decade ago, as European governments adopt more protectionist economic policies, expand defence
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The European Parliament has adopted a significantly tougher position on China, calling Beijing a “decisive enabler” of Russia’s war in Ukraine, warning that Chinese industrial policy poses an “existential threat” to the
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The European Commission is proposing changes to the European Union’s enlargement rules that could allow new members to join while temporarily limiting their voting rights, and even suspend some voting powers if
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Canada’s proposed “associate membership” of the EU exposes a striking legal paradox: the treaties contain no such membership category, yet Article 217 TFEU could provide a route to an exceptionally deep association.
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A 2025 study found that 41 per cent of respondents across 10 European countries agreed that there is a group “trying to replace the native-born population with immigrants”, with 17.5 per cent
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The question now is what the EU intends to do with the opening Carney has created. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had offered Canada an “assoziierte Mitgliedschaft” — an “associated
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While the Iran War dominates international headlines, Russia continues to conduct increasingly brazen external operations on European soil. The pattern is becoming harder to dismiss as a series of isolated incidents: assassination
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has formed an alliance with the leaders of Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden to oppose a major expansion of the European Union’s long-term budget, arguing that
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The question Europe thought it had settled is returning with unexpected force: should prostitution be abolished, regulated or treated as work? The debate is once again moving from feminist theory into the
More Around 30 prisoners convicted of serious offences in Sweden are preparing to serve their sentences in Estonia, hundreds of kilometres from where they were tried. They will form the first group transferred
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The European Union and China have marked October as a crucial point in their trade relationship. Negotiations are under way, and Brussels wants to see “tangible results” by then to begin addressing
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A drone carrying explosives flew directly towards a parked cargo aircraft at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport on Tuesday evening, striking the Antonov’s wing before bouncing off and falling to the ground. The device
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