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With soaring energy prices and the threat of supply disruptions, the European Union is being forced to strike a delicate balance between staying on course towards climate neutrality and ensuring affordable energy for households and businesses across the bloc. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The EU’s plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions and…
By Alessio Dell’Anna & Damaso Jaivenois Published on 02/04/2026 – 10:30 GMT+2•Updated 10:45 If you work in Luxembourg, you’re in luck — you’re likely being paid the highest hourly wage on average across the whole of Europe ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Grand Duchy at the heart of the continent offers an average net wage…
Under the EU’s unanimity rule, one member state can halt decisions on foreign policy, sanctions, taxation, and enlargement. With 27 members at the table, there is significant potential for deadlock, and in recent years, it has moved from a theoretical risk to a political reality. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Hungary has used…
The European Commission is laying the technical and legal groundwork to make the first payment to Ukraine under the €90 billion loan as soon as Hungary lifts its veto, hoping to shield the country’s war-battered budget from painful cuts. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán is blocking the financial lifeline…
French citizens are tearing down the EU flag from town halls and schools to reclaim their country from Brussels, according to a viral X post that is fuelling a long-running anti-EU narrative depicting the bloc as “tyrannical”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The post shows a video next to a picture of European…
Good morning from Brussels. I’m Mared Gwyn with your last Europe Today newsletter before we go on a short break. We’ll be back next Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The EU’s energy chief Dan Jørgensen has warned member states that energy prices could remain high even if a peace deal to end…
Published on 31/03/2026 – 19:35 GMT+2 Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen urged EU countries on Tuesday to take aligned, coordinated action to curb oil and gas consumption and optimise storage reserves, warning that the crisis’s impact will not be short-lived. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We need to avoid fragmented national responses and disruptive…
Damage to the Druzhba pipeline, the world’s longest oil conduit and so far exempt from EU sanctions, has halted oil deliveries from Russia to Hungary and threatened to torpedo a billion-dollar loan to Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Ukrainian officials say the damage was caused by a Russian strike and that repairs…
Published on 31/03/2026 – 11:50 GMT+2 The Iran war may seem far away, but its oil is not. For European drivers, the pain at the pump is real, with some countries seeing price spikes of over 30%. So how are EU governments stepping in to help? Let’s look at the…
The veto right allows member states to block Council decisions in areas where treaties require unanimity instead of majority voting. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Activating this power can send the entire EU into a political gridlock: one opposing member state is enough to halt proposed actions from being adopted. National governments use…
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