European Union leaders are increasingly championing electrification as the answer to some of the bloc’s biggest challenges: high energy prices, industrial competitiveness and the transition away from fossil fuels. But achieving that goal will require massive investment in ageing power grids and energy storage systems, which many policymakers warn are…

Hello and welcome to Monday – I’m Mared Gwyn, bringing you this newsletter from Brussels. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT European Council chief António Costa kicks off his one-week tour of the Western Balkans in Bosnia & Herzegovina’s capital of Sarajevo this morning, before traveling through six countries and concluding with the EU-Western…

By&nbspGavin Blackburn&nbsp&&nbspSerge Duchêne Published on 01/06/2026 – 8:44 GMT+2 France and its allies detained a sanctioned Russian oil tanker in the Atlantic over the weekend, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Tagor was detained on Sunday morning in international waters with the help of the United Kingdom…

A suspected drone sighting brought disruption to Munich airport on Saturday morning, with around 26 flights reportedly diverted and further delays affecting departures. It’s the latest in a growing number of drone incidents at German airports. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Figures from Germany’s air navigation service, Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), show that 37…

Former North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Deputy Secretary General, Mircea Geoană, said that much better defences were required by Europe to ward off drones – and the Romanian city of Galați still lives in a state of “shock” following an incursion by a Russian drone carrying explosives on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT…

China is the primary global supplier of parts and components to Europe. Beijing single-handedly exports 47 percent of all the materials needed to construct a final product entering the EU. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT On May 29th, the European Commission held an internal debate on EU-China relations and manufacturing dependency, as foreign…

Published on 01/06/2026 – 8:00 GMT+2 China is Europe’s primary source of strategic dependence. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Europe’s trade deficit with Beijing hit €359.9 billion last year, up 2.7 per cent from 2024. In 2025, EU imports from China totalled €559.4 billion, up 6.4 per cent from 2024, accounting for 22.3…

By&nbspKirsten Ripper, Euronews Published on 31/05/2026 – 14:36 GMT+2 At Frankfurt am Main central station, Deutsche Bahn also warns passengers on board trains about pickpockets. Travellers leaving the station are confronted with the misery of drug addicts who linger in Kaiserstraße and the surrounding streets, whether they want to see…

Russian forces launched a new series of air strikes on Ukraine on Sunday night, attacking its territory with more than 200 attack and decoy drones. Most of them were shot down, the AFU Air Force said (source in Russian), but 14 drones were recorded hitting 11 locations. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “According…

Malta’s Labour Party has secured a historic fourth consecutive term in office, according to a ballot sample count released on Sunday, handing outgoing Prime Minister Robert Abela another electoral victory. Preliminary figures indicated that Labour had retained power, election officials said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Abela and his Labour Party are betting…