ADVERTISEMENT In December 2019 Ursula von der Leyen returned to Brussels, the city where she spent her childhood, with the poise of a self-assured centrist and the promise of a visionary. The Green Deal stood at the centre of her first presidency, offering climate hope and a surprisingly collaborative touch,…

Published on 05/08/2025 – 5:56 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT The Netherlands said on Monday that it will contribute €500 million to purchase US military equipment to be sent to Ukraine, becoming the first NATO country to forge a new protocol to provide Kyiv with American weaponry after US President Donald Trump tightened…

Published on 04/08/2025 – 18:29 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT EU diplomats on Monday failed to agree once again on a partial suspension of Israel from the Horizon Europe fund in response to the war in Gaza, several diplomats said. Gathered online for their regular Mashreq/Maghreb Working Party and despite mounting pressure on Israel…

ADVERTISEMENT Nine out of 10 young people living in the EU considered themselves to be in good or very good shape in 2024. This figure has seen a slight decline in the 27-member bloc, dropping from 92% in 2010 to 90.1% in 2024, according to Eurostat. Young people aged 16…

ADVERTISEMENT “In your opinion, should Donald Tusk resign and cease to serve as Prime Minister of the government?” asked a United Surveys poll for Polish news site Wirtualna Polska. 48.6% of respondents answered that Tusk should resign, while 43.8% said that he should remain in office. 7.6% were undecided or…

ADVERTISEMENT Poland is extending its temporary border controls with Germany and Lithuania until October 4. This was announced by Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński on Sunday. The reason given was continued concerns regarding irregular migration. Increased security measures have made the route via Belarus and Russia largely impassable, which is why…

ADVERTISEMENT Poland is set to have more tanks by 2030 than the UK, Germany, France and Italy combined, after signing a deal to buy an additional 180 South Korean K2 tanks. The deal, worth more than €6 billion, is the latest stage in Poland’s military expansion, motivated mainly by the…

ADVERTISEMENT Ukraine’s Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) on Saturday reported that its drones hit the Shahed storage airbase in Primorsko-Akhtarsk and the Elektropribor military plant in Penza in Russia just as three people were killed by Russian strikes on Kherson. Ukraine’s drone attack on Russia reportedly hit the Elektropribor plant…

ADVERTISEMENT It’s fair to assume Ursula von der Leyen will be looking forward to her summer break. This July, typically a month of low-intensity in Brussels politics, has been nothing short of a whirlwind for the president of the European Commission, with consequential decisions and pivotal moments that could reshape…

Published on 01/08/2025 – 18:42 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosted Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Libya’s Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah in Istanbul on Friday for a summit centred on addressing migration, enhancing cooperation and supporting Libya’s political stability. A statement issued by Meloni’s office following the closed-door…