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A switch to qualified-majority voting would have obvious benefits. It would help to prevent the watering-down of sanctions proposals to their lowest common denominator as twenty-seven capitals argue that sanctions should not impact their respective national champions. It would also prevent policy paralysis and project EU unity, instead of placing the spotlight on the fringe stances of a handful of EU states. Finally, it would help shield the EU from the divide-and-rule tactics of Russia, China, and other adversaries.

How the EU can think creatively for sanctions on Russia

Ahead of Thursday’s European Council summit, it is hard to deny that EU sanctions on Russia are facing headwinds

However, the UK says it’s not planning to follow suit - making it an attractive market for firms like XPeng, which started delivering its G6 model to British consumers in March, and BYD, which launched its Dolphin Surf model this month in the UK, and is available for as little as $26,100.

How China made electric vehicles mainstream

"I drive an electric vehicle because I am poor," says Lu Yunfeng, a private hire driver

Wölken continues with allegations as ‘Ursula von der Leyen as Commission chief is betraying her mandate and turning the Commission into the EPP’s headquarters. An institutional scandal’.

Socialists & Democrats furious: ‘Commission’s withdrawal of the Green Claims Directive is political sabotage’

‘Commission-EPP alliance hijacks EU decision-making process’ argues the S&D Group after the EU Council decided to cancel the final trilogue about the Green Claims Directive when the Commission let know to intend to withdraw the directive

Many initiatives have been proposed (Military assistance mission in support of Ukraine, maritime security operation ASPIDES, adoption of the EU space strategy for security and defence, and the cyber resilience act, reinforcement of the single intelligence analysis capacity and the EU satellite Centre, adoption of the third EU-NATO joint declaration, publication of a European defence industry package, including a strategy and a legislative proposal for a defence industry programme among other initiatives).

The European Union at the crossroads

Any observer of the international context may, quite understandably, struggle to process the forces that are at play: the terms under which Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine might end;

For Netanyahu, bombing Iran wasn’t just a security imperative; it was a legacy-defining moment. He had warned about Tehran’s nuclear ambitions since the 1990s. Now, with Israel striking Iranian facilities and Hezbollah leadership eliminated in the north, he has finally fulfilled his career-long promise.

How Bibi Netanyahu outsmarted Biden, defied the EU, and still bombed Iran

Despite corruption charges, mass protests, and mounting international pressure, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister used his alliance with Trump and skillfully exploited global divisions to execute his most audacious move yet