Top Greek court orders probe into wiretap scandal report
By: EBR | Monday, November 7, 2022
Greece’s supreme court has ordered a probe into a bombshell report that more than 30 politicians, journalists and businessmen were targeted by state surveillance
Gas crisis causes rethink of energy sources for district heating
By: EBR | Thursday, November 3, 2022
In recent years, energy companies operating large combined heat and power plants were looking to switch from coal to gas as a stepping stone towards decarbonisation
Accusations of far-right ‘cosying’ intensify after Macron-Meloni meet
By: EBR | Thursday, October 27, 2022
Accusations of cosying up to the far-right are flying in France after Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National backed the Left’s no-confidence motion in the government and President Emmanuel Macron met with Italy’s controversial new prime minister, Giorgia Meloni
EU aid for Africa will decide its seat at the global top table
By: EBR | Tuesday, October 25, 2022
If the European Union wishes to signal its claim to a greater global role once the Ukraine war is ended, it doesn’t have far to look
Dutch Schengen holdout risks fuelling anti-EU sentiment in Bulgaria, Romania
By: EBR | Monday, October 24, 2022
As the Netherlands continues to withhold its green light for Romania and Bulgaria to join Europe’s border-free zone, politicians in the Balkan countries warn that the move, perceived as unfair and discriminatory, risks feeding Euroscepticism
Berlin resists price caps, pushes EU to ‘develop new gas fields’
By: EBR | Friday, October 21, 2022
With only weeks to go before a key UN climate conference, the German government is pushing EU leaders to work with countries that have the capacity “to develop new gas fields”
Closing the cyber gaps in Europe’s energy security
By: EBR | Friday, October 21, 2022
After nine months of war, Ukraine is advancing to retake its own territory while Russia’s responses have been to attack Ukrainian civil targets and infrastructure though both military force and cyber means
Five takeaways from the European Political Community Summit
By: EBR | Friday, October 21, 2022
Getting forty-four leaders from across Europe to meet in Prague was an achievement in itself
EU right exposed after Berlusconi’s ‘sweet’ letters with Putin
By: EBR | Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Silvio Berlusconi has once again caused turmoil in Italian politics after it was revealed that he exchanged “sweet” letters with his long-time “true” friend, Russian President Vladimir Putin
German nuclear scuffle: Scholz cracks down, insists on keeping all plants
By: EBR | Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has cracked down on his infighting government coalition, using his constitutional final say to resolve the dispute over the continued operation of nuclear power plants amid an energy crisis
How a German regional election could shape Europe
By: EBR | Thursday, October 13, 2022
The northern German state of Lower Saxony, home to eight million people, rarely makes headlines, and the international media barely registered this Sunday’s election there
EU’s chief diplomat scolds his envoys as ‘too slow’ in reporting back
By: EBR | Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Considering the many crises facing the EU, its delegations need to be alert 24 hours but are often ‘too slow’ in reporting back to Brussels, the bloc’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell said
Orban: With Merkel, we wouldn’t have a war
By: EBR | Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Russia’s war on Ukraine would not have happened if former German Chancellor Angela Merkel was still in office, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said
EU fumes as US, Norway energy profits put solidarity to the test
By: EBR | Thursday, October 6, 2022
As the USA and Norway reap unprecedented profits from surging energy prices, EU countries are complaining more loudly
After Russia, now Turkey questions Europe’s territory
By: EBR | Wednesday, October 5, 2022
A memorandum of understanding for exploring hydrocarbons at sea signed between the government of Tripoli and Turkey openly questions EU territory causing more headaches in Brussels amid an ongoing war in Ukraine
EU agrees on oil price cap in new Russia sanctions draft package
By: EBR | Wednesday, October 5, 2022
EU ambassadors reached a political agreement on the bloc’s new round of Russia sanctions, including an oil price cap, which earlier had been opposed by a few seafaring member states
Tens of thousands protest Czech NATO and EU membership
By: EBR | Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Demonstrators gathered on Wednesday in Prague to ask Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s administration to resign in the wake of rising energy costs and called for the relationship with the EU, NATO, the UN and the WHO to be reconsidered
The EU: France wants anti-dumping measures against Spain
By: EBR | Thursday, September 29, 2022
As energy prices soared, Europe’s aluminium plants began to shut down while the bloc stepped up imports from Russia and China
An EU drive on tax dodging will be its best weapon against Putin
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Autumnal weather is signalling the chill reality of Russia’s economic war with the rest of Europe, but not yet the sheer cost of the conflict
Italy’s new leader Giorgia Meloni arrives at a critical time for the EU
By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Giorgia Meloni’s election victory comes at a critical time for the European Union, with war back on the continent. Sanctions against Russia are driving up inflationary pressures
By: N. Peter Kramer
