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Under the G7 plans, profits from the Russian immobilised assets held in the EU would service the interest and could also pay back the capital of a future loan issued to Ukraine by either the US, or the US jointly with other G7 countries, or by the EU from its budget.

Eurozone finance ministers back G7 push on Russian frozen assets, but legal questions remain

By: EBR | Thursday, June 6, 2024

Eurozone finance ministers gave their political backing to a G7 plan to provide loans to Ukraine by using windfall profits generated from Russian assets

“For the efficiency of the EU and a more political Union, the impartiality of the Commission should be an absolute priority,” Michel told reporters in Brussels, referencing Article 17 of the EU treaty, which spells out the EU’s institutional set-up.

European Commission should be less political and more impartial, Michel says

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 4, 2024

The EU’s treaties explicitly provide for the European Commission to be ‘impartial’, something that the current EU executive has not followed, European Council President Charles Michel told

The rhetoric of the far-right Alternative for Germany and the far left are fueling hate and contributing to a polarization of society not seen in decades.

Germany at a Crossroads

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Europe’s biggest economy is struggling to cope with a rapidly changing geopolitical environment

“Mario Draghi never reveals his plans until he comes to power,” De Benedetti said.

For Mario Draghi, European Council rather than Commission

By: EBR | Monday, June 3, 2024

Mario Draghi, former European Central Bank (ECB) chief, has been mentioned as a possible candidate for one of the EU’s top jobs after June’s elections

A slight majority of Italians do not have a positive image of Giorgia Meloni after nearly two years in charge. 52% disapprove of her government, whereas only 41% think positively about her performance.

Giorgia Meloni’s Italy

By: EBR | Monday, June 3, 2024

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni epitomizes modern European right-wing populism. Here are some pivotal facts about the country she leads

Earlier this week, EU foreign ministers decided to call for a meeting of the EU-Israel Association Council “to discuss the situation in Gaza and respect human rights under the obligations Israel has assumed”, the bloc’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell said.

Limited appetite among member states for EU trade sanctions on Israel

By: EBR | Friday, May 31, 2024

Amid growing calls for economic sanctions against Israel in view of the worsening humanitarian toll of its military operations in Gaza, EU trade ministers briefly discussed the issue

On Friday (24 May), the party launched a website called ‘Yes to the car’, where users can indicate whether they support revising the 2035 deadline for the sale of new petrol or diesel cars.

German conservatives make internal combustion engines an election issue

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 29, 2024

German conservative parties CDU and CSU have launched a campaign against the 2035 de-facto ban of new combustion engine cars, an issue the party says is critical for the June EU elections

Asked by Euractiv about Germany’s position on the system of lead candidates, government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit said that the coalition agreement of the three ruling parties applies.

German government casts doubt on support for von der Leyen nomination

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 28, 2024

The German coalition government is not unconditionally supporting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s bid for a second mandate

“Today, there is room to build a different majority in the European Parliament and for different policies,” Meloni told Rai in an interview.

Meloni predicts ‘different ruling majority’ in EU Parliament

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 28, 2024

With the far right expected to do well in the upcoming European elections, Giorgia Meloni said she expected the long-standing coalition between the centre-right EPP and the S&D to be challenged

To give it a go with resuscitating the Franco-German motor, Macron even readily subscribed to the new Berlin theme of a “progress coalition” and saw it as a realistic option in the Franco-German framework.

Scholz and Macron: The Battle of the Two (Mini-) Napoleons

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Why do Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron lock horns so fiercely?

Indeed, if Starmer does win on July 4, he will be the fourth cautious, unflashy center-left leader in recent years to take over from rulers from the right, following the victories of Joe Biden in the United States, Anthony Albanese in Australia, and Olaf Scholz in Germany.

The UK Braces for a Change of Direction

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Unless something extraordinary happens, fourteen years of Conservative rule in Britain will come to an end on July 4

One can only dream of Robert Fico returning to the political stage not – as is to be feared – full of vengeance, but full of restraint and a clear-eyed, indeed very personal view of where the politics of hate can lead a country, if not a continent.

Beyond Slovakia: The New Politics of Hate Takes Root In Europe

By: EBR | Thursday, May 23, 2024

There is a new divide in politics in Europe

The first that the UK will not be involved with. Yet in a way we will be involved because the outcome will shape our relations with each other.

EU elections: UK looks on from the “outside”

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 22, 2024

There is something fundamentally depressing about the forthcoming EU elections

What all the above means is that Europe needs to strategically acknowledge how such premises no longer apply.

Europe’s Inability to Manage Instability

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 21, 2024

It has been a tumultuous few weeks inside the EU and beyond

Voters’ forecast shift to the hard right is set to upset if not reverse policies that have been central to the European project for decades.

Hard-right’s EP election wins may have a silver lining

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Unless the opinion polls have got it very wrong, next month’s European elections will trigger a massively disruptive ‘Blame Game’ within the EU

Twenty days before the vote that could change the balance in the EU, Meloni outlined a “model” to be implemented in the next European legislature: uniting the right-wing parties in Europe.

Meloni seeks to unite Europe’s right parties, edges closer to Le Pen

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reiterated her mission to unite Europe’s right-wing parties in an interview on Monday

Speaking at a summit for “Global Solutions” in Berlin on Tuesday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD/S&D) called the transformation of economies towards climate neutrality “irreversible”.

‘It’s the economy, stupid’: Scholz, German leaders get real on costs of climate transition

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 15, 2024

While all eyes were on Xi Jinping’s visit to Europe earlier this week – with China’s state subsidies to green industries particularly in the spotlight – leaders in Berlin debated how the global transition towards climate neutrality affects the economy

“Despite the growing evidence of looming ecological collapse (…) European governments and EU politicians are blocking new measures to protect nature and tearing up ones already in place,” it continues.

NGOs unite against EU’s rollback of green policies for the agrifood sector

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Hundreds of civil society organisations decried the recent reversal of EU sustainability policies for the bloc’s agrifood sector in an open letter

“We should move forward as a union, and we are all committed to doing so,” Gentiloni said after the meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels.

Gentiloni: If no EU consensus, member states will set up smaller-scale capital markets union

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Member states keen on integrating their capital markets will likely move ahead by themselves if no EU-wide consensus can be reached, European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni said