51+ min ago   (1157+ words) More than 3,700 excess deaths have been linked to the June heatwave in France, Belgium and the Netherlands alone. These are not inevitable tragedies. They are the result of political choices, or lack of, about how we build and renovate our…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (330+ words) Europe always prides itself on its values. But what is the actual state of these much-lauded ‘European values’? These days, there are plenty of reasons to ask ourselves that question. Here are just a few examples, collected in the last…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (458+ words) The EU is presenting a plan to electrify its economy on Friday (17 July), in an effort to kick Europe’s addiction to fossil fuels and become less reliant on foreign supplies. Electricity makes up 23 percent of final energy consumption, only slightly…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (639+ words) I have a crystal ball and I know what EU foreign ministers will decide to do about Israel in Brussels on Monday (13 July): nothing, again. The proposal on the table is to restrict or ban trade with illegal Israeli settlers,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1079+ words) A month ago, Europe’s extremist activists from the Identitarian Movement gathered with international far-right leaders to discuss a policy that is gathering momentum against the backdrop of the rise and normalisation of the far-right nationalist agenda of “remigration” across the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (475+ words) The heatwave sweeping Europe this week is raising questions about whether existing workplace protections are fit for a warming climate – prompting trade unions and health experts to call for binding EU rules to protect workers from extreme temperatures. Large parts…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (401+ words) A historical opinion by the European Commission’s then top lawyer, obtained by EUobserver, said the bloc was legally entitled to suspend cooperation with Israel, such as its ‘Horizon Europe’ science grants and ‘Erasmus’ student-exchange scheme, already in 2017 due to Israel’s…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (543+ words) Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez has once again made international headlines – and not in a good way, this time. As a Spaniard outside Spain, I often bump into people who praise his foreign policy and economic track record. As I…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (276+ words) The EU Commission on Wednesday (13 May) unveiled plans to step up investment in medical supply chains and national health services across the world as part of a Global Health Resilience Initiative — amid warnings that more cases of the hantavirus outbreak…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (888+ words) On Monday (11 May), the EU will face a defining test of its values, principles, and commitment to human rights and international law. As public, political, and diplomatic pressure continues to mount, EU foreign ministers have a choice: continue Israel’s red-carpet…...