2+ day, 1+ hour 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…...

2+ week, 2+ 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…...

4+ week, 1+ hour 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, 2+ 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…...

1+ mon, 4+ 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+ day 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…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (720+ words) Schadenfreude. The Germans always have a word for it. There are no silver linings to the US-Israeli war on Iran. But the sight of Dubai’s tens of thousands of European tax-exile immigrants waking up to the fact they are living…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (180+ words) "We remain ready to target such actions by listing individuals and entities in third countries [Israel] if necessary," the EU had warned on Thursday....

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (648+ words) US threats to punish Nato allies over Iran spoilt EU celebration on Ukraine funding at an informal summit in Cyprus on Friday (25 April). European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Cypriot president Nikos Christodoulides declined to answer a press…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (244+ words) EU governments have been accused of being cowards for failing to stand up and act in defence of human rights and international law, with only a few notable exceptions, according to Amnesty International. “The era of the predators is on…...