Race kicks off for top EU bank position
Lead Eurocrats start their fight for the top post in one of the European Union's main banks on August 18.
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EU’s long recess gives new meaning to unbearable ‘Dog Days of Summer’ and encapsulates lack of dynamism in its polity
Walking around the European Quarter in August makes you feel like you are in the opening scene of the 2002 post-apocalyptic horror film 28 Days Later.
Von der Leyen under fire for holiday at Greek PM’s private mansion
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen's recent jaunt to Crete as guest of the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his wife has sparked…
Latvian Prime Minister to step down on August 17
Latvian centre-right Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš announced his the resignation and that of his government due to political disagreement within the ruling…
Blair, Royal, Timmermans: Is this the summer of the political walking dead?
They can look like Michael Jackson’s Moonwalking Dead in his Thriller video, and seem about as relevant.
Lack of nuclear investment shows EU is ‘not serious about Net Zero’
European officials are "not serious" about achieving the EU's “net zero” goals as proven by the lack of investment in nuclear energy, Conservative think-tank…
What the Pope gets right on Europe – and the EU’s mainstream media aren’t reporting
Pope Francis’s tenure has proven controversial: many criticise him for being too liberal and undermining traditional Catholic doctrine.
The EU must stop playing the good guy and start showing it is serious about Europe’s foreign policy interests
In the early days of the civil war in (now former) Yugoslavia during the 1990s, the late Jacques Poos said that this crisis will be “the hour of Europe not the…
EC insists migrant relocation payments are ‘not penalties’
The European Commission says payments imposed on European Union Member States that reject relocated migrants are not “penalties”.
Decades-old EU institution ‘should be abolished as useless’, MEPs say
MEPs from the hard-right Identity and Democracy group have called on the European Union to abolish one of its oldest institutions, which they have described as among…
Free-speech defenders warn against a Breton EC presidency bid
Thierry Breton, the EC's current internal market head, is now reportedly using his status as a champion of the bloc's pro-censorship Digital Services Act to spearhead…
Europe was made on the pilgrim road to Santiago de Compostela: you wouldn’t know it going off the current state of EU politics
The recent death of John Brierley, who through his guidebooks became a Camino de Santiago institution, reminded me about the various, intriguing ways in which the…
European Parliament to get 15 more seats though national governments are not happy with transnational lists
The European Parliament looks to receive up to 15 new seats.
Britain will rejoin the EU ‘at some point’, says Tony Blair
Britain will end up rejoining the European Union sometime, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.
Germany is ‘freest’ European country, says latest Nanny State Index
Germany is the “freest” country in Europe, according to this year's Nanny State Index (NSI).
Germany and France confront Poland over Ukrainian grain embargo
France and Germany have publicly voiced their opposition to Poland and four other neighbours of Ukraine being allowed to continue a grain embargo on the embattled…
Shit happens? How about a relevant comment, Commissioner Vestager?
It was odd to say the least that when asked about the scandal surrounding the failed appointment of a US citizen to the post of top European Commission economist,…
Man who guided Poland into EU says bloc is becoming ‘oligarchic superstate’
Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who as a Polish MP was primarily responsible for negotiating Poland’s accession to the European Union in 2004, has said that the…
European Commission denies being ‘secretly influenced’ by pro-migrant group
The European Commission has denied its actions are influenced by a prominent pro-migrant organisation.
EU climbdown defuses row with UK over Falklands
The European Union on July 20 defused a diplomatic flare-up with the UK after using the Argentine name for the Falkland Islands in a statement.
Latest Parliament Euro-federalism push likely stillborn
The European Parliament's main parties reached a late-night agreement on July 18 on a push to eliminate Members States' veto power, a move which would increase federalisation…
Italian politicians furious after migrant-rescue boat captain becomes MEP candidate
Politicians from Italy's ruling political parties expressed outrage after Carlota Rackete, the captain of a controversial migrant-rescue ship, became a candidate…
European Parliament goes Cold Turkey after Michel membership promise
MEPs say there is little chance of Turkey joining the European Union anytime soon.
Poland sues Brussels, seeking to overturn ‘authoritarian’ environment policies
Poland’s Minister of Climate and Environment Anna Moskwa announced on July 17 that Warsaw had filed three complaints to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) related…
What EU technocrats could learn from the Battle of the Golden Spurs
I ran into a large gathering of merry Flemings having a street party not far from the European Quarter, the heart of the EU’s machinery of power in Brussels.
MEPs call for EU ban on ‘positive discrimination’ after US ruling
MEPs have called for bans on "positive discrimination" within the European Union after the US Supreme Court ruled the practice illegal last month.
EPP and Renew shoot down anti-lobbying reform
Euro MPs have voted down a European Parliament recommendation to stop former colleagues from jumping straight into lobbying once their parliamentary term ends, a…
European journalists fear EU Council may ‘undermine media protection’
Europe’s largest organisation representing journalists fears a European Union directive on media protection could be undermined by the Council of Ministers.
Lost in translation: Moderators at EU-Latin America forum couldn’t speak Spanish
Moderators hosting a European Union-Latin America forum were unable to speak Spanish, with one participant telling Brussels Signal the event descended into "chaos"…
Horizon deal stalls as Sunak and von der Leyen draw a blank
High hopes for an announcement of the UK officially rejoining the European Union's Horizon programme have been dashed after a much-heralded meeting on July 14 between…