The EU is pressing allies, such as the UK, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and Norway to help close a €70bn shortfall in Ukraine’s funding for next year.
The EU’s top diplomat has backed the idea of a Black Sea naval mission to protect grain ships from Russian drones – but this would require much more than Europe’s existing Red Sea operation, while air policing might be more effective.
EU officials vowed an end to Arctic oil and gas buying, as the European Commission presented its new Arctic strategy. But while the document commits to keeping Arctic oil and gas “in the ground,” it drops the call for an international ban.
MEPs insist that they won’t allow EU governments to dictate the terms of the bloc’s next seven-year budget, and have called for an extra €25bn in spending on the EU’s foreign policy agenda.
The ICC was shortlisted for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought alongside a Tanzanian opposition leader and jailed Iranian protesters.
Volodomyr Zelensky flew into Brussels warning that Washington’s surprise ‘diesel deal’ with Moscow risks becoming the thin end of a wider sanctions rollback – just as Ukraine faces a brutal winter, dwindling air defences and a fresh scramble in EU capitals over money, missiles and frozen Russian billions.
The European Commission “showed openness” to proposing trade “safeguards”, a brake on imports that can cover entire sectors, such as chemicals and machinery.
Slovak prime minister Robert Fico appears to have become Russia’s most prominent ally in the European Union, following the demise of Hungary’s pro-Kremlin leader.
Unity is emerging among EU leaders on a more aggressive trade defence strategy against China, say EU diplomats ahead of a summit in Brussels on Thursday.
Disappeared Moroccan migrants are likely “in the thousands” after a sudden wave of arrivals hit Ceuta. But despite the human tragedy, the EU leaders’ main focus this week will be how to fortify borders.
Parliament’s environment and agriculture committees were originally expected to hold a joint vote on a compromise text on 5 October, but shelved that date without proposing another as this article went to publication.
The EU has six months of diplomacy to reverse US-imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, while shying away from triggering a rule that would protect Europeans.
The EU may not want Turkey as a member, but both sides can see the appeal of closer economic ties to reduce their dependencies on China.
They fled genocide in Sudan to find persecution in Egypt so they moved on to Libya, but von der Leyen aims to pay Cairo and Tripoli to keep Sudanese refugees out of Fortress EU.
With one in five adults worldwide hit by disasters in the past five years, millions of people in Greece and France could be dangerously exposed when the next natural or man-made crisis strikes.
As one of Dayton’s former guardians, Schmidt fears less instability than a quiet collapse of trust, as youth reject segregated schools, politicians glorify war criminals, and Europe fails to turn Bosnia’s pro-EU mood into real opportunities.
EU leaders to speak no evil of Israel, as Nobel prize recalls Gaza ‘genocide’EU leaders will stay mute on Gaza and merely “condemn” West Bank violence at next week’s summit, as the 2026 Nobel peace prize highlights UN findings on Israel’s “genocide”.
Tough rhetoric aside, the EU cannot threaten China with much if it wants to avoid a tit-for-tat trade war. But a unified position would help.
The 19 June incident saw the Libyans once again attacking people fleeing the country on boats after having first been informed of their location by Frontex, an EU agency based in Warsaw.
Flávio Bolsonaro is the favourite to defeat president Lula in the second round of Brazil’s presidential elections, which could mean disaster for EU-Latin America relations.
