Governments, elections, EU geopolitics
The European Parliament’s top competition official has accused the Commission president of overstepping her authority by publicly supporting a significant space sector consolidation before regulators had completed their review.
The European Commission is considering circulating trade deal documents in English only to speed up ratification, but France is reportedly preparing to block the plan over longstanding concerns about the status of other EU languages.
Dublin is preparing a carefully choreographed welcome for the US president, hoping to channel his attention toward the Irish Open and away from anticipated protests.
The UAE state visit to Berlin has exposed sharp tensions over Emirates airline routes, pitting Lufthansa against Gulf aviation ambitions, triggering inter-regional rivalries among German states, and increasing internal pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
The Holborn and St. Pancras by-election, in the seat once held by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, is emerging as a pivotal contest between Labour and a Green Party eyeing its next Westminster breakthrough.
Uzbek President Mirziyoyev’s first official visit to Belgrade produced around 20 signed agreements and launched preparations for a free trade deal, as the two nations declared a new strategic partnership spanning energy, transport, and labour mobility.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre confirmed that a drone came alarmingly close to Zelenskyy’s aircraft as the Ukrainian leader flew to Oslo for the state funeral of King Harald V, raising urgent questions about airspace security and the dangers of wartime diplomacy.
Senior EU officials are signalling that migration is poised to re-emerge as one of the bloc’s defining political challenges, with diplomatic sources cautioning that member states can no longer treat the issue as settled.
Spain’s government has unveiled CASA 47, the country’s first national public housing portal, offering income-linked rents and 14-year contracts in a bid to address the ongoing affordability crisis.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz voiced serious concern after the AfD recorded a major result in Saxony-Anhalt, saying he sees a society hungry for disruption and fundamental political change.