Polish parliament steps up showdown with EU
Lawmakers in Poland adopted a controversial reform of the Supreme Court, despite warnings from the EU that the move could trigger a sanction procedure over the rule of law.
Dutch coalition talks lengthiest in 40 years
Friday will mark 128 days since elections in the Netherlands. Four parties are negotiating to form a government coalition.
EU urges UK to clarify its Brexit positions
EU and UK negotiators presented their Brexit positions to identify common grounds this week, but that was made difficult by the scarcity of UK position papers.
News in Brief
- Polish parliament adopts controversial justice reform
- GMO opt-out plan unlikely to go anywhere in 2017
- Slovak PM threatens to boycott inferior food
- France takes Google's 'right to be forgotten' to EU court
- Turkey accuses German companies of supporting terror
- Israel's Netanyahu caught calling EU 'crazy'
- UK does not collect enough data to expel EU nationals
- Polish president threatens to veto justice reform
Analysis
Poland's 'July coup' and what it means for the judiciary
Poland's judicial system is on the ropes, in what could be another sign of the country backsliding further on democratic values.
Opinion
Winter is here for Spitzenkandidat, but he'll survive
Candidates from all political families should be presenting their vision on where the Union should be headed. European socialists want to keep the Spitzenkandidat procedure for future elections.
Investigation
Mafia money pollutes the EU economy
Huge amounts of money from criminal activities are funnelled into the legitimate European economy. But little is being done about it at EU or national level.
Interview
Law expert: direct EU powers have become too complicated
EU law professor Ellen Vos says the commission's proposed mini-reform on comitology, an obscure but often-used method of EU lawmaking, should go much further.
Opinion
Central Europe should be wary of Brexit stopping
Former UK prime minister Tony Blair has argued for the EU to limit free movement to stop Brexit. But at what cost?
Investigation
Commission: clean up diesel cars, or EU agency inevitable
"It seems we have not yet reached the bottom of the emission scandal", said the European commissioner for industry, Elzbieta Bienkowska, in a confidential letter.
EU Commission readies Article 7 procedure against Poland
The EU executive will launch infringement procedures next week on Polish judicial reforms that break EU rules, and start discussing the possibility of triggering a sanctions procedure.
Fake EU parliament jobs case reaches French left leader
Public prosecutors in Paris have opened a preliminary investigation into an alleged misuse of assistants in the European Parliament by Jean-Luc Melenchon.
Opinion
Greece needs a new plan
Two years into its third bailout, Greece needs to combine the necessary fiscal targets with a new vision. This can be done in the context of the ongoing industrial revolution.
Orban and Netanyahu set aside anti-Semitism concerns
The Israeli prime minister, on a visit to Hungary, expressed support for Orban's government despite a recent campaign against billionaire and Holocaust survivor George Soros.
Investigation
Free movement of organised crime in Europe
The mafia is often seen as being a traditionally Italian concern, but evidence shows that it might be much closer to home than many Europeans think.
Italy's 'nuclear option' on migrants unravels
Media has reported that Italy may issue visas to migrants to allow them to travel further north. But the plan is unlikely to work due to EU rules underpinning such decisions.
Opinion
Ceta and pesticides: A citizens' rights issue
The trade agreement with Canada will begin to apply on 21 September. But there is still a potential conflict on the right to data protection vs. the right to access information.
Investigation
Inside the Code of Conduct, the EU's most secretive group
The informal group of national officials that is in charge of checking EU countries' tax laws is now working on the first EU blacklist of tax havens, amid critiques over its lack of transparency and accountability.
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Latest News
- Dutch coalition talks lengthiest in 40 years
- Polish parliament steps up showdown with EU
- EU urges UK to clarify its Brexit positions
- Law expert: direct EU powers have become too complicated
- Winter is here for Spitzenkandidat, but he'll survive
- Mafia money pollutes the EU economy
- Central Europe should be wary of Brexit stopping
- Poland's 'July coup' and what it means for the judiciary
Interview
Temporary director shakes up EU innovation agency
Martin Kern has been interim director of the European Institute for Innovation and Technology for almost three years. “I understand it must look a bit unusual from the outside.”
Austria readies for migrant border surge
Foreign ministers in Brussels agreed to toughen up measures against Libyan migrant smugglers amid Austrian claims it is ready to "protect" its borders from any sudden mass migrant movements from Italy.
Britain and EU 'get to work' on Brexit
British and EU negotiators launched the first substantive round of negotiations on Brexit on Monday, with the UK still ambiguous about its position on the issue of financial settlement.
'Survival of democracy' at stake in Poland, say top MEPs
Leaders of the main political groups in the European Parliament have called on EU institutions to "speak out and act" against the latest reform of the judiciary system in Poland.
Ombudsman asks for more details on Barroso case
Emily O'Reilly has asked the EU Commission to say what former commissioners should be allowed to do after they leave office and explain why it took no decision over its former president's controversial new job.
Juncker: Death penalty will end Turkey's EU bid
Turkish president Erdogan said he would reinstate capital punishment, for people behind last year's failed military coup. But European Commission president Juncker says the move would end Turkey's bid to join the EU.
Polish TV attacks pro-democracy 'putsch'
Pro-democracy demonstrators in Polish cities have raised an outcry over judicial reforms amid a toxic media campaign.
Brexit talks restart in sense of urgency
The first full round of Brexit talks on key issues kicks off on Monday, while infighting heats up in the UK government over its strategy.
Cyprus talks up in the air
A week after the failure of negotiations to reunite the islands, Greek Cypriots are calling on Turkish Cypriots to reaffirm their commitment to the process.
Opinion
Turkish coup was blessing for Erdogan
Erdogan famously called the coup, which took place one year ago on 15 July, "a gift from God".
Relocation of EU agencies could save money
The EU agencies that will leave London after Brexit are likely have a financial windfall of several million euros a year, because of the way EU salaries are calculated.
EU backs Italy on NGO rescues
The European Commission has said that the EU and Italy merely want to “better organise” migrant rescues in the Central Mediterranean.
Trump and Macron turn on the charm
Trump softened rhetoric on climate and trade in Paris charm show, spoke of potential "deal" with Russia on Ukraine.
Interview
Corbyn: UK should pay EU what it owes
The UK will have to accept the Brexit financial settlement, Jeremy Corbyn said, adding that if he was prime minister he would "negotiate to protect jobs".
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