Suez blockage doubles shipping prices

EU leaders at their summit talked of unity in the face of the economic outfall of the war in Ukraine — but amid uncertainty over common solutions.

EU leaders discussed how to guarantee enough gas supplies for next winter at a summit in Brussels — after Russia cut off or reduced gas supplies to 12 member states.

EU leaders have granted "candidate" status to Ukraine and Moldova at a summit marked also by Western Balkan frustration.

The Hungarian hacking allowed Russian intelligence to read 'over the shoulder' of an EU member state for an extended period of time. The difficulty for the EU is that it's not one nation, but a combination of 27 cybersecurity policies.

We now have French president Emmanuel Macron's "European Political Community", European Council president Charles Michel's "European Geopolitical Community", and former Italian PM Enrico Letta's "European Confederation" — among others.

MEPs have renewed their calls on the EU to prepare a withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty, which they say threatens the bloc's climate objectives.