France temporarily lifts transit ban for EU-based Brits

EU leaders are set to discuss how to respond to the €343bn worth of US subsidies under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), amid worries of i impact on businesses.

Jaded Russian diplomats in dark suits are parroting old propaganda lines in EU capitals, according to a grim portrait of Russian diplomacy after one year of war.

A joint letter from Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Slovakia seeks to create more Turkey-like migrant swap deals. But a pending Greek case at the European Court of Justice may complicate those plans.

While every European diplomat knows that a return to the "status quo" means maintaining the daily oppression, humiliation and anguish that comes with living under apartheid, the EU continues to acquiesce to a situation that gets worse by the day.

A fourth MEP's undeclared Azerbaijan trip adds to pressure for EU Parliament reform.

All member states complain about European compromises, each for their own reasons. Nevertheless, these decisions tend to be robust precisely because there is enough in them for everybody. And nobody wants to start negotiating all over again for another deal.