“There are more battles to come,” conservative MEP Charlie Weimers noted, observing that the decision would prevent effective border control and enshrine migrant quotas in the new Asylum and Immigration Pact.

Campaigners say the Dutch government is hypocritical by financially supporting farmers abroad, while it takes the axe to its domestic agricultural industry.

Financial markets are important to governments that need a lot of tax revenue to pay for their welfare states. The problem with taxes levied on financial markets is that they generate unstable revenue.

Having failed to persuade Eastern members to undo their bans by questioning their “solidarity” with Kyiv, Brussels officials tried to win them over with cash.

The clandestine ‘police station’ is allegedly one of approximately 100 established across some 53 countries in the world, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, and other countries.

As Moscow is expanding its trade and economic ties in Latin America, its proposed vision of the coming multipolar era is gaining traction there.

Brussels diplomats were left “surprised” and disappointed after the sector failed to form part of the Commission’s last sanctions package.

The EU now moves forward with the world’s first carbon tariff on high carbon imports with Parliament opting to reduce the regulatory leniency given to the aviation sector in cutting emissions.

The committed MPs intend to propose bills to combat the galloping expansion of inclusive writing. They also want to tackle the proliferation of discriminatory public events, and eliminate transgender presence in sports.

President Lula’s recent remarks about the war in Ukraine cast doubts on the future of EU-South America trade relations, even though the bloc would badly need to counter China’s economic dominance in the region.

Group leaders from the governing coalition’s parties were asked by the foreign ministry to consider canceling the commemoration event, since it could potentially harm Sweden’s prospects of joining NATO.

Sardone alleges that the climate NGO Clean Air Task Force has been dictating EU environmental legislation behind the backs of lawmakers.