The opposition slammed the new measures as a collective punishment of all Russians for Putin’s crimes.
The Commission chief’s abuse of power will be an unofficial agenda item on the sidelines of Thursday’s EUCO, diplomats say.
The Commission thinks enlargement in the next five years is realistic. “All this is happening thanks to the Hungarian presidency,” the Albanian PM commented.
With the situation in Syria uncertain and return migration being one of the EU’s top concerns, Erdoğan went from autocrat to Brussels’ ‘key ally’ overnight.
The idea of putting European boots on the ground is controversial, but still on the table, a NATO diplomat said.
Western geopolitical interests require a relationship with the ruling HTS despite it being a designated terrorist organization.
The Commission chief views early implementation of the Migration Pact as a “top priority,” despite conservative calls to scrap it completely.
Teresa Anjinho pledged to hold EU executives to “the highest transparency standards,” but her political affiliations might say otherwise.
“Kirillov was a war criminal and an absolutely legitimate target,” said a Kyiv official.
This was the first time the head of state was elected by the parliament and not by direct vote.
The success of the French-Polish opposition to Mercosur hinges on Meloni, but sources in Rome say they can’t rely on her this time.
“Europe has a MEGA past—let’s build its MEGA future too,” the conservative bloc’s likely next leader said in Rome.
