The plans to tie tariff rates to border control have unleashed fierce criticism of the EU from human rights groups.

A cross-partisan group of MEPs assembled to criticise the potential sabotage of the EU’s committee charged with examining the bloc’s COVID response, with Italian MEP Francesca Donato accusing Green groups of bowing down to corporate power.

Germany recorded the highest excess mortality rate of 37%, with Romanian MEP Cristian Terhes saying that officials must be open-minded to the causes of the spike.

Freedom of information requests reveal that senior EU transport official Henrik Hololei enjoyed trips to Qatar while he and his office were negotiating a controversial open skies agreement with the Gulf state.

The agreement between the EU and UK governments will entail reduced border checks on British goods entering Northern Ireland.

Volkswagen and Hyundai announced plans to shift production to the U.S.; now Audi CEO Markus Duesmann also projects moving operations to America.

The prosecutor’s office confirmed that the seizures had nothing to do with the separate Qatargate scandal.

Algerian authorities shut down the country’s oldest human rights organisation and now they’ve arrested Raof Farah, a dual French-Algerian citizen.

The dissident republican group, the New IRA, released a statement claiming responsibility for the attack.

Podesta stated that America made “no apologies” for prioritising its economic interests, as car giant Tesla announced plans to scale back on a new factory in Germany due to the IRA subsidy scheme.

Commentators warn that Beijing may use the new energy relationship for political leverage.

The three-year mission to the last stable state in the Sahel region forms part of the EU’s increasingly proactive diplomatic policy, with commentators worried that Niger could be the latest African country to turn to Moscow.