
Belgium Blocks Kyiv Loan, Exposing Cracks Over Future of EU Aid
The European Council again displays rhetorical unity while fatigue and internal divisions over Ukraine continue to grow

The European Council again displays rhetorical unity while fatigue and internal divisions over Ukraine continue to grow

The summit arrives amid internal fractures, war fatigue, and a citizenry increasingly skeptical of the bloc’s ideological and economic drift.

Days before the European vote on Chat Control, the Signal Foundation says Germany’s withdrawal from the opposition bloc could seal the end of the right to privacy in Europe.

Orbán’s opposition to scrapping the veto and funding Ukraine revealed fractures among Europe’s leaders, with France, Germany, and Greece also voicing doubts.

Privacy advocates and several EU countries raised alarms, arguing the measure could lead to mass surveillance.

Budapest argues that the decision violated EU law because Hungary was denied its right to vote.

According to Viktor Orbán, it makes no sense to accept a country whose territory and borders cannot be defined.

The SAFE fund has been approved without consulting the European Parliament, the only elected body among EU institutions.

Slovakian PM Robert Fico could not convince EU chief Ursula von der Leyen to grant his country concessions on Russian energy imports.

Faced with a choice between a democracy and an Islamist theocracy, Europe prefers not to take sides.