
What to Expect from António Costa
Costa’s cowardice and lack of scruples could lead him to normalise extremist policies without a thought.
Costa’s cowardice and lack of scruples could lead him to normalise extremist policies without a thought.
Budapest’s six-month Council Presidency commences with a diplomatic offensive in Brussels, saying, “we are strongly committed to defending the interests of Europe.”
Brussels’ center-left coalition is built on “lies and deceit,” Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán said while his party set out to create its own parliamentary group of like-minded Central European parties.
The pact—committing the EU to supply financial support, arms deliveries, and military training to Kyiv indefinitely—is to be reviewed every ten years.
Ursula von der Leyen is scrambling for enough votes in the Parliament for reelection, and she could also be excluded from the talks in the Council about her own position.
Belgium voluntarily agreed to let go of the future taxes collected on the assets after months of pressure from the EU.
What Baerbock is advocating in the name of freedom and democracy would be the single biggest shift away from true democratic principles in the history of EU reforms.
A German initiative would enshrine rule-of-law conditionality in all EU budget payments—while preventing sovereigntist governments from protecting states punished for non-compliance.
Bloc’s own overregulation has made EU industries less competitive in its race with China and the United States.
Whether the measures requested by the agriculture ministers will be implemented—or make a difference to farmers—remains to be seen.