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Belgium Cools Debate on Russian Assets Ahead of European Council

Javier Villamor December 17, 2025

With €210 billion frozen in Brussels, Belgium is warning partners against rushing into a legally risky move that could trigger retaliation from Moscow—leaving EU leaders deadlocked ahead of this week’s summit.

EU Vice-President and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas addresses a press confrence in Brussels on November 26, 2025.

Brussels Continues to Be a (Small) Thorn in the Side of Ukraine Peace Talks

Michael Curzon December 15, 2025

The EU establishment is busy working out ways to keep blood flowing over the battlefields.

Belgium Blocks Kyiv Loan, Exposing Cracks Over Future of EU Aid

Javier Villamor October 24, 2025

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

The European Council Seeks Unity as the EU Bleeds from Within

Javier Villamor October 23, 2025

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

The Signal messaging app displayed on a phone screen

Signal Warns Of Existential Risk to Privacy From Brussels’ Plans

Javier Villamor October 6, 2025

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.

Brussels Targets Hungary as Summit Exposes Deep EU Rifts

Javier Villamor October 2, 2025

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

Chat Control Vote Postponed Amid Growing Member State Opposition

TEC News September 13, 2025

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

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen takes the oath of office, on January 13, 2020, at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg.

Hungary Sues EU Over Use of Frozen Russian Assets for Ukraine Aid

Zoltán Kottász August 28, 2025

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

Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán arrives to attend the European Council in Brussels on June 26th, 2025.

Hungary Blocks Joint EU Declaration on Ukraine

TEC News June 27, 2025

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

European Council President António Costa (L), Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk (C) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen join hands at the end of a press conference at the European Council in Brussels on June 26, 2025.

Spending Borrowed Money “Better Together”—EU Rearmament Plan Gets Rubberstamped by Council

Javier Villamor June 27, 2025

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

Tag: European Council

Belgium Cools Debate on Russian Assets Ahead of European Council

Brussels Continues to Be a (Small) Thorn in the Side of Ukraine Peace Talks

Belgium Blocks Kyiv Loan, Exposing Cracks Over Future of EU Aid

The European Council Seeks Unity as the EU Bleeds from Within

Signal Warns Of Existential Risk to Privacy From Brussels’ Plans

Brussels Targets Hungary as Summit Exposes Deep EU Rifts

Chat Control Vote Postponed Amid Growing Member State Opposition

Hungary Sues EU Over Use of Frozen Russian Assets for Ukraine Aid

Hungary Blocks Joint EU Declaration on Ukraine

Spending Borrowed Money “Better Together”—EU Rearmament Plan Gets Rubberstamped by Council

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