Never mind the war, the French Riviera still loves oligarchs
The south of France has long been a safe space for Russians.
CAP
Producers urge the EU to address delays in CAP aid for farms going organic
EU considers organic an asset for building more sustainable agriculture, but France and other European countries are struggling with delays in the payment of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) subsidies for farms transitioning to organic cultivation.
The brave four who think they can save Britainโs terminal Tory party
Meet the leadership hopefuls vying to bring the U.K’s Conservatives back from the brink.
โPeople understand the capโ: how a Spanish eco-beauty spot tackled overtourism
A limit on visitors to the Ciรฉs islands off Galicia makes tourists feel special while protecting the wildlife and environment for the futureDespite a spring and summer of protests from the Canaries to the Balearics, and from Barcelona to Cรกdiz, not eve…
EU industry chief to berate Europeโs carmakers on slow EV drive
Also in this newsletter: Why Dublin airportโs passenger cap is provoking the US
Reforming the CAP? How the EU sees the future of its agriculture | Radio Schuman
Changing the rules on subsidising farmers is at the heart of a 100-page report on the future of agriculture set to feed a vision document due in the first 100 days of the Commission President Ursula von der Leyenโs second mandate.
Strategic Dialogue calls for big changes in EU farm funding
The Strategic Dialogue on Agricultureโs final recommendations suggest agricultural policy needs to fundamentally change. What does this shift look like?
Von der Leyen urged to overhaul CAP in reform of EU food policy
Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has been urged to open a new chapter in EU food policy and overhaul the current CAP system in the process following recommendations of a reflection group.
Dublin Airport chief says โoutdatedโ passenger cap puts 1,000 aviation jobs at risk
Operator warns limit of 32mn will hurt countryโs foreign direct investment
At least 12 people dead after migrant boat capsizes, French minister says โ video
At least 12 people have died and two others are in a critical condition after a boat carrying dozens of people seeking asylum in the UK was ‘ripped open’ in the Channel. The French interior minister, Gรฉrald Darmanin, said several people had been injure…
EU Mediterranean countries call on the Commission to speed up water strategy
At a meeting in Cyprus on Tuesday (3 September), agriculture ministers from nine member states urged the bloc’s executive to make rapid progress on policies on water security.
Romanian government plans to cap markup on local foods
Romania’s Ministry of Agriculture is working on an emergency decree to limit the markup on Romanian food products to 20%.
EU agriculture commissioner: Who wants the hot potato?ย
Thereโs hardly any competition – let alone fierce rivalry – among member states for the agriculture portfolio at the European Commission. In fact, only one nominee has even expressed interest in the role.ย
I went to Iceland for a road trip. I left with climate anxiety.
As Iceland melts, visiting eco-tourists face a wake-up call.
I went to Iceland for a road trip. I left with climate anxiety.
As Iceland melts, visiting eco-tourists face a wake-up call.
I went to Iceland for a road trip. I left with climate anxiety.
As Iceland melts, visiting eco-tourists face a wake-up call.
The crazy life and times of Pavel Durov, Russiaโs Elon Musk
Is the arrested Telegram CEO a free speech martyr or a shadowy criminal?
How to rein in Russiaโs shadow fleet
The countries buying oil transported by these dark vessels could be more receptive to nudges, as they, too, face significant risks.
9 style icons and fashion flops at the DNC
Some Democrats know how to turn a look. Others, not so much.
China hits back at electric vehicle tariffs with probe into EU dairy
Beijing claims Europe is creaming off fat profits from oversubsidized cheese.
EU banks warn about โprotectionistโ UK plans to cap payments fees
Regulator PSR argues that charges have risen five-fold since Brexit
Decoding military terms in the Walz-Vance debate
It can be hard to understand some of the accusations aimed at the vice presidential candidates, so we asked a veteran to decipher them.
The 5 major questions facing Kamala Harris now
The vice president has a number of pitfalls ahead.
โAmbitious girlโ: How Kamala Harrisโ niece turned political proximity into a budding business empire
Meena Harris has leveraged her special bond with her aunt to create a sprawling personal brand from scratch.
GPs in England to cap appointments in latest industrial action
Family doctors voted for move in dispute over pay
Olympic Phryge mascot: A nod to the French Revolution
Tourists wait in long queues outside the official Paris 2024 boutique as they seek to get their hands on the triangular Olympic Phryge mascot. The official Olympic Phryge mascot is a nod to the Phrygian cap, an emblematic accessory of the French revol…
The fate of Bidenโs Supreme Court proposal may lie with Kamala Harris
Both Biden and Harris are recent converts to the idea of term limits, but there are hints that Harris may be more willing to push the issue.
German court backs government plans to curb number of lawmakers
Rapidly expanding Bundestag prompts Olaf Scholzโs coalition to try to cap members of parliament in the lower house
Jeux olympiques 2024 : un terrain en or pour les sponsors
LVMH, Coca-Cola, Allianz… les plus grosses entreprises se partagent les lieux emblรฉmatiques de Paris, pour le plaisir comme pour les affaires.
The EU in summertime: Naked and with lost luggage
If you work for the EU, you are now almost certainly on the beach (applying accurately labeled suntan lotion).
French athlete may swap hijab for a cap to avoid Olympic opening ceremony ban
Sounkamba Sylla reportedly reaches compromise after Franceโs strict laws on secularism threatened to bar herA French sprinter is expected to swap her headscarf for a cap in order to participate in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics, in a comprom…
UK’s Keir Starmer carries on purge of Labour Party’s left wing
Exerting authority soon after his recent appointment, the prime minister temporarily suspended seven lawmakers from his party who had advocated to scrap the cap on family benefits.
PMQs scorecard: Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak play nice
Keir Starmer faced awkward questions at PMQs โ but not from Rishi Sunak.
NGOs take relaxation of CAP green rules to EUโs administrative watchdog
NGOs ClientEarth and BirdLife Europe on Wednesday (24 July) presented a complaint to the EU Ombudsman over the European Commissionโs decision to relax some of the environmental requirements under the blocโs Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Labour government quashes first rebellion
Rows over two-child benefit cap are far from over as seven MPs are suspended
What Kamala Harrisโ record in California tells us about her political future
Key parts of Harrisโ in-state record pulled from political and policy reporters.
Biden in crisis
The president is isolating at his Delaware shore home as Democratic support appears to crumble around him.
Von der Leyen promises fair income for farmers in bid for second term as Commission president
Ursula von der Leyen pledged to guarantee a fair income for European farmers in her address to the European Parliament on Thursday, dealing with one of the main demands emerging from the protests that swept across the EU in early 2024.
How to speak EP
Your guide to the jargon that’s everywhere in Brussels.
To do: 6 thorny issues lurking in MEPsโ inboxes
From creating an EU-wide money market to protecting kids online, POLITICO looks at what lies ahead for lawmakers.
The 7 gaping holes in Keir Starmerโs plan for government
The king’s speech set out UK Labour’s plan for government. Here’s what’s not in it.
โIs that it?โ UK Labourโs cautious entry to government
Few surprises are expected when Keir Starmer sets out his program in the king’s speech.
Brake on Green Deal and simpler rules: Agricultural ministersโ wish list for next term
Exempting agriculture from net-zero climate plans, stronger support for farmers and the demand for simpler rules for national administrations are among the key requests emerging from a debate held in the Council on Monday (15 July).
Germanyโs doner kebab becomes symbol of angst over rising costs
“I can still remember when doner kebabs were sold for โฌ3.50,” reminisced one teenager amid calls for a price brake to stop rising kebab costs.
How Le Penโs far right blew it
Bad candidates, incompetence and a fierce fightback by rivals denied the National Rally its election dream.
American allies fear Biden is finished and canโt beat Trump
โWeโre not sure that, even if he wins, he can survive four years more,โ said one official from a European NATO country.
French election: Nazi attire and racist comments dog Le Penโs campaign
National Rally leadership is under fire for fielding candidates who have made racist comments or done favors for the Russian government.
Labourโs top policy priorities
A deep dive into what Keir Starmer’s government will tackle in their first 100 days and then in their first year.
Europe has avoided the nuke question for decades. No longer
America has protected Europe with is nuclear umbrella for more than 70 years. In the era of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, the continent is quietly debating a different nuclear future.
In France, (some) Jews are voting far right
Marine Le Penโs National Rally is presenting itself as a defender of the country’s Jewish population.
Whereโs Macron? French president disappears amid election crisis
Facing a snap election wipeout, Emmanuel Macron’s allies have told him to shut up.
French far-right candidate withdraws from race after Nazi costume controversy
The National Rally candidate “does not deny” wearing a cap emblazoned with a swastika.
EU reintroduces quotas on sugar and egg imports from Ukraine
The Commission has announced on Monday (1 July) that the two commodities will no longer be exempted from duties and quotas as of Tuesday (2 July), as they exceeded the cap fixed in the regulation on trade benefits for Ukraine.
France laid the foundations for campus โwokeโ ideology. Now itโs leading a global backlash
Le wokisme, which the French love to hate, traces its intellectual genealogy back to 1960s French intellectuals.
German farmersโ association slams government relief package
In response to the farmer protests that rocked Europe earlier this year, the governing parliamentary groups in Germany have agreed to introduce a relief package for the agriculture sector, amid dissatisfaction from farmers’ organisation.
How to navigate Hungaryโs EU presidency policy agenda like a pro
The countryโs Council stint will be marked by political change in Brussels following the EU election.
Britain struggles to reform its โfeudalโ housing system ย
Big changes to the centuries-old model of property ownership still look far off, even with Labour poised for an election win.
The EU triggers emergency brake on oats imports from Ukraine
The cereal is the first agricultural product that will be no longer duty free as of Tuesday (19 June), because it exceeded the cap fixed in the latest regulation of temporary trade benefits for Ukraine.
EUโs 14th package of Russia sanctions held up by Germany
BRUSSELS, June 14 (Reuters) – The European Union failed on Friday to agree a 14th package of sanctions against Russia, EU diplomats said, as Germany held out over the extent to which EU companies would be responsible for sanctions violations. Officials…
UK Green Party snaps at Labour heels from the left
The Greens’ election manifesto is packed with policies designed to appeal to left-leaning voters disaffected with the Labour Party.
UKโs two-child benefits cap mainly hits working parents, report shows
Campaigners say limit โdrives families into povertyโ and calls on future government to reverse the policy
This Tory election campaign is all about the vibes
Rishi Sunak’s policy platform is unlikely to keep many Tories happy.
Rise of the far right a permanent cloud on Germanyโs Euro 2024 horizon
As the country prepares for the big kick-off this week the uneasy political backdrop cannot be ignored, even if some would very much like it to beโThe team is no longer German,โ explains an older gentleman in a baseball cap, calmly loading shopping int…
โArbitraryโ election pledges to cut UK migration will worsen worker shortages
Firms that employ millions in manufacturing, hospitality and construction already struggling to plugs gaps after BrexitUK general election live โ latest updatesThe battle between the Conservatives and Labour to show they are tough on migration risks da…
The European Parliament has changed your life โ really. Hereโs how.
As Europe gears up to vote in the EU election, we look at what the last crop of MEPs did for you.
Murder of German police officer inflames migration debate ahead of EU electionย
Focus on immigration and Islamist extremism could benefit the far right in the final days of the campaign.
Farmers and activists call for greener agricultural policies during pre-election demonstration
Environmental groups and farmers called for a transition to a sustainable agri-food system, climate action, and the approval of the stalled nature restoration law during a modest demonstration in Brussels on Saturday (1 June).
Londonโs Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to host the Super Bowl
Khan wants to cap London’s status as the ‘sporting capital of the world.’ But UK fans would be up til 3 a.m.
Labourโs election policy positions, tracked
Absolutely everything you need to know about what the opposition party is promising ahead of the July 4 election.
The pound is partying as Sunakโs election gambit dashes June rate cut hopes
Sterling is at its highest level since Britain voted to leave the EU in 2016.
Ukraine war briefing: Macron, Scholz agree Kyiv should use alliesโ weapons against launchers in Russia
Nato secretary general says alliance members should allow deep strikes, which White House says it doesnโt โencourage or enableโ. What we know on day 826Ukraine should be allowed to use its alliesโ weapons to โneutraliseโ Russian military bases used to …
Biden official says more sanctions are needed to counter Russia war economy
Daleep Singh said that sanctioning third parties that trade with Russia is needed, in addition to seizing assets for UkraineRussiaโs shift towards a full-fledged war economy requires the west to extend its sanctions policy, including by sanctioning thi…
EU countries determined to strengthen tools to prevent, manage agricultural crisis
At the Agrifish Council on Monday 27 May, the Member States’ agriculture ministers announced their desire to strengthen crisis management tools, calling for more budgets and greater flexibility.
UK election: The great battle for Labour Party jobs
Too many ministers: Keir Starmer faces having to disappoint some of his top team if he makes it into government.
House of Lords votes through leasehold reform bill without cap on ground rents
Campaigners welcome passing of legislation that was bitterly opposed by some freehold property owners
Olympic Gamesโ โฌ1.4bn clean-up aims to get Parisians swimming in the Seine
Organisers expect 75% of identified bacterial pollution will be gone by the time the starting gun fires for the open water eventsBeside a sign saying โNo swimmingโ, Pierre Fuzeau defiantly pulled on his swimming cap, slipped into the green water of the…
UK household energy price cap to fall 7%
Regulator Ofgem to lower cap for July to September after falling wholesale energy prices
With a Labour victory in sight, Gordon Brown rides again
Tony Blair is not the only former prime minister eyeing a comeback as his party prepares for government.
EU countries seal relaxation of CAP green requirements until 2027ย
The EU Council gave its final green light on Monday (13 May) to a relaxation of the environmental rules under the blocโs Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which will apply until the end of the current period in 2027 despite vocal protests from green NG…
Protecting the conditional autonomy of governing bodies in sport from review โfrom a competition standpointโ: how the Court should decide its pending cases on the transfer system, the regulation of agents and club (re-)location.
Stephen Weatherill
Jacques Delors Professor of
European Law (Emeritus), Faculty of Law and Somerville College, University of
Oxford
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Wojciechowski is โgratefulโ for farmersโ protests, CAP should be based on incentives
EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski told Euractiv he is grateful for the recent wave of farmers’ protests, which helped ensure a swift response to their problems with the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), a system that should be based …
UK boots out Russian diplomat, brands him a spy
The U.K. government is expelling Russia’s defense attachรฉ and tightening diplomatic visa rules.
Russia-Ukraine war: UK to expel Russian defence attache, who it claims is โundeclared military intelligence officerโ โ as it happened
Several Russian diplomatic premises that UK believes have been used by Russian intelligence also closed. This live blog is closedThe Kremlin also said that it valued its relations with North Korea, when asked about a report that Russia has been shippin…
EU proposes first sanctions on Russiaโs LNG sector
Until now, the EU hasn’t targeted Moscow’s lucrative gas sector. The proposed sanctions would hit about a quarter of Russia’s LNG revenues.
Commission mulls weakening petland protection requirement for farmers
A group of EU countries is calling to relax rules on mandatory practices to protect peatlands and wetlands under the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) only days after the European Parliament rubber-stamped an overhaul of six other environmental con…
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CAP simplification will get more and more complicated
Last week the European Parliament gave its final nod to a package meant to make the Common Agricultural Policy rules easier to apply for farmers and national administrations. But it is not the end of the CAP โsimplificationโ debate. It is just the begi…
Press release – Parliament approves a revision of the EUโs common agricultural policy
MEPs gave a green light to the common agriculture policy (CAP) review to ease the administrative burden for EU farmers.Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP
Rushed rollback of EU green farming rules triggers dismay
The bloc’s notoriously complex legislative process can apparently be simplified โ when it comes to farmers, that is, and when an election is around the corner.
Parliament pushes through changes to rules on grassland despite left-wing opposition
A group of left-wing MEPs on Tuesday (23 April) failed to block the Commissionโs proposal to relax farmersโ obligation to preserve grassland areas, which they claimed would pose environmental risks.
Left-wing groups to push for keeping green rules for farmers
MEPs from left-wing groups in the European Parliament will try to make changes to the Commissionโs proposal to relax some environmental requirements in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), to be voted on Thursday (25 April).
A moment that changed me: I was paralysed on a climb. Then I made the 100-mile journey back to myself
Seven years after a terrible fall, I teamed up with two other disabled sportsmen to scale Icelandโs highest peak. With each drive of my poles into the snow, I came closer to the man Iโd once beenThe view from the top was breathtaking. It was 2023 and I…
MEPs query fast-tracking farmer-friendly CAP reform
Some political groups appear unwilling to cede Parliamentโs lawmaking prerogatives to fast-track eleventh-hour approval of major deregulation of the EUโs agricultural subsidies and soothe protesting farmers.
NGOs warn of โpoisoned giftโ for farmers as Parliament votes to fast-track easing of green rules
As the European Parliament is paving the way for a swift approval of the relaxation of some environmental requirements in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the 2023-2027 period, NGOs are mobilising against the decision.ย
France talks tough on Ukraine while gobbling up more Russian gas
France has paid Russia over โฌ600 million this year for liquefied natural gas, new data shows. That’s an EU-leading rise from last year.
Price-cap could slash 60 percent of Russian LNG earnings: report
According to a new report, Russian overseas gas exports could be cut by 60 percent without endangering European energy security.
New Brexit border tax triggers UK business backlash
Trade groups fear new inspection fees will push up inflation and lead to less consumer choice.
US to praise India for making Russia oil price cap work
The G7 price cap on Russian oil shipments is cutting the revenue that Moscow has available to support its invasion of Ukraine, and the mechanism’s effectiveness is helped by the recent actions of Indian refiners, US officials will say.
British farmers want basic income to cope with post-Brexit struggles
Schemes to replace EU subsidies will not plug gap left by loss of EU subsidies for most farmersFarmers are calling for the government to grant them a universal basic income, saying the post-Brexit agriculture subsidy scheme has left many poorer.Delays …
Russiaโs sanction-proofed economy is helping it avoid a defeat in Ukraine
The American right’s destructive isolationism, Europeโs arguably glacial approach, and sanctions that havenโt fully impeded the Kremlin all make Russiaโs expulsion increasingly unlikely.