Emmanuel Macronโ€™s lonely battle to defend the EU-Canada trade deal

French lawmakers, and even Macronโ€™s new ministers, want to stop CETA โ€”ย but that doesnโ€™t mean they will be able to.

Michel Barnierโ€™s new secret EU mission

Can the former chief Brexit negotiator, now France’s prime minister, grease the wheels on budget talks with Brussels?

French left looks to UK Labour as a model for booting out Mรฉlenchon

France’s centrist socialists are eyeing Britain’s experience of how to purge the hard left.

What happens if Italy and Franceโ€™s right-wing firebrands unite?

Once in office, Italyโ€™s Giorgia Meloni moderated her positions. Will Marine Le Pen do the same?

Von der Leyen and Costa: Europeโ€™s new dynamic duo

Four names. Two politicians. One power couple.

Macronโ€™s high-risk election puts Franceโ€™s economy on the line

The rise of the far right is sending tremors through financial markets and could push French debt deeper into the danger zone.

Germany launches 11th-hour bid to avert trade war with China

Germany wants the EU to set tariffs on electric vehicles at a low level to avoid severe retaliation from Beijing.

Les Ecologistes vont-ils disparaรฎtre du Parlement europรฉen ?

Selon les derniers sondages, la liste de Marie Toussaint risque la dรฉbรขcle aux รฉlections dimanche. Un tel rรฉsultat pourrait faire les affaires dโ€™Ursula von der Leyen.

Europeโ€™s cultural identity โ€” thatโ€™s what weโ€™re fighting for

In the last three decades, weโ€™ve enjoyed the luxury of not having to ask ourselves what it is we stand for. But those times have passed.

Protecting the conditional autonomy of governing bodies in sport from review โ€˜from 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

Photo: Lassana Diarra, by ะ ั‹ะฑะฐะบะพะฒะฐ ะ•ะปะตะฝะฐ, on Wikimedia Commons

 

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We have to update the single market fast, former Italian PM Enrico Letta says

Is the EU’s single market failing? Faced with growing competition from China and the US, the bloc is falling behind. The union has been relying on the single market to guarantee the free movement of goods, capital, services and people for more than 30…

Deux heures avec le roi du pรฉtrole

La source dโ€™informations quotidiennes sur lโ€™รฉnergie et le climat en France. Par AUDE LE GENTIL Avec NICOLAS CAMUT et ALEXANDRE Lร‰CHENET Infos et tuyaux ร  partager ? Ecrivez ร  Nicolas Camut, Aude Le Gentil et Arthur Nazaret | Voir dans le navigateur AU MENU โ€” Patrick Pouyannรฉ devant les sรฉnateurs, notre liste de questions maison. [โ€ฆ]

Will the EU get a war budget?

The debate over the bloc’s next seven-year spending plan is already starting. And while the Ukraine invasion shapes the debate, the negotiations will be messy โ€” and about a whole lot more.

La PPL sur les e-flottes toussote

La source dโ€™informations quotidiennes sur lโ€™รฉnergie et le climat en France. Par ARTHUR NAZARET Avec AUDE LE GENTIL et NICOLAS CAMUT Infos et tuyaux ร  partager ? Ecrivez ร  Nicolas Camut, Aude Le Gentil et Arthur Nazaret | Voir dans le navigateur AU MENU โ€” Sale temps pour la proposition de loi sur lโ€™รฉlectrification des [โ€ฆ]

Lettaโ€™s love letter to bigger markets

Italy’s former PM acknowledged that finding the political will could be an uphill battle as financial issues are “not very sexy” for voters.

Donโ€™t assume von der Leyen is coming back

The European Commission president is still the frontrunner โ€” but is increasingly coming under fire.

France talks tough on Ukraine while gobbling up more Russian gas

France has paid Russia over โ‚ฌ600 million this year for liquefied natural gas, new data shows. That’s an EU-leading rise from last year.

Von der Leyen wants to be a wartime president. Now she has to convince EU leaders.

Commission president wants to use a defense boost to help her get a second term.

Risk of โ€˜lost decadeโ€™ as EU countries face economic cliff edge

Tighter rules and a halt in EU funding will leave capitals looking for cash.

Ursula von der Leyen announces bid for 2nd term

One of Europe’s most powerful leaders is poised for another 5 years running the European Commission.

The Franco-German legacy of Wolfgang Schรคuble is fading

The death of veteran finance minister Wolfgang Schรคuble marks the end of the post-war generation of Francophile German politicians and heralds rockier relations for the EU’s Franco-German โ€œengineโ€ as Berlin shifts its focus eastward.

Jacques Delorsโ€™ little-known commitment to environment, sustainable development

Jacques Delors, former President of the European Commission (1985-1995), is little known for his work on the environment, but he was instrumental in laying the foundations for a number of European laws that are currently in force.

Hereโ€™s a tip for Europeโ€™s crisis-beset leaders: ask โ€˜What would Jacques Delors do?โ€™ | Paul Taylor

Faced with war and the threat of Trump, Ursula von der Leyen and others should study the legacy of modern Europeโ€™s architectWith two wars raging on its borders, a world retreating from free trade and globalisation, strong migratory pressure on its sout…

Macron hails Jacques Delors as Europeโ€™s tireless โ€˜pathfinderโ€™ (and jazz-loving football fan)

European leaders gathered in Paris to pay tribute before the coffin of former European Commission President Jacques Delors.ย 

Macron keeps France guessing as reshuffle rumors swirl

President holds informal talks amid speculation Elisabeth Borne could be ousted as PM.

๐Ÿ”ด Live: Franceโ€™s Macron leads tribute to Jacques Delors, architect of European integration

French President Emmanuel Macron was set to pay tribute on Friday morning to former European Commission president Jacques Delors,ย who played an instrumental role in European integration, following his death on Wednesday at 98.

EU single market czar outlines key reforms

Former Italian PM Enrico Letta wants to overhaul state subsidy rules and stop the brain drain of talent from poorer EU countries.

The visionary legacy of Jacques Delors

Anyone who wants to be the former leaderโ€™s heir must strive to not just complete his unfinished project but relaunch it with the same personal commitment, rigor and creativity.

โ€˜What I want is a federalising Europeโ€™: remembering Jacques Delors, a true EU champion

The Guardianโ€™s former European editor looks back on the achievements of the great French statesman, who has died aged 98At first glance, Jacques Delors did not readily fit the label of being some kind of radical, let alone โ€œrevolutionaryโ€, figure. His …