Immigration rises up the agenda and housing remains key issue as polls point to a similar result to 2024 votePortugal will return to the polls for the third time in just over three years on Sunday to vote in a snap general election triggered by the cou…
Sunday’s snap vote may leave the country in an extended period of political standstill.
An increasing number of Ukrainians settled in France have applied for asylum, in order to receive more welfare benefits and secure their situation, much to the government’s dismay.
Le chef de l’Etat sโest dit favorable, mardi soir, ร la fusion de la carte vitale et de la carte d’identitรฉ. La piste avait pourtant รฉtรฉ รฉcartรฉe par un rapport d’inspections restรฉ confidentiel et dรฉvoilรฉ par POLITICO.
ByteDance-owned TikTok is the second platform, after Elon Muskโs X, to get an EU warning under the Digital Services Act.
We can have a world where everyone has access to the medicines they need. But both Trump and pharma companies will push us in the opposite direction.
Opposition warns that planned legislation would allow government to shut down all independent media and NGOs Hungaryโs parliament is considering legislation that would give authorities broad powers to monitor, penalise and potentially ban organisations…
The new bill fits into a pattern of democratic backsliding for the Central European country.
In todayโs edition of The Capitals, read about nuclear deterrence as French protection will come at a cost, Italy once again under pressure to ratify the European Stability Mechanism reform, and so much more.
Istanbul landmarkโs most extensive works in years will include efforts to prevent earthquake damageStanding beneath the stone archways, grand murals and filagree lamps of the Hagia Sophia, the architect Hasan Fฤฑrat Diker reflects on his vocation: the p…
President Emmanuel Macron confirmed that talks are ongoing over extending Franceโs nuclear deterrent, but insisted Paris “will not pay for othersโ security.”
Human Rights Watch says football’s governing body should be prepared to “reconsider” choice of U.S. as tournament co-host.
Le Tribunal de lโUE doit dรฉterminer ce mercredi si la Commission europรฉenne a enfreint les rรจgles de transparence en ne dรฉvoilant pas les SMS entre sa prรฉsidente et le patron du laboratoire pharmaceutique.
The challengers say the president is violating the Constitution and hope the Court of International Trade will grant their request for a preliminary injunction before the end of the month.
Warsaw Mayor Rafaล Trzaskowski is ahead in presidential election polls; if he wins he’ll make the Polish PM’s life much easier.
The U.S. president’s musings on annexing the Arctic island are alarming Copenhagen.
Can Christian Stocker get one of Europe’s weakest defence spenders to pay its fair share with extremists breathing down his neck?
Judges across the country continue to note that if courts donโt protect the rights of the least popular and most vulnerable, everyone is at risk.
The predator remains a protected species within the European Union, but member states may relax the conditions for authorized shooting where livestock is deemed at threat.
Proposals to slash red tape risk clashing with earlier recommendations to make farming more resilient.
From last-minute pork demands to parties in the embassy, this is how Britain charmed the unpredictable president โ and why it could all still unravel.
The domestic intelligence agency steps back from labeling the AfD a confirmed extremist group โ just days after making the explosive claim.
The downgrading of wolves’ protection status is a win for the European People’s Party but was condemned by green groups.
Parliament has changed the EUโs wolf protection status from โstrictly protected’ to โprotected’, to align it with the Bern Convention.Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
Proposed plastics policy demonstrates a pragmatic, measured approach. Risk-based policy measures can deliver regulation that works in the real world, providing environmental protection without hindering industrial competitiveness.
Les idรฉes dรฉtonantes de ce spรฉcialiste du travail marquent les esprits de la classe politique. Jusquโร dรฉclencher une rรฉforme d’ampleur ?
Having voted to use the urgency procedure, Parliament will decide on Thursday whether to change the EUโs wolf protection status from โstrictly protected’ to โprotected’.Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety Source : ยฉ European Union, 20…
The former Islamist rebel has received a cautious welcome from the international community.
Czech Deputy Health Minister tells Euractiv he’s backing calls for a longer regulatory data protection (RDP), using conditional incentives.
Germanyโs junior coalition partner hands key ministries to familiar faces โ and springs a few surprises.
Conservatives face accusations of collaborating with far-right parties in NGO funding probe.
A deadly wave of avian influenza, industry-led policy and deepening ethical and biological risks are exposing flaws in the worldโs most efficient meat machine.
The heavy criticism from top American officials comes days before a new coalition government is set to take power in Berlin.
Low-value packages from China will now be hit with a tariff. Itโll hurt online shoppers who have been increasingly drawn to cheap goods.
Overly cautious regulations and data protection guidelines are curtailing exercises, MPs warn
Secretary of State Marco Rubio advised Germany to โreverse courseโ following the domestic intelligence agencyโs decision, which grants German authorities increased oversight and surveillance over the party.
Incoming chancellor must now decide whether to ban flourishing far-right party amid widespread discontentGerman spy agency labels AfD as โconfirmed rightwing extremistโ forceThe decision by Germanyโs domestic spy agency to call the far-right Alternativ…
The US has similar concerns over how Chinese authorities can access data from the popular app.
Germanyโs domestic intelligence service has designated the far-right Alternative fรผr Deutschland (AfD), the biggest opposition party, as a ‘confirmed rightwing extremist’ force, meaning authorities can step up their surveillance as critics call for it …
Tribunal rules U.K. ban on catching snakey fish is based on good science.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission also sanctioned TikTok for not being transparent with users about where their personal data was being sent and it ordered the company to comply with the rules within six months.
Upgrade from โsuspectedโ threat will mean greater surveillance of party that came second in last electionGermanyโs domestic intelligence service has designated the far-right Alternative fรผr Deutschland (AfD), the biggest opposition party, as a โconfirm…
Video-sharing app had for years claimed it did not store European personal data on servers in China.
Germanyโs Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has designated AfD as a right-wing extremist organisation, citing xenophobic stances as the reason.
The classification opens the door to deeper surveillance โ and reignites a debate over whether the far-right party should be banned.
Co-leaders say party is โbeing publicly discredited and criminalisedโ by intelligence agencyโs move to change classification. This live blog is closedGerman spy agency labels AfD as โconfirmed rightwing extremistโ forceElsewhere, TikTok has been fined …
Rallies and demonstrations were organised across multiple major European cities on Thursday to commemorate Labour Day, calling for higher pay, greater equality and the protection of workers’ rights.
Steve Peers, Professor of
Law, Royal Holloway University of London*
Photo credit: Aldo Ardetti,
via Wikimedia
Commons
*Thanks to Justin Borg-Barthet
for corsair quote
**This blog post builds on research
for the upcoming third edition of The
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Opposition parties demand probe into links between a PR company and the New Democracy party of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Two U.K. Labour MPs are drawing up amendments on the issue that will likely be considered by the House of Commons this summer.
Les droits de douane amรฉricains accentuent la pression sur la France pour quโelle soutienne lโaccord de libre-รฉchange avec le Mercosur. Mais elle nโest pas encore prรชte ร cรฉder.
Helga Luku, PhD
researcher, University of Antwerp
Photo credit: Jakub Halun,
via Wikimedia
commons
On the 3rd of April 2025,
Advocate General (AG) Richard de la Tour delivered his Opinion
in C-713/23, Wojewoda Mazowiecki, concerning the recogni…
The two leaders signed a memorandum on cross-border cooperation praising each otherโs โsovereign stanceโ and โprotection of national interests.โ
Privacy regulator’s secretary general traveled on the EU’s dime to Spain, his home country, far more often than to other countries.
Former West Germany sought protection as its 15th member on 6 May 1955 as concern grew about the Soviet army massed east of the Iron Curtain.
Berlinโs new foreign ministry leadership signals tougher stance toward China and Russia.
The administration reversed course after dozens of judges ordered it to reinstate legal records for student visa holders.
The leader of the French-speaking Reformist Movement got into an altercation with trade unionists.
The EU’s privacy watchdog Wojciech Wiewiรณrowski is responsible for ensuring the EU’s institutions stick to their own data protection laws. What were the challenges he faced during his mandate? And how will geopolitical tensions impact the digital future?
From Austria to Spain, not a single wine tested came back clean, exposing the reach of ultra-persistent chemicals in Europeโs food chain.
Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last shah, tells POLITICO the West must create a โstrike fundโ to support civil resistance and paralyze the government.
Research council launches 100m kroner fund as Norwegian government calls for the protection of academic freedomNorway has launched a new scheme to lure top international researchers amid growing pressure on academic freedom in the US under the Trump ad…
Plans are being drawn up and, as one EU diplomat said, โWeโll take decisions to protect ourselves.โ
The ambitions of the proposed bill are clear: Itโs about targeting civil society, journalists and activists โ within Hungary and the diaspora โ who refuse to fall in line.
Troubling links exist between Moscowโs war machine and the leadership of the iconic strategy game.
Ministres, PDG ou militants, ils faรงonnent le dรฉbat public sur le sujet.
Washingtonโs embrace of crypto may endanger the European financial system, but Frankfurt and Brussels are arguing over whether to rewrite a landmark law.
Even the EUโs most protectionist countries are realizing that they need new friends to trade with as their oldest ally goes rogue.
Steve Peers, Professor of Law, Royal Holloway University
of London
Photo credit: Andre Engels, via Wikimedia Commons
The EUโs asylum pact was adopted less
a year ago, and mostly wonโt apply for over another year โ and yet the EU Commission
has …
Call for greater protection for asylum seekers and policies targeting rightwing violence as report sounds โalarm bellโBerlin has reported a marked increase in attacks on asylum seekers and refugee shelters, amid a sharp rise in far-right crime and a ha…
A decade after we launched in Brussels, Europe’s place in the world is ever more uncertain. The battle for relevance will dominate the next 10 years.
The administration hasnโt set up a formal process for carve-outs from tariffs, keeping businesses uncertain about whether they may be able to secure relief.
Matteo
Zamboni (human rights lawyer working between Italy and the UK. He is a
partner to the Immigration Law and Policy clinic of Goldsmiths, University of
London)
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โI believe we can accept both solutions,โ Andrzej Duda says about hosting both U.S. and French warheads on Polish soil.
Hungary and Slovakia are battling outbreaks of the highly contagious livestock disease.
The project aims to make it easier to move troops and equipment between Poland and the Baltic countries.
Europe’s nations have proposed establishing refugee โreturn hubsโ in third-party countries outside their jurisdiction for failed asylum seekers. But they should think twice.
Stretched resources and patchy communication leave experts warning a ban on personal meat and cheese imports could fall well short of its aims.
Europeโs รฉmigrรฉs built Americaโs skylines, suburbs and strip malls. Will the U.S. brain drain do the same for the EU?
Ukrainian president says legalities almost finalised and officials signal US concessions in talks that are progressing โquite fastโ; deadly Shahed strike on Dnipro. What we know on day 1,149Minerals deal negotiators have made โgood progressโ, the Ukrai…
Judges side against Scottish government’s bid to include transgender people in key law in a case with far-reaching implications.
Despite Donald Trumpโs lurch into protectionism and coercion, Friedrich Merz believes a transatlantic trade deal can still be done.
Suspects charged for drug and weapon offences as well as scheme in which drivers felt compelled to pay feesItalian police have arrested 24 suspected members of the Camorra โ the notorious Neapolitan mafia โ on charges of drug trafficking, arms possessi…
“We are confident in our compliance with all data protection requirements and have engaged extensively with the Irish Data Protection Commission on this matter,” a Meta spokesperson said.
Pharmaceuticals were the EU’s largest export to the U.S. last year, worth a reported $127B.
Attila Szabรณ, LLM in European law, Head of Legal Aid Service, Hungarian Civil
Liberties Union
The author would
like to thank Steve Peers and Mรกtรฉ Szabรณ, HCLU’s professional director, for
their ideas for the text!
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The investigation could lead to new tariffs on semiconductors in a move that would have sweeping implications for Asian countries and the tech sector.
The move could be a win for tech companies like Apple that were facing potential price hikes.
The taskforce, led by Musk confidante Antonio Gracias, is providing the technical infrastructure for a sweeping set of actions aimed at revoking parole and terminating visas.
Ireland’s data protection watchdog, acting on behalf of the European Union, launched an inquiry on Friday into the use of personal data posted on Elon Musk’s social media platform by EU users, to train its AI chatbot, Grok.
The investigation threatens to stoke further tensions between the EU and U.S. over tech rules.
Actions to “subvert President Trumpโs agenda will not be tolerated,โ U.S. military warns.
The agreed draft legislation comes in response to a number of emerging challenges, such as risks relating to digital toys and the surge in online shopping.Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
Kyiv needs Western troops on the ground to deter any future Russian attack, but the U.S. is sitting this out.
The attack on the shipping deal is part of a wider U.S. rejection of policies to fight climate change.
The U.S. says operations will continue under Polish and NATO leadership.
And the CSAM latest draft compromise circulated by the Council Presidency on Friday.
The European Commission also recently unveiled its own preparedness strategy for citizens, while Russia’s war on Ukraine grinds forward.
The Italian prime minister has enacted legislation that includes protection for law enforcement in cases of accusations of police violence. Some of the most controversial articles were removed under the influence of the Italian president, Sergio Mattar…
Critics say the bill would discredit NGOs that receive any kind of foreign funding.
