Angry farmers push Poland away from Ukraine

After nearly three years of war in Ukraine, protests by Polish farmers are opening up social and political fractures in a once-unshakeable alliance.

How von der Leyen blindsided Brussels with her deregulation drive

The Commission president is pushing a sweeping, rapid and centralized agenda to โ€œsimplifyโ€ EU rules โ€” and not everyone in Brussels is thrilled.

Macronโ€™s U-turn against EU green rules triggers internal revolt

The French president’s anti-regulation push has thrown his environmental legacy into doubt and angered many in his own party.

Victims of international crimes need justice โ€” and the ICC

We call on the EUโ€™s member countries and institutions to be the voice of human dignity globally, and to mobilize, defend and support the court.

Rubio says talks in Saudi Arabia meant to be opening step toward peace

โ€œOne phone call does not make peace,โ€ the secretary of State said.

JD Vance meets with leader of far-right German political party backed by Musk

The vice president met with the leaders of all four major German political parties โ€” including Alice Weidel, leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany.

โ€˜Thought crimeโ€™ and cancelled elections: how do JD Vanceโ€™s claims about Europe stand up?

US vice-president told litany of tales of Europeโ€™s rights infringements in speech to leaders at defence gatheringJD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europeโ€™s leadersIn JD Vanceโ€™s confrontational and pugnacious speech at the Munic…

New Geo-Political Challenges and the Past and Future of EU-Greenland Relations

  

Ulla Neergaard, Professor of EU Law, University of Copenhagen

Photo credit: Gordon Leggett, via Wikimedia Commons 

 

*This contribution draws upon Ulla
Neergaardโ€™s forthcoming work, โ€œโ€˜Eurarcticโ€™: Colonialism and EU-Greenland…

Latvia moves to ban tourist trips to Russia, Belarus

Riga wants to reduce the risks of human rights violations of Latvian citizens in those countries, and prevent their recruitment as spies.

Criminals use AI chatbots too

SNEAK PEEK โ€” Criminals use AI chatbots to commit fraud, Europolโ€™s chief AI officer warns. โ€” The U.K. switches from โ€˜AI safety to โ€˜AI security.โ€™ โ€” The Munich Security Conference is working hard to make killer AI cool. Good morning and welcome to Morning Tech. This is Pieter. #TGIF (unless youโ€™re in Munich, then the [โ€ฆ]

The EUโ€™s strategy to counter Trumpโ€™s tariffs: An iron fist in a velvet glove

Brussels has strengthened its trade toolkit since Donald Trumpโ€™s first term. But it would need the broad support of EU countries to strike back hard.

Russia should rejoin G7, Trump says

Moscow never would have invaded Ukraine if it still had a seat at the table, the president insisted.

RFK Jr. now runs Americaโ€™s health agencies

The United States Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a 52-48 vote Thursday to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. He will be sworn in later today.

Polish court orders retrial of woman found guilty of helping terminate pregnancy

Judgment against Justyna Wydrzyล„ska overturned in symbolic moment for abortion rights movementA Polish court has ordered a retrial in the case of an activist found guilty of helping a woman to terminate her pregnancy in a symbolic moment for Polandโ€™s a…

Court says European Parliament must release confidential harassment reports

New judgement sets a precedent for greater transparency in future cases

Press release – Human rights breaches in Tรผrkiye, Nicaragua and Nigeria

On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted human rights resolutions on Tรผrkiye, Nicaragua and Nigeria.Subcommittee on Human Rights Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP

Reynolds hits โ€˜resetโ€™ on competition

SNEAK PEEK โ€”ย  The government is giving the CMA a โ€˜resetโ€™. The CMA will try to show itโ€™s got the message. โ€”ย Peter Kyle explains the U.K.โ€™s AI summit statement snub. โ€”ย MPs pick up where peers left off on copyright. Good morning and happy Thursday, This is Tom, back home. You can get in touch with [โ€ฆ]

Trumpโ€™s plan for Ukraine a great deal โ€” โ€˜for the Kremlin,โ€™ Kyivโ€™s backers say

“Letโ€™s not mince words about what this represents: a surrender of Ukraineโ€™s interests and our own, even before negotiations begin,โ€ says U.S. Senator Adam Schiff.

Trump says he and Putin will negotiate to end the war in Ukraine

The president says he and the Russian leader spoke and are eager to work together.

Outcry in Irelandโ€™s parliament as PM slams opposition โ€˜liesโ€™ โ€ฆ in Irish

Prime Minister Micheรกl Martin accuses opposition chief of telling lies โ€” but his use of โ€œbrรฉagaโ€ draws a blank from the Sinn Fรฉin leader. It highlights a parliament struggling with the national language.

How to watch the German election like a pro

Germany’s election will be a gauge of how far the world’s third biggest economy has swung to the right.

Danish MEP slams โ€˜absurdโ€™ proposal to rename Greenland โ€˜Red, White and Bluelandโ€™

Member of Congress said the U.S. will “proudly welcome” Greenlanders to “join the freest nation to ever exist.”

Press release – Press conference: Call for EU support for the International Criminal Court (ICC)

Today, the Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights will hold a press conference in Strasbourg, after President Trump issued an executive order imposing sanctions on the ICC.Subcommittee on Human Rights Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP

Campaigner for migrants in Libya says his phone was targeted in spyware attack

Italy-based David Yambio, a critic of Meloni government, helps ICC find evidence of abuse of detainees in LibyaAn Italy-based human rights activist whose work supports the international criminal court in providing evidence about cases of abuse suffered…

Time to sign?

SNEAK PEEK โ€” JD Vance lands in Paris as the U.K. tries to get on message.ย  โ€”ย Peter Kyle says an AI bill will avoid upsetting voluntary agreement with AI labs. โ€”ย The U.K.โ€™s own mini-summit kicks off in London. Good morning and happy Tuesday, This is Tom, coming to you from a cold press room in [โ€ฆ]

Hamas must release remaining hostages by midday Saturday, Trump warns

โ€œAfter that, I would say, all hell is going to break out,โ€ he threatened.

Riding out the Trump tiger until heโ€™s exhausted

How should one handle the 47th U.S. president? Kiss the ring, resist, offer deals and wait for exhaustion to set in.

Trump could remake USAID to promote fossil fuels

The presidentโ€™s allies want foreign aid repurposed to encourage more oil and gas development around the world.

The 9 AI power players at the Paris AI Action Summit

Academics can be as influential as tech bros in swaying policymakers to both invest in and set guardrails for the powerful technology.

Britain ditches AI declaration, pitches for cash

SNEAK PEEK โ€” As the AI Action Summit kicks off, the U.K. is tempted against signing its main declaration. โ€” Peter Kyle takes his investment pitch to Paris. โ€” Back at home, thereโ€™s a backlash against the Home Office over encryption. Good Monday morning, This is Tom in Paris. You can get in touch with [โ€ฆ]

Inside the new plan to seize Russiaโ€™s shadow fleet

European countries are pushing for new powers to squeeze Moscowโ€™s shadow fleet after a spate of incidents in the Baltic Sea.

Kosovo PM Albin Kurti wins election amid tensions with Brussels and Washington

His ruling party fell short of a majority and will need to find a coalition partner if it hopes to continue in power.

Merz and Scholz clash on migration, economy and Trump: โ€˜How dumb can somebody be?โ€™

Center-right and center-left chancellor candidates clashed in a fiery debate, exposing deep divisions just weeks ahead of a national election.

The โ€˜Gaza-ificationโ€™ of the West Bank

With a cease-fire holding in Gaza, Israel shifts its war to the West Bank.

The real significance of Trumpโ€™s tariffs

It represents another major effort to expand presidential authority.

As Trump steamrolls Washington, courts flex their power to slow him down

Numerous federal district judges around the country have blocked major portions of Trumpโ€™s early agenda โ€” but Supreme Court showdowns loom.

The Future of Temporary Protection in Tรผrkiye: Return of Syrians after the Fall of Assad

 

Dr. AyลŸe Dicle
Ergin, Assistant
Professor, Bilkent University Faculty of Law

 

Photo credit: Henry
Ridgwell, Voice of America news, via Wikimedia
Commons

 

As of today, the vast majority of
approximately 2.8
million Syrians in Tรผr…

Trumpโ€™s plan for โ€˜ethnic cleansingโ€™ in Gaza is illegal, says UN investigator

Navi Pillay, head of UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, also said she would support a charge of apartheid against Israel at the ICC.

Looking at Trump, Europeโ€™s far right vows to โ€˜reconquerโ€™ the continent

โ€œOur friend Trump, the Trump tornado, has changed the world in just a couple of weeks,โ€ Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn tells far-right rally in Madrid.

Hands On, Eyes Closed? CJEU Grand Chamber hearing on Frontexโ€™s role in unlawful pushbacks (WS and Others v Frontex, C-679/23 P)

 Jan-Hendrik Seelow, Dutch
Council for Refugees*

*The Dutch Council for Refugees has
closely worked with the applicantโ€™s counsel to support the case from the
beginning Photo credit: Francesco Placco, via Wikimedia Commons

Introduction

It is a f…

Bereaved parents launch court challenge over UK benefit โ€˜discriminationโ€™

Widowed parentโ€™s allowance claims for those not married or in civil partnership can only be backdated from 30 August 2018Two bereaved parents have filed a case at the European court of human rights, claiming that the UK governmentโ€™s treatment of them i…

Georgia ramps up restrictions on media, NGOs with drastic new laws

The fresh restrictions come amid a political crisis over disputed elections and the government’s reversal on its EU membership bid.

Trumpโ€™s aid freeze leaves UN food agency scrambling, with millions at risk

Despite a U.S. waiver, food shipments are stalled, funding is uncertain and Europe may have to fill the gap.

Germanyโ€™s likely next chancellor wants to tell Trump to rein in Musk

โ€œI do not approve of someone in Trumpโ€™s orbit attempting such direct interference in Germanyโ€™s elections,โ€ says Friedrich Merz.

How Germany found itself holding an Italian election

POLITICO has processed 35 years’ worth of election data to find out why this month’s vote is messier than ever โ€• and what will happen next.

The Trump war no one is talking about

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it’s probably being shot by Donald Trump Jr.

Fishing rights will not derail EU-UK security pact, says European Council president

With member states keen to link quotas to any deal, Antรณnio Costa says defence and fisheries โ€˜are different thingsโ€™The EU will not let the question of fishing rights derail a pact with the UK on security and defence, the president of the European Counc…

Macron becomes first EU leader to speak with Syriaโ€™s new president

The French president also invited al-Sharaa to travel to Paris.

Britainโ€™s handover of the Chagos Islands is pleasing nobody

Labourโ€™s decision to grant the geopolitical archipelago to Mauritius has sparked criticism from all sides.

Trump aides knew he wanted to take over Gaza but had no plan

They cast his idea to own and rebuild the strip as a negotiating ploy Wednesday, while walking back key details.

Israeli ambassador to UN says Palestinians shouldnโ€™t be forced out of Gaza

โ€œI think we all agree that it should require the consent,โ€ Danny Danon said.

Trumpโ€™s Gaza fantasy is a recipe for a forever war

U.S. president is pressing countries to take in Palestinians by threatening to cut aid, but it’s too dangerous for Arab leaders to accept that blackmail.

Global fury builds over Trumpโ€™s plan to turn Gaza into the Middle East โ€˜Rivieraโ€™

U.S. president faces outrage from Arab countries and key European capitals over his โ€œdangerousโ€ proposal that Palestinians should be removed from the coastal enclave.ย 

Has Brexit finally paid off? What Trumpโ€™s tariff reprieve means for Starmer

The U.S. president hinted heโ€™ll spare Britain from his trade war, while hammering the EU. But as Nigel Farage surges in the polls, Keir Starmer isnโ€™t safe from Brexit yet.

Scholz slams Trumpโ€™s โ€˜self-centeredโ€™ bid to link Ukraine aid to rare earths access

Kyiv isn’t totally against the U.S. president’s idea โ€” but the German chancellor isn’t impressed.

Ukraine demands โ€˜impartialโ€™ inquiry into death of a citizen in Slovakia

Bratislava and Kyiv have been at loggerheads since the Slovak leadership cut off weapons flows to Ukraine and embraced Moscow talking points.

Trump orders creation of sovereign wealth fund, hints it could buy TikTok

The new wealth fund could be used to finance major government projects and fund strategic investments in critical areas like supply chains.

Donald Trump says trade wars are easy to win. Are they?

The U.S. president’s tariff attack on Americaโ€™s closest allies is unprecedented. Economists say they wonโ€™t fix the U.S. trade deficit, restore jobs or raise much money. And people will get hurt.

UN reports โ€˜alarming riseโ€™ in Russia executing Ukrainian soldiers

“Many Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered or were in physical custody of the Russian armed forces were shot dead on the spot,” a monitoring mission says.

US to again withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council, stop UNRWA funding

The actions come one day before Trump is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington.

South Africaโ€™s president hits back at Trump and Musk over land law

Cyril Ramaphosa defends measures that allow the state to seize land without compensation, after the U.S. president accused South Africa of treating โ€œcertain classes of people VERY BADLY.”

‘#MeToo in sports’: European football has fuelled ‘atmosphere of sexism’ for years

Spanish women’s World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso confronted former soccer federation boss Luis Rubiales at his trial, saying she did not agree to the kiss that triggered a national backlash against sexism in sport. For in-depth analysis and a deeper per…

Europeans on democracyโ€™s frontlines offer advice to Americans: never give up

With the new Trump era likely to pose unprecedented challenges the message from Europeโ€™s fragile democracies is: stay united and safeguard your institutionsEuropeans who witnessed democracy crumble before their eyes have some words of advice for Americ…

Commission fails to meet first major AI Act deadline

While companies cite the need for legal certainty, NGOs have raised potential human rights concerns.
The post Commission fails to meet first major AI Act deadline appeared first on Euractiv.

The EUโ€™s AI bans come with big loopholes for police

The EU’s AI Act bans some โ€œunacceptableโ€ use of the technology but critics say the law is riddled with security exemptions.

German far right may benefit most from Merzโ€™s self-inflicted wound

Conservative leader’s gambit to weaken the postwar ‘firewall’ may be a boon for the AfD ahead of a national election.

Keir Starmer to discuss European defence with all 27 EU leaders

Possible security pact overshadowed by need to settle EU-UK dispute over fishing rightsKeir Starmerโ€™s hopes for a defence and security pact risk being stalled over fishing rights, as he heads to Brussels for the first post-Brexit meeting of its kind on…

China to retaliate after Trump fires first salvo in trade war

Beijing says it will impose countermeasures against the U.S.’s 10 percent levy on Chinese imports.

Giorgia Meloniโ€™s Albania migration plan blasted after third failure

Calling the project a “clamorous failure,” Elly Schlein, leader of the Democratic Party, said the prime minister should resign.

Belgium gets new government with Flemish separatist Bart De Wever as PM

After repeated false starts and breakdowns in talks, the country gets a Flemish-nationalist led coalition.

French budget passes key hurdle, setting up high-stakes showdown next week

In a sign that bodes well for Bayrou, Socialist party leaders welcomedย the agreement.

FIFA launches fervent defense of Saudi Arabia World Cup in letter to EU lawmakers

MEPs had criticized the world football governing body for awarding the 2034 tournament to the Gulf petromonarchy.

UK urged to probe spate of Chinese flights for forced labor

Three new routes connecting Chinaโ€™s Xinjiang province to major U.K. airports have opened up since last summer.

Press release – Polish Presidency debriefs EP committees on priorities

Ministers are holding a series of meetings in parliamentary committees to present the priorities of the Polish Presidency of the Council.Committee on Constitutional AffairsCommittee on Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentCommittee on Culture and Education…

Letโ€™s kill the Green Deal together with the far right, ECR tells EPP

The Christian Democrats should abandon their leftist allies, argues Giorgia Meloni’s political family.

European court slams Italy over mafia toxic waste dumping

The vast amount of toxic waste in the area led to increased rates of cancer, the court found.

Can a bodybuilding YouTuber rejuvenate French conservatism?

Tibo InShape is wading into politics, and the establishment has taken note.

German lawmakers canโ€™t agree whether to seek ban on far-right AfD

Many mainstream leaders worry a pre-election debate over whether to ban Alternative for Germany will only boost the party ahead of a national election.

China-linked influence operation tried to overthrow Spainโ€™s government, report says

Fake accounts attempted to fan discontent as people raged against establishment figures following floods in the Valencia region that killed more than 200 people.

Greece launching its first quality-of-care strategy to transform healthcare

The Greek Health Minister told Euractiv that the government aims to create an environment in which patients can be confident that their care is of high quality and that their rights and values are respected.
The post Greece launching its first quality-…

France to overhaul sex education in schools, with focus on consent and gender identity

French schools will introduce mandatory sex education classes covering topics such as consent, gender identity and online pornography from September, despite opposition from conservative groups. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney, speaks to Kristen Barber, As…

EU inks โ‚ฌ3B deal with Jordan amid deportation push

The deal is the latest in a series designed to shore up regional governments and pave the way for deportations.

PMQs: Starmer wins but Badenochโ€™s getting more focused

Kemi Badenoch said the government’s employment plans harmed growth โ€” but the PM raised economic turmoil under the Tories.

Greenland should rejoin the EU for โ€˜protection,โ€™ Danish MEP says

โ€œClearly the situation has changed dramatically since โ€™85,โ€ when Greenland left the EU, senior lawmaker says.

German Green chief warns conservatives not to strike migration deal with far right

โ€œThis will break Europe,โ€ Robert Habeck says, as fears grow over the broader implications of collaboration between the CDU and AfD.

Britainโ€™s Rachel Reeves needs a growth miracle

A major speech Wednesday promises a host of pro-growth policies to turn the UK economy around. But the hurdles in the chancellorโ€™s way are huge.

Von der Leyen builds bonfire of EUโ€™s environmental red tape

Brussels hopes simplifying green compliance rules will boost Europe’s flagging economy. Green groups fear something more sinister.

Germanyโ€™s Scholz lashes out at Muskโ€™s โ€˜disgustingโ€™ interventions in Europe

German chancellor has finally had enough of the tech billionaire and Donald Trump adviser.

Italyโ€™s Meloni under investigation for freeing wanted Libyan warlord

“I canโ€™t be blackmailed, I canโ€™t be intimidated,” a defiant PM Giorgia Meloni said.

Greek court orders extradition of Israeli billionaire on Romanian corruption charges

Beny Steinmetz was convicted of participating in a scheme to take ownership of land once owned by Romanian monarchs.

Fact-checkers under fire as Big Tech pulls back

Meta’s move to ditch fact-checking put a target on the back of fake-news fighters, they warn.

โ€˜It will kill peopleโ€™: Chaos, confusion after Trump halts US foreign aid

The new directive puts some aid organizations at risk of bankruptcy.

Bulgarian police โ€˜blocked rescueโ€™ of teenage migrants who froze to death

Report by rights groups alleges border police refused to rescue boys and blocked activistsโ€™ efforts to save themBulgarian authorities have been accused of ignoring emergency calls and obstructing efforts to rescue three Egyptian teenage boys, who later…