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Ukraine Facility: Council approves seventh payment of nearly "2. 8 billion to Kyiv
2+ day, 59+ min ago (342+ words) Ukraine is set to receive a payment of nearly2. 8 billionafter the Council adopted a decision on the seventh regular disbursement of support under the EU's Ukraine Facility. This amount reflects Ukraine's successful completion of eleven of the twenty steps required for…...
Can P'ter Magyar convince the EU Commission to release Hungary's funds?
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (833+ words) EU money could soon flow again to Hungary. The new prime minister, P'ter Magyar, hopes to seal a deal this week to unfreeze "10bn in EU funding. To achieve that, Magyar needs to present reforms that are acceptable to the EU....
The European Parliament's challenge to SAFE: balancing democratic legitimacy and urgency in EU defence competence under articles 122 and 173 TFEU
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (161+ words) Pub Affairs Bruxelles This article examines the European Parliament's challenge to the SAFE regulation and uses it to assess the limits of Article 122(1) TFEU in EU defence policy. It argues that SAFE lies between emergency solidarity and ordinary industrial policy:…...
'No alternative to full EU membership', Ukraine's deputy PM tells Euronews
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (91+ words) No alternative to full EU membership, Ukraines deputy PM tells Euronews Pub Affairs Bruxelles Brussels must speed up the EU accession process and full membership remains the only option, Ukraines Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Taras Kachka,…...
Ukraine and the EU: it is more than just money
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (109+ words) Ukrainian ownership is not merely a design feature. It is a structural condition for conditionality to function." Each of the Facility's innovations has also generated unresolved tensions. If the reforms that the EU requires and Ukraine has committed to are…...
Commission publishes guidance to strengthen Europe's resilience by clarifying the application of EU water laws
1+ week, 1+ day ago (317+ words) The guidance document explains how to assess the environmental impact of new projects on water quality. It focuses on projects affecting the chemical status of water bodies and rules set out in'EU water laws, which already allow for lower environmental…...
Council suspends customs tariffs on certain fertilisers for one year
1+ week, 1+ day ago (513+ words) The Council decided today to'suspend for one year customs tariffs on key nitrogen-based fertilisers used in agricultural production in the EU, including fertiliser inputs such as urea and ammonia. The measure aims to lower costs for EU farmers and fertiliser…...
Beyond icebreakers: Europe's arctic strategy through middle-power alignment
1+ week, 1+ day ago (178+ words) Pub Affairs Bruxelles The effects of climate change are transforming the Arctic into an increasingly contested region for access to natural resources and strategic maritime routes among great powers. In this context, intensified U. S. pressure to acquire Greenland has contributed to…...
EU economy chief certain the bloc will not return to Russian gas or oil as energy crisis bites
1+ week, 1+ day ago (110+ words) Pub Affairs Bruxelles Exclusive: European Commissioner for the Economy Valdis Dombrovskis said Russia is milking the crisis in the Middle East for energy profits " and the EU will not ease on its sanction regime for cheaper oil or gas flows....
Commission welcomes political agreement on implementation of EU-US trade deal
1+ week, 3+ day ago (439+ words) The liberalised market access granted to US exports by the Regulations will ensure that goods needed by EU industry and consumers are cheaper and more readily available, without compromising on any EU sensitivities. At the same time, in line with…...