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Paris: A Muslim Brotherhood terrorist listing moved up the EU agenda on 8 October 2026, when the European Parliament voted by 381 to 167 for a resolution that asks member…

Strasbourg: The European Parliament adopted a resolution on 8 October 2026 that sets out what MEPs expect from the first EU anti-corruption strategy, and it asks the Commission to phase…
EU renewable electricity supplied 54.1 percent of net generation in the second quarter of 2026,…
The EU aviation ETS would reach far beyond Europe’s borders from 2029 if the Commission’s…
The Hague: EU budget fraud protection is about to change hands, the European Anti-Fraud Office…
Tashkent: The EU-Uzbekistan partnership received a working-level check on 8 October 2026, when Uzbekistan’s Deputy…
EU renewable electricity supplied 54.1 percent of net generation in…
The EU aviation ETS would reach far beyond Europe’s borders…
The Hague: EU budget fraud protection is about to change…
Tashkent: The EU-Uzbekistan partnership received a working-level check on 8…

Tunis: The Tunisia migration deal is back on the diplomatic table because President Kais Saïed asked in March 2026 for the partnership to be revisited so that cooperation becomes, in…

Belgrade: Serbia EU accession enters the autumn with its political script rewritten, because President Aleksandar Vučić dissolved Parliament on 9 September 2026 and called snap elections for 25 October. The…
Tashkent: The EU-Uzbekistan partnership received a working-level check on 8 October 2026, when…
Luxembourg: Enlargement security moves to the centre of EU diplomacy on Monday 12…
Islamabad: Pakistan GSP+ status will not carry over automatically into…
Pristina: The Kosovo Growth Plan allocation of up to €882…
Phuket: The Thailand-EU FTA moved a step closer to conclusion…
Montreal: The EU-Canada summit due in late October will test…
Tashkent: The EU-Uzbekistan partnership received a working-level check on 8 October 2026, when Uzbekistan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Muzaffar Madrakhimov met the EU Special Representative for Central Asia, Eduards Stiprais, in…
Luxembourg: Enlargement security moves to the centre of EU diplomacy on Monday 12 October 2026, when foreign ministers meet under the chairmanship of High Representative Kaja Kallas. The agenda lists…
Islamabad: Pakistan GSP+ status will not carry over automatically into the next European trade preference scheme, the EU ambassador to Pakistan, Raimundas Karoblis, warned in September. He said the benefits…
Pristina: The Kosovo Growth Plan allocation of up to €882 million now depends on how fast the new government delivers reforms, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told leaders…
Phuket: The Thailand-EU FTA moved a step closer to conclusion after negotiators finished the tenth round of talks in Phuket, which ran from 28 September to 6 October 2026. Commerce…
Montreal: The EU-Canada summit due in late October will test how far Brussels is willing to go in turning Canada into a privileged partner, and a draft joint statement seen…
The weekly institutional perspective on matters of European and international strategic significance.
Seven capitals want the Commission’s space flagship renamed and narrowed. On sovereignty they are right. The harder question, who decides how Europe’s shared satellites and space services are used in…
The weekly institutional perspective on matters of European and international strategic significance.

Seven capitals want the Commission’s space flagship renamed and narrowed. On sovereignty they are right. The harder question, who decides how Europe’s shared satellites and space services are used in…

Rising Ethiopia Eritrea tensions pushed the European Union to issue a sharp warning on 5 October 2026. High Representative Kaja Kallas, speaking on behalf of the EU, said continued violence…

Paid annual leave must reflect every contract a worker holds, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on 8 October 2026. In Case C-706/23, the judges held that…

EU renewable electricity supplied 54.1 percent of net generation in the second quarter of 2026, according to Eurostat data published on 18 September, a fraction below the 54.3 percent recorded…

The EU aviation ETS would reach far beyond Europe’s borders from 2029 if the Commission’s July 2026 proposal survives negotiations with Parliament and Council. Under the plan, tabled on 17…

The METSAF state aid framework produced another approval on 9 October 2026, when the European Commission cleared two French schemes worth up to €40.5 million. The money goes to firms…

The tax simplification package that the European Commission adopted on 24 June 2026 is now in the hands of finance ministers, and it can only become law if every member…

The post-2027 CAP now has a date attached to it. Ireland, which holds the Council presidency, wants a partial general approach agreed when agriculture ministers meet at the AGRIFISH Council…

Counter-drone programmes across the European Union are expanding quickly, yet only about one third of them are expected to deliver by 2030, according to a leaked European Defence Agency assessment…
EU renewable electricity supplied 54.1 percent of net generation in the second quarter of 2026,…
The EU aviation ETS would reach far beyond Europe’s borders from 2029 if the Commission’s…
The METSAF state aid framework produced another approval on 9 October 2026, when the European…
The tax simplification package that the European Commission adopted on 24 June 2026 is now…
The post-2027 CAP now has a date attached to it. Ireland, which holds the Council…
Counter-drone programmes across the European Union are expanding quickly, yet only about one third of…

The Hague: EU budget fraud protection is about to change hands, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) warned on 7 October 2026 at a Brussels conference of more than 120 national…

New York: EU humanitarian aid forms the core of an almost €710 million support package that Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on 26 September 2026, as the UN…
Paris: A Muslim Brotherhood terrorist listing moved up the EU agenda on 8 October 2026,…
Strasbourg: The European Parliament adopted a resolution on 8 October 2026 that sets out what…
Lille: The EU customs handling fee on small parcels is due to start by 1…
Brussels: The digital euro holding limit has become the hardest question left in the talks…
Dublin: EU development ministers spent 8 and 9 October at Dublin Castle debating the future…
Luxembourg: Environment ministers meet in Luxembourg on 12 October for their first political debate on…
Paris: A Muslim Brotherhood terrorist listing moved up the EU agenda on 8 October 2026, when the European Parliament voted by 381 to 167 for a resolution that asks member…
Strasbourg: The European Parliament adopted a resolution on 8 October 2026 that sets out what MEPs expect from the first EU anti-corruption strategy, and it asks the Commission to phase…
Lille: The EU customs handling fee on small parcels is…
Brussels: The digital euro holding limit has become the hardest…
Dublin: EU development ministers spent 8 and 9 October at…
Luxembourg: Environment ministers meet in Luxembourg on 12 October for…

Lisbon: House prices in the euro area rose by 4.0…

Heraklion: The ENISA Threat Landscape 2026 report, published by the…

Limassol: Retail trade volume in the euro area and in…

Frankfurt: The household saving rate in the euro area fell…

Dublin: The housing exclusion recommendation that the Commission proposed on…

Paris: The CRR3 dashboard published by the European Banking Authority…

Vigo: The European Commission has opened a fisheries simplification survey…

Strasbourg: The affordable housing plan reached a political fault line…

Limerick: The Digital Networks Act takes centre stage on 12…

Clermont-Ferrand: The energy labelling omnibus has drawn its first detailed…

Gothenburg: The Quality Jobs Act now sits in the last…

Athens: The Recovery and Resilience Facility has reached the point…

Parma: The agri-food promotion policy of the European Union moved…

Lyon: Operation Trigger X, the first INTERPOL-coordinated police operation of…

Saarbrücken: France and Germany have asked the European Commission to…

Thessaloniki: Cedefop, the EU agency for vocational education and training,…

Panama City: The EU tax blacklist lost two names from…

Bunia: The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the…

Hamburg: The EU Inc regime, the planned 28th corporate legal…

Leuven: The Erasmus+ budget for 2028 to 2034 took a…

Andøya: The Galileo Signal Authentication Service has produced its first…

Paris: The output floor is starting to bite for some…

Amsterdam: The women’s health roadmap that the European Medicines Agency…

Boxmeer: The lumpy skin disease vaccine Bovilis Lumpyvax has moved…

Lisbon: House prices in the euro area rose by 4.0 percent in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the same quarter a year earlier, according to Eurostat figures released…

Heraklion: The ENISA Threat Landscape 2026 report, published by the EU Agency for Cybersecurity in late September, shows that hacktivists ran 4,709 campaigns against EU member states during 2025. More…

Limassol: Retail trade volume in the euro area and in the EU each rose by 0.1 percent in August 2026 compared with July, according to Eurostat figures published on 6…

Frankfurt: The household saving rate in the euro area fell to 14.2 percent in the second quarter of 2026, down from 14.4 percent in the first quarter, according to Eurostat…

Dublin: The housing exclusion recommendation that the Commission proposed on 6 May 2026 is heading to employment and social affairs ministers, who list it for the Employment and Social Policy…

Paris: The CRR3 dashboard published by the European Banking Authority on 9 October 2026 puts the average projected CET1 ratio of European banks at 15.1 percent under the fully loaded…

Vigo: The European Commission has opened a fisheries simplification survey that asks fishers, fish farmers and everyone who handles their catch to name the rules that waste their time. The…

Strasbourg: The affordable housing plan reached a political fault line in Parliament on 6 October 2026, when MEPs debated it with Commissioner Dan Jørgensen and the Irish Presidency. Iratxe García…

Limerick: The Digital Networks Act takes centre stage on 12 and 13 October 2026, when EU telecommunications ministers gather in Limerick for an informal meeting under the Irish Presidency. Patrick…

Clermont-Ferrand: The energy labelling omnibus has drawn its first detailed reaction from civil society, and the verdict is that labels should do more than help shoppers at the till. The…

Gothenburg: The Quality Jobs Act now sits in the last stretch before a Commission proposal, because the second-phase consultation of European social partners closed on 28 September 2026. The Commission…

Athens: The Recovery and Resilience Facility has reached the point where the deadlines decide everything. The Commission published its fifth annual report on the facility on 7 October 2026 and…

Parma: The agri-food promotion policy of the European Union moved closer to a Parliament position on 5 October 2026, when the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development backed an own-initiative…

Lyon: Operation Trigger X, the first INTERPOL-coordinated police operation of its kind against illicit firearms trafficking across Europe and Central Asia, seized 2,823 small arms and light weapons and led…

Saarbrücken: France and Germany have asked the European Commission to create a rapid response trade tool that would let the Union restrict access to its single market when another country…

Thessaloniki: Cedefop, the EU agency for vocational education and training, has launched a regional skills ecosystems index that compares how 244 European regions develop and use skills. The agency presented…

Panama City: The EU tax blacklist lost two names from its harshest tier on 9 October 2026, when finance ministers in the Economic and Financial Affairs Council approved the latest…

Bunia: The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reached 8,728 confirmed cases and 4,205 deaths by 6 October 2026, according to figures that the European Centre for…

Hamburg: The EU Inc regime, the planned 28th corporate legal framework that would let companies operate under one set of rules across the single market, has lost its place on…

Leuven: The Erasmus+ budget for 2028 to 2034 took a decisive step in Parliament when the Culture and Education Committee voted on 29 September 2026 to raise it by €7…

Andøya: The Galileo Signal Authentication Service has produced its first real-world position fix, and it did so while hostile signals tried to fool the receivers. On the afternoon of Wednesday…

Paris: The output floor is starting to bite for some of Europe’s largest lenders, according to the European Banking Authority’s new CRR3 and CRD6 dashboard. The authority published the Q2…

Amsterdam: The women’s health roadmap that the European Medicines Agency promised for the end of 2026 now has its ten priorities. More than 100 people from regulators, patient groups, health…

Boxmeer: The lumpy skin disease vaccine Bovilis Lumpyvax has moved a step closer to the European market after the European Medicines Agency recommended its authorisation on 9 October 2026. The…
Expert commentary and personal analysis from senior researchers, analysts, policy directors, and institutional correspondents.
The Commission’s 15-year safeguard for new members answers a real problem. It places the cure on the countries least responsible for causing it. On 6…

Brussels: SAFE defence loans have reached the contract stage, with the Commission now able to sign loan agreements and release pre-financing to the countries whose investment plans the Council approved.…

Brussels: The ETS2 delay pushes the start of carbon pricing for road transport and buildings back by a year, and that choice now shapes how the European Union reaches its…

Brussels: The customs reform that entered into force in September 2026 gives the European Union its biggest overhaul of border procedures since the customs union was created, and the hard…

The Savings and Investments Union is entering a phase in which its promises meet its calendar. The European Commission’s plan, built to connect household savings with productive investment, includes a…

The European Research Area Act is due from the European Commission in 2026, and researchers, universities and funders are still waiting for the text. The Commission announced the plan in…

AI gigafactories are the centrepiece of the European Commission’s push to build large-scale artificial intelligence infrastructure, and the call for proposals closes on 12 November 2026. The Commission opened the…

Brussels: SAFE defence loans have reached the contract stage, with the Commission now able to sign loan agreements and release pre-financing to the countries whose investment plans the Council approved.…

Brussels: The ETS2 delay pushes the start of carbon pricing for road transport and buildings back by a year, and that choice now shapes how the European Union reaches its…

Brussels: The customs reform that entered into force in September 2026 gives the European Union its biggest overhaul of border procedures since the customs union was created, and the hard…

The Savings and Investments Union is entering a phase in which its promises meet its calendar. The European Commission’s plan, built to connect household savings with productive investment, includes a…

The European Research Area Act is due from the European Commission in 2026, and researchers, universities and funders are still waiting for the text. The Commission announced the plan in…

AI gigafactories are the centrepiece of the European Commission’s push to build large-scale artificial intelligence infrastructure, and the call for proposals closes on 12 November 2026. The Commission opened the…
Common Agricultural Policy, farm-to-fork sustainability, rural development.
Managing the Erasmus+ program and developing a shared European Education Area.
Ensuring the seamless movement of goods within the EU while managing security at external borders.
Developing joint military capabilities, including the 2026 European Drone Defence Initiative.
Regulating AI, data privacy, and the Digital Single Market to ensure European digital sovereignty.
Driving the European Green Deal, renewable energy transitions, and the push for climate neutrality.
Building the European Health Union to handle cross-border health threats and public health standards.
Migration and Border Management
Overseeing asylum pacts, legal migration pathways, and the security of external borders via Frontex.
Protecting labor rights, vocational training, and social inclusion through the Quality Jobs Act.
Coordinating VAT and excise duties while working to prevent corporate tax evasion and simplify filings.
Negotiating global trade agreements and defending European commercial interests in the WTO.
Setting safety and infrastructure standards for sustainable rail, air, and road travel.
