Research and Analysis
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Canada Associate Membership Offers a Title Without a Treaty
Ottawa: Canada associate membership of the European Union was the most eye-catching idea in Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union address in Strasbourg on 16 September 2026, delivered…
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EU Russia Sanctions Renewal Trades Two Oligarchs for Three Years
Riga: The EU Russia sanctions renewal agreed by ambassadors on 22 September 2026 extends asset freezes and travel bans on some 3,000 individuals and entities for three years, but it…
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The Reparations Loan Returns With Its Veto Still in Place
Helsinki: Among the capitals that signed this summer’s letter urging the Commission to revive the…
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Energy Costs Push Euro Area Inflation Above Three Percent
Euro area annual inflation reached 3.2 per cent in August 2026, according to Eurostat’s confirmed…
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Europe Rewrites the Economics of the Low-Value Parcel
The European Parliament’s final vote on 16 September completed the legislative passage of the most…
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The EU KIDS Act Shifts the Burden of Proof Online
The European Commission’s proposal of 17 September, presented as the EU KIDS Act, does something…
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Russian LNG Contracts Run Out of Road on 1 January
Zeebrugge: The terminal on this stretch of Flemish coast has spent four years as the…
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Chips Act 2.0 Shifts Europe From Subsidies to Demand
When EU27 industry ministers convene in Brussels on 24 September for the Competitiveness Council, the…
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Brussels Sets Fifteen as Europe’s Social Media Age of Consent
The European Commission’s proposal for an EU KIDS Act, presented by Ursula von der Leyen…
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Energy Costs Drive Euro Area Inflation Back Above Three Percent
Europe’s disinflation has stalled. Eurostat’s confirmed reading for August 2026 put annual inflation in the…
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Chips Act Review Lands With Its Own Target Out of Reach
Dresden: The fabrication plants clustered around this Saxon city account for a meaningful share of…
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Deforestation Law Reaches Ports With a Shorter Product List
Antwerp: The cocoa, timber and palm derivatives moving through this estuary will change legal status…
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Critical Medicines Act Rewrites Who Wins Hospital Tenders
Debrecen: The generic injectables plants in eastern Hungary run on margins that would be considered…
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Brussels bets on age gates to reshape childhood online
When Ursula von der Leyen announced the EU KIDS Act on 17 September, the headline…
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Europe tightens the screws on dual-use technology exports
The European Commission’s adoption on 14 September of a delegated regulation revising Annex I of…
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Europe’s Disaster Fund Pays Late and Prevents Nothing
Limassol: The Union’s instrument of last resort for natural disasters was built in 2002 to…
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Money Laundering Watchdog Writes Rules Before It Has Powers
Valletta: The Union’s new anti-money laundering authority is currently doing the most consequential work of…
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Mercosur Trade Flows While Its Legality Stays Unsettled
Luxembourg: A trade agreement is normally either in force or it is not. The arrangement…
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One Company Code for Twenty-Seven Markets Faces Its Test
Turin: The Union’s answer to its own fragmentation is not another directive but an opt-in…
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Europe’s Drone Wall Runs Two Years Behind Its Threat Curve
Siauliai: Europe’s drone wall now carries three separate delivery dates, and none of them matches…
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Accession Talks Can Close by 2028 and Still Go Nowhere
Chisinau: Ukraine and Moldova are now moving through accession clusters faster than the Union is…







