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EU’s first application for cultivated meat is for French foie gras

Paris startup Gourmey wants Europeans munching cell-grown pâté by 2026.

July 26, 2024 6:00 am CET

EU takes Germany and Italy to court over migrant worker ‘discrimination’

Commission cites “fundamental” EU principle that “people are treated equally without any distinction based on nationality.”

July 25, 2024 6:03 pm CET

This burger could kill the EU

Farmers furious about lab-grown meat are taking their fight to the heart of the European project.

July 22, 2024 6:00 am CET

Germany isolated as EU countries tilt toward duties on Chinese EVs

Ten countries voted in favor, four against and 11 abstained in non-binding vote, diplomats say.

July 17, 2024 5:23 pm CET

Habsburg empire strikes back

Viktor Orbán’s new hard-right group, Patriots for Europe, is a Habsburg coalition that gives the Hungarian leader the European platform he craves.

July 12, 2024 4:00 am CET

Orbán alliance gains enough support to be EU Parliament group

Belgium’s Vlaams Belang becomes seventh national party to join right-wing Patriots for Europe.

July 7, 2024 8:31 am CET

Dutch, Spanish far-right parties to join Orbán’s Patriots for Europe

Hungarian leader needs only one more national party for his right-wing alliance to qualify as an official grouping in the European Parliament.

July 6, 2024 11:39 am CET

Turkey footballer suspended for wolf gesture a day before Erdoğan attends Euro 2024

Merih Demiral’s goal celebration using a controversial wolf’s head symbol sparked a diplomatic dispute.

July 5, 2024 5:43 pm CET

Berlin-Ankara ‘Grey Wolves’ row rumbles on as Germany summons Turkish envoy

Diplomatic clash between Germany and Turkey is heating up.

July 4, 2024 4:39 pm CET
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July 4, 2024 5:00 am CET

Germany and Turkey clash over football player’s nationalist wolf salute

“Symbols of Turkish right-wing extremists have no place in our stadiums,” a German minister said.

July 3, 2024 3:14 pm CET

Nearly every EU country blows major climate plan deadline

The ongoing delays are imperiling the bloc’s 2030 climate goals — and, by extension, its 2050 net neutrality ambition.

July 1, 2024 8:34 pm CET
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Portugal’s Chega party to join Orbán’s new far-right alliance

Chega’s president says he is confident more right-wing parties would soon join the Patriots of Europe alliance.

July 1, 2024 2:58 pm CET

Orbán’s Fidesz forming new far-right alliance with Austrian, Czech parties

The alliance with Austria’s FPÖ and the Czech ANO Movement hopes to become a new group in the European Parliament.

June 30, 2024 1:00 pm CET

Germany’s Scholz blasts EU for failure to do trade deals

Berlin didn’t relinquish its powers to do trade deals in order for Brussels to do nothing, Chancellor Olaf Scholz tells lawmakers.

June 26, 2024 5:05 pm CET

Israel rejects EU call for ad-hoc summit

The country wants to hold a regular summit once Hungary assumes the presidency of the Council of the EU.

June 21, 2024 3:49 pm CET

EU cancels vote on child sexual abuse law amid encryption concerns

Countries clash over how to safeguard privacy when rooting out illegal pictures and grooming on private chat apps.

June 20, 2024 12:29 pm CET
The Home Front

The hottest political issue European politicians aren’t talking about

The Continent’s housing crisis has gone from being a slow burn to a four-alarm fire — but some countries are handling it better than others.

June 20, 2024 4:00 am CET

France’s next government will have to tussle with EU’s spending police

Macron’s snap election looks likely to herald a fight between Paris and Brussels as the country is one of seven placed in Excessive Deficit Procedure.

June 19, 2024 3:50 pm CET

France and Italy denounced by European Commission for overspending

Second and third-largest eurozone economies under pressure over budget deficits.

June 19, 2024 11:06 am CET

Rishi Sunak’s California escape hatch: His $7.2M beach home

The UK leader’s luxe penthouse and deep California ties have fueled speculation about where he could land if he winds up out of office.

June 19, 2024 7:07 am CET

EU approved Slovak law to kill bears in return for nature vote, minister claims

The alleged quid pro quo, which Brussels denies, is the latest twist behind a major nature restoration bill that finally passed on Monday.

June 18, 2024 7:02 pm CET

Austria’s social democrats want to fund media subscriptions for young voters

The party, which placed third in the recent European election, is hoping to attract more young voters ahead of a September national ballot.

June 18, 2024 5:49 pm CET

Rogue Austrian minister burns bridges to save EU nature law

Cue the lawsuits, potential fines, dueling allegations — and, for Leonore Gewessler, a great campaign ad.

June 17, 2024 7:21 pm CET
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