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Latest 7 November 2026

Why Malta Should Abstain on the EU Tobacco Excise Directive

By Donato Raponi, Former Head of the VAT Unit, European Commission Progressive politics is about more than adopting ambitious policies or using the right political language. It is about making…
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Next EU budget should be a “revitalisation programme” – German Foreign Minister

 4 July 2019

Political storm in Germany over choice of von der Leyen for European Commission chief
Russia · 14 Jun 2019 EU election was targeted by Russian disinformation The Financial Times reports that according to an initial review by Brussels, Russian sources mounted a “continued and sustained” disinformation effort to… Slovakia · 13 Jun 2019 Slovak capital to host the new European Labour Authority The Slovak capital Bratislava on Thursday won the right to host a new European Union agency to oversee the labour market that… EU Affairs · 10 Jun 2019 EU reviewing past money-laundering cases at banks in the EU The European Commission is reviewing past money-laundering cases at EU banks to assess what went wrong and decide possible tweaks to rules.… EU Affairs · 8 May 2019 Strength in unity: Commission makes recommendations for the EU’s next strategic agenda 2019-2024 Ahead of the meeting of EU27 leaders in Sibiu, Romania, tomorrow, the European Commission is setting out a number of policy recommendations… Italy · 25 Apr 2019 Italy requests EU plan of action for new migrant wave from Libya Italy's government has written to the European Union asking it to prepare a plan of action to address the risk of a… Germany · 10 Apr 2019 Merkel says possibility of a longer Brexit delay German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the European Union may well decide on a longer Brexit delay than the one sought by the… Italy · 8 Apr 2019 Salvini calls for Turkey’s EU application to be definitively rejected Deputy Italian Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Monday called for Turkey's application to join the EU to be definitively… Romania · 7 Apr 2019 Romania laments brain drain Eugen Teodorovici, Romanian Finance Minister, said the country's brain drain is undermining Romania's ability to compete on a European level and called… Poland · 30 Mar 2019 Poland hints that it will not fully apply EU copyright law The Polish ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said Saturday that a copyright directive adopted by EU lawmakers this week, to be implemented…