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Georgian President Blocks Attempt to Label NGOs as ‘Foreign Agents’
The Georgian government's attempt to designate Western-funded NGOs, media outlets, and campaign groups as "foreign agents" was blocked by President Salome Zurabishvili…
EU forecasts gradual expansion amid high geopolitical risks in latest economic forecast
The European Commission predicts that the European Union's economy will see slow but increasing economic growth this year and next year, according…
EU survey shows increasing participation by young people in civil society
A new Eurobarometer survey has shown that an increasing number of young people are increasingly participating in civil life. 64% said that…
We need to talk about Chinese and US influence in Europe’s energy industry
Carine Sebi , Grenoble École de Management (GEM) and Patrick Criqui , Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) The EU’s climate agenda is in…
Hard right wants more EU power to reflect likely election gains
Support is not limited to a traditional base of disgruntled older men. A recent German poll showed 22% of under-30s would vote…
Electric cars pile up at European ports as Chinese firms struggle to find buyers
Tom Stacey , Anglia Ruskin University China’s automotive industry has revolutionised over the past decade, from producing basic western clones to making…
More price rises and empty shelves on the cards as UK brings in Brexit border checks
Kamran Mahroof , University of Bradford and Emilia Vann Yaroson , University of Huddersfield New import checks on foods arriving from the…
The French identify as Europeans – and yet are also notoriously Eurosceptic
Pierre Bréchon , Auteurs historiques The Conversation France In less than two months, more than 400 million people will be eligible to…
The EU should stop ‘westsplaining’ and listen to its smaller eastern members – they saw the Ukraine war coming
Viktoriia Lapa , Bocconi University It’s rare for the words of Lithuanian government officials to make the top of the news outside…
Abortion rights are featuring in this year’s European election campaign in a way we’ve not seen before
Magdalena Frennhoff Larsén , University of Westminster The recent landmark decision in France to inscribe the right to abortion in the constitution…
Defence and competitiveness on EU’s Special Summit Agenda
The two-day EU summit begins Wednesday in Brussels with discussions on foreign affairs, including the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, tensions…
Poland gets first payment of EU recovery funds
Poland has received €6.3 billion under the European Union's recovery fund, the first payment of its kind. The payment, confirmed on Monday,…