Charles Michel: EU-Africa summit still up in the air
There are still no plans to reschedule a high-level meeting between EU and African leaders, European Council President Charles Michel
Biden Can’t Save Europe From Buzzwords
European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen gives a statement on the New Pact for Migration and Asylum at the European Commission in Brussels, on September 23, 2020. STEPHANIE LECOCQ/POOL/AFP via Getty Images A former European Union official—apparently in
EU extends a hand (or two) to Joe Biden
Press play to listen to this article The EU just can’t wait to team up with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden. The Democrat’s victory has yet to be finalized, with several procedural steps including a vote by the Electoral
EU seeks anti-China alliance on tech with Biden
Europe on Monday proposed teaming up with incoming U.S. President Joe Biden to squeeze China out of the global technology trade. Exhausted by four years of trade tensions on two fronts, fighting against both U.S. President Donald Trump on one
Věra Jourová, Europe’s ‘lonesome sheriff’
Press play to listen to this article The woman charged with upholding the European Union’s core values arrived in Brussels six years ago with no experience of EU politics and a portfolio she didn’t want. Yet now Věra
EU considers aid cut to Ethiopia amid violence
Press play to listen to this article ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Widespread conflict in Ethiopia that has driven tens of thousands of refugees from their homes, killed hundreds — possibly thousands — and dragged in neighbouring countries is
Trump’s 2016 transition defined his presidency. Biden’s might, too
One of the first things Donald Trump’s team did after winning the 2016 election was fire its transition staff and toss the binders of prepared materials into the trash. In the coming weeks, the new transition team would name
Polexit: 3 reasons why Poland will quit the EU and 3 why it won’t
Press play to listen to this article The recent Polish threat to veto the EU’s budget has ignited a discussion about the country’s future in the bloc. Earlier this month, the Polish government joined Hungary in blocking the
EU military boost would bring benefits, says bloc’s top general
Confronted with a debate between the French president and the German defense minister on how much Europe should rely on the U.S., the EU’s top military official, Gen. Claudio Graziano, opted for a defensive tactic: strategic compromise. In an
Terror trial in Antwerp to test EU-Iran relations
The device was nicknamed “the Playstation” — but, according to Belgian prosecutors and intelligence officials, it was no game. Allegedly handed off by a Vienna-based Iranian diplomat to an Iranian-Belgian couple at a Pizza Hut in Luxembourg in June 2018, it