The EU Commission wants to propose guidelines to the member states on how the population can provide for itself for 72 hours in the event of an emergency: In extreme crises, the first phase is critical, according to the communication on the new preparedness strategy. The guide is intended to clarify the issue of essential […]
Will she greet him at dinner as usual with “Dear Aleksandar” and once again praise his successes with democratic reforms? Or will the EU Commission President at least find words of admonishment for Serbia’s autocrat Aleksandar Vučić behind closed doors? She is due to receive him in Brussels next Tuesday, with the President of the […]
If 26 member states have a common position and a single country has a different one, its “isolation must be respected,” said António Costa at the end of the summit last week. The EU Council President was describing a new normality in which the heads of state and government overlook Viktor Orbán’s opposition and adopt […]
Ursula von der Leyen wants to make Ukraine so strong that it is indigestible for potential invaders: “We call this the strategy of the steel porcupine,” said the Commission President. Other European leaders are now also using the image when talking about security guarantees after a possible ceasefire or peace agreement. Ukraine is to be […]
Spain’s head of government Pedro Sánchez made it clear at the EU summit that he did not like the name of the ReArm Europe armaments program. Although more armaments are necessary, the EU must emphasize its trump cards as a soft power more strongly, he said. The threat situation in the south is also different […]
António Costa is unable to keep one of his promises at his first spring summit: The heads of state and government should have more time for strategic discussions, the Portuguese had promised when he took office as EU Council President. In fact, the agenda is overloaded between a lunch with UN Secretary-General António Guterres and […]
The EU wants to set up a joint task force with Ukraine to facilitate the procurement of its requirements and pool military support. This was announced by Ursula von der Leyen during an appearance at the Military Academy in Copenhagen. Until now, this coordination has been the task of NATO and its platform NSATU (NATO […]
Following the Foreign Affairs Council, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas reported “broad political support” for her proposal to support Ukraine with a new military aid package worth €40 billion. Now the details need to be discussed. The package will also be discussed at the summit on Thursday. Kallas is hoping for a […]
Kaja Kallas will again urge ministers at the Foreign Affairs Council today to “do more for Ukraine.” Ukraine urgently needs to be brought into a position of strength, said a high-ranking official in the run-up to the meeting. On the table is a revised proposal from the Foreign Affairs Council on how to further ramp […]
At a meeting of EU ambassadors on Thursday, Hungary once again blocked the extension of individual sanctions against Russia. According to diplomats, the government in Budapest wants to remove eight people from the list, which contains a total of 2,400 names. According to Radio Free Europe, the Russian oligarchs in question are Dmitry Masepin, Mikhail […]