TAG: Rights
Europe to be late arrival at Federal Reserve party
The U.S. is having a party, and Europe is going to be unavoidably late to it. No fewer than four cen...
8 months ago
Frustrated farmers slam EU ‘technocrats’ who ‘call the shots’ in Brussels protest
BRUSSELS — Benoît Laqueue was one of 100 disgruntled French farmers on a bus headed for the European...
8 months ago
UN expert ‘alarmed’ by UK politicians’ attacks on green protesters
LONDON — British politicians are putting environmentalists at risk of “threats, abuse and even physi...
8 months ago
Poland edges closer to unblocking frozen EU funds
BRUSSELS / WARSAW ― Poland is confident it can unblock over €100 billion of frozen EU funds. The que...
8 months ago
EU confident of Orbán U-turn on allowing money to Ukraine
BRUSSELS ― Budapest has signaled to the EU that it is ready to lift its opposition to funding Ukrain...
8 months ago
Orbán’s Ukraine compromise would allow him to hold EU to ransom every year
BRUSSELS ― Hungary has signaled it could end its opposition to using the EU budget to send money to...
8 months ago
Yemen: West ignored our warnings about Houthis to court Iran for nuclear deal
BRUSSELS — The U.S. and EU were so determined to court Iran for a nuclear deal over recent years tha...
8 months ago
How the far right aims to ride farmers’ outrage to power in Europe
BRUSSELS — If the far right ever seizes power across Europe, it may well ride in on the back of a tr...
8 months ago
EU heavyweights urge ‘ambitious’ 2040 climate targets — breaking silence
Several of Europe's most powerful countries implored Brussels to set "an ambitious climate target fo...
8 months ago
Czech industry minister vies to become EU’s next energy chief
Czech Industry and Trade Minister Jozef Síkela, who played a key role in coordinating Europe’s respo...
8 months ago
French farmers block highways and aim for Yellow Jacket redux
AGEN, France — A group of farmers brewed coffee in an improvised camp surrounded by tractors and hay...
8 months ago
EU mulls ‘Industrial’ twin for Green Deal as election pressure bites
BRUSSELS — Move over Green Deal, there’s a new buzzword in town — and just in time for the EU electi...
8 months ago
UK considers probe of Chinese EV subsidies
LONDON — Britain is considering whether to investigate Chinese state subsidies for electric vehicle (EV) makers, two people familiar with the nascent plans told POLITICO.A U.K. investigation would follow the launch of a similar probe by the EU last Octobe...
6 months ago
The EU’s controversial business supply chain oversight rules live on — at a cost
A landmark piece of Brussels’ ambition to put a greener and more human face on international business cleared a major hurdle on Friday — but not without taking major hits along the road. Overcoming weeks of pushback from national capitals, European Union...
6 months ago