TAG: Roads
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
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
Why electric aircraft may never be the next big thing
BRUSSELS — The first electric aircraft was certified by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (E...
8 months ago
Risk of ‘lost decade’ as EU countries face economic cliff edge
BRUSSELS — The year 2026 could be a defining moment for the European economy.The double blow of the introduction of reformed EU spending rules and the European Commission turning off the money taps may leave a black hole in the budgets of highly indebted...
6 months ago
Lobbyists fight to keep the EU’s 2035 gas car phase-out alive
The European Union's green agenda is increasingly under fire, which is prompting backers of the idea of ending the sale of fossil fuel cars by 2035 to unleash campaigns aimed at ensuring no backsliding after June's European election.On Wednesday, green gr...
6 months ago
Expect Russia to do ‘whatever possible’ to reassert influence in Bulgaria, outgoing PM warns
Bulgaria's outgoing Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov spent his mandate trying to boot out the Russians, and has no doubt that Moscow will redouble efforts to recover its influence now his administration has collapsed. Denkov, who stepped down on Tuesday, tol...
6 months ago
German minister threatens ‘indefinite driving bans’ on weekends
Germany’s transport minister is threatening to ban driving on weekends to meet climate goals if the ruling coalition does not pass reforms to the Climate Protection Act by July.“The fact that the amendment is still not in force leads to considerable legal...
6 months ago
New UK climate minister voted against key Tory green plan
LONDON — The U.K.’s new energy minister voted against flagship government environmental policy when he was a backbench MP.Conservative Justin Tomlinson, named a minister at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on Friday, rebelled in December ag...
6 months ago
EU signals end of free money for poorer countries
BRUSSELS — The European Commission is siding with a German-led group of fiscally conservative governments by resisting demands to finance spending through more borrowing — on top of a push to add conditions to the hundreds of billions of euros it gives th...
6 months ago
The MEPs who actually matter
This article is part of the Brussels Survival Guide.There’s plenty to pay attention to in the new cohort entering the European Parliament — including, of course, the people. See below our guide on key figures across the policy palette.Céline Imart AGRICUL...
2 months ago
The sleepy corner of England battling China
CORNWALL, England — The Conservatives have dominated politics in sleepy south-west England for nearly a decade. Suddenly, they're in deep trouble. A surge in support for the Liberal Democrats, the U.K.’s traditional third party, coupled with the Tories’ o...
2 months ago
Italy’s Meloni vows to ‘relaunch’ relations with China
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni vowed to “relaunch” relations with China during her first visit to Beijing since taking office, announcing that she has signed a three-year plan to deepen cooperation.After meeting Chinese premier Li Qiang on Sunday,...
2 months ago
How Ed Miliband became Britain’s most divisive government minister
LONDON — Six weeks on from Labour’s resounding election victory, no one in Keir Starmer’s Cabinet has moved quite as quickly as Ed Miliband. A former (failed) Labour leader, who critics deemed too left-wing and awkward to win over the British public, Mil...
2 months ago
Safety deteriorating at Ukraine nuclear plant after drone strike, IAEA warns
Safety at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is deteriorating, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned following a drone strike near the facility, Europe's largest nuclear plant.The drone struck about 100 meters from the Dniprovska po...
1 month ago