Beijing hit 14 EU entities with export controls and called it payback for Europe's newest Russia sanctions — opening a second, major-power front in the sanctions war, though the details that decide whether it bites remain undisclosed.
Washington's new tariff wall has moved the story from complaint to counter-move, with Canada threatening its 'full range' of retaliation and allies from Brussels to Canberra contesting the reasoning itself.
With no option drawing a majority, EU ambassadors are deadlocked on sanctioning Israeli settlements — exposing how common foreign policy stalls once a national move forces the question to Brussels.
An internal European Commission split over the scope of the Digital Fairness Act, reported by EU Today, will shape how far the EU can bind online platforms across all 27 member states. The mechanics of who decides — and why it is the college, not one commissioner — matter more than the headline.
Belgium's approval of an import ban on goods from Israeli settlements is a national decision, not an EU one — and that legal fact is exactly what makes it a signal of where European pressure is heading.
Hungary's parliament passed a constitutional amendment on Monday removing president Tamás Sulyok, an Orbán loyalist, in the post-Orbán government's most concrete move to dismantle the old system.
The EU's 21st sanctions package against Russia remains stuck days before a self-imposed deadline. Bulgaria's veto over Patriarch Kirill, French and Italian resistance to an entry ban on Russian soldiers, and a fight over cod quotas show how a single capital can reshape continent-wide policy — and why negotiators are trading substance for unanimity.
EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels as a growing group of capitals push for trade restrictions on Israeli settlement goods. Germany has emerged as the key holdout, leaving the Commission short of the qualified majority it needs to act.
President Maia Sandu has nominated pro-European businessman Vasile Tofan to become Moldova's next prime minister, tasking him with reviving a stalled economy and pushing the country's EU accession bid forward after Alexandru Munteanu quit amid scandal.
The European Commission has circulated three options for restricting imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The real fight is not over which option, but over which legal basis — and whether that basis lets opponents like Germany, Hungary and the Czech Republic veto the whole thing.
All 27 member states have agreed to open cluster six of EU accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova on 14 July, covering foreign, security and defence policy. Four clusters remain blocked, and Budapest is already warning against a 'fast-tracked' timeline.