European Commission president lashes out at Hungarian leader in unusually blunt address
Also in this newsletter: The EU’s €35bn Ukraine loan moves from idea to implementation
Also in this newsletter: don’t expect a new European Commission before December
French far-right leader accused of paying her European parliament staff to do work for RN party in France
Also in this newsletter: Friedrich Merz finally throws his hat in the ring for German chancellor
Also in this newsletter: floods in central and eastern Europe flesh out reality of climate change
Also in this newsletter: Why the EU has not joined western powers in sanctioning Iran over arms deliveries to Russia (yet)
Relations with Ukraine and Germany are burdened by the past in ways that feed into domestic political disputes
Also in this newsletter: what a lithium mine in Serbia tells us about European geopolitics
EU’s most powerful official has pledged to boost defence capabilities and economic competitiveness
Also in this newsletter: European leaders flock to UK Premier Keir Starmer’s first international summit
Also in this newsletter: Who will build the technologies needed to power the green transition?
Also in this newsletter: Brussels snubs Orbán’s EU presidency in payback for Putin trip
Alternative for Germany fell out with Marine Le Pen’s party but found other lawmakers to set up new faction
Rassemblement National and League join ‘Patriots for Europe’ to make it third-largest faction in European parliament
Rassemblement National will decide whether to link up with Patriots for Europe on Monday
Also in this newsletter: Bulgaria tries yet again to form a stable government
Viktor Orbán calls for more focus on EU competitiveness in FT opinion piece
Also in this newsletter: the Socialists’ message to Ursula von der Leyen
Orbán’s Fidesz teams up with Austrian and Czech MEPs, but needs 4 more countries for Patriots for Europe faction
Also in this newsletter: why an Austrian supermarket chain is calling the European Commission on Hungary
But European Commission president fails to secure the backing of Italy
Also in this newsletter: Jordan Bardella on relations with the EU
Also in this newsletter: European Commission slammed over questionable job appointment
By pulling its 7 MEPs from Renew, Ano party consolidates Giorgia Meloni’s ultraconservatives as third-largest group