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Twelve European countries meeting in Finland on Monday urged the European Union to beef up its presence in the Arctic, a geopolitical battleground caught between Russia and US President Donald Trump. FRANCE 24's Eliza Herbert reports.
Canadaโs Prime โ Minister Mark Carney wants a closer โ relationship with the European Union and is โ exploring whether his country could become an โassociate memberโ of the bloc, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The EU, which has not been flexible about membership rules in the past, is open to the idea of granting Canada a yet-to-be-created status of associate membership, โthe newspaper reported, citing unnamed officials both from the EU and Canada. Canadaโs embassy in Brussels and...
In Brussels, opinion polls coming out of France have not escaped attention. Two polls see far right leader Marine Le Pen beating all her likely rivals in the French presidential election, which is set to take place in April and May of next year.ย
For years, Hungary was viewed as Russia's closest ally in the EU, but the new government has dropped the pro-Kremlin stance.
EU Africa migration deals with Tunisia and Mauritania have cut Italy arrivals, but rights costs and funding risks keep rising for governments. The post EU Pays Tunisia and Mauritania Millions as Migration Deals Cut Departures appeared first on The Rio Times.
The BBC's Europe editor Katya Adler sees the far-right win in Saxony-Anhalt state ringing alarm bells for the EU and traditional parties.
The EU plans to deepen its cooperation with Greenland despite US President Donald Trumpโs claims of control over the Arctic island, as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived on Sunday for a two-day visit. Von der Leyen travelled to the resource-rich island, where a new EU-Greenland declaration is to be signed on Monday. Investment pledges running into the hundreds of millions are also expected. On her arrival, von der Leyen said the visit was about further cementing a unique...
EU Ambassador to the United States Jovita Neliupลกienฤ joins Bloomberg This Weekend and discusses with hosts Christina Ruffini and Jeff Mason that Europe must keep supporting Ukraine while applying โmaximum pressureโ on Moscow because Russia has not changed its war aims. The comments come as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visit Moscow before heading to Kyiv in an effort to revive stalled peace negotiations. (Source: Bloomberg)
EU enlargement chief condemns Ratko Mladic โglorificationโ as incompatible with European values.
Germany, Austria, โ Greece, Denmark and the Netherlands did not outline where the centres would be located.
Are great-power politics back, at the expense of smaller countries? In an age of strongmen, is multilateralism in retreat? Not according to Jozef Sikela. The EU Commissioner in charge of International Partnerships insists that traditional multilateralism is alive and well, especially in the EU's approach to Africa and to the Arctic. We sat down with him for an interview at the European Commission in Brussels.
"Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe?" The famous quote attributed to Henry Kissinger still resonates today. There is in fact a Mrs Europe on the world stage: Kaja Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. She is actually the sixth high representative. But ever since that post was created, rivalries between different centres of power have diluted the EU's ability to speak with one voice. We saw that recently with tensions over who should represent the EU in any potential talks with Russia.
Surge in Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians
Tunisia's president Kais Saied welcomed Germany's Foreign Minister to Tunis on Monday for talks on ways to develop their partnership.