People in a small, landlocked country well connected to the rest of Europe have been enjoying free public transport for years. Luxembourg, a wealthy country measuring just 998.6 square miles, ditched trains and public transport payments in February 2020, shortly before the coronavirus pandemic hit. Ever since, people living and visiting the Grand Duchy only … Read more
‘Our own homework’ Some European leaders seized on the U.S. vote to call on Europe not to get complacent and lose momentum now that Washington’s new support is expected to be on the way to Kyiv soon. “Hope this vote encourages all allies to look through their warehouses and do more,” Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja … Read more
Medical associations, police organizations and judges have misgivings about the law, arguing that marijuana can have a negative effect on the brain, which is still developing up until age 25 — or that the rules are not clear enough. The legislation was part of an agreement by the country’s three-party coalition government. It allows the possession … Read more
On Sunday evening, as members of the Syrian Kurdish community were celebrating the festival of Nowruz, which marks the Iranian and Persian New Year, brawls broke out with members of the Turkish community. Police have since said they will increase surveillance in schools and mosques in the region. The European Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress condemned … Read more
“This government was ready to abolish the Israeli democracy and those who are in this government also killed the peace process in ’95, and I have to say they killed the peace process by first killing our friend Labor Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin,” Schmit said. “I’m a great friend of Israel, but I never forget … Read more
“The very soul of Europe is at risk,” warned Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. During the two-day meeting in Rome, politicians cast around for ideas and strategies to reverse the curve. “We should respond to the worries of our citizens,” Belgian Socialist Party lead candidate Elio Di Rupo told POLITICO, noting that the far right … Read more
EU leaders finally approved €50 billion in funding for Kyiv until 2027 in early February after Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán had blocked the package in a previous December meeting. U.S. President Joe Biden, meanwhile, has had trouble passing a military aid package to Ukraine through Congress, where it is opposed by a significant share of … Read more
The vehement opposition to the Super League project initially stemmed from the organizers’ plan to have permanent members as part of a semi-closed competition. This was anathema to European football stakeholders, particularly the fan groups, for whom the Continent’s merit-based qualification system and promotion and relegation are sacrosanct. “I’m sick and tired [of] these comparisons … Read more
In this episode we look at a crisis that is affecting many Europeans in most EU countries: skyrocketing rents and house prices, a shortage of flats, long waiting lists for social or affordable housing — commonplace problems from Greece to Luxembourg to Portugal. Host Sarah Wheaton talks to POLITICO’s Aitor Hernández-Morales and Sorcha Edwards, secretary … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. ROME — Matteo Renzi has a dream: An Italian centrist will take over one of the EU’s most powerful jobs as president of the European Council. Following an announcement that the incumbent, Charles Michel, plans to run in the European Parliament elections in June, … Read more
