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Who’s afraid of whom in Brussels?

Spare a thought, too, for the MEPs who may have to vote through the amendments one by one, with hands raised in plenary. Commission officials are scared of Austria’s Europe minister Well-heeled Commission officials (and…

Got beef? When politics meets meat

Trump this week poked fun at James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, saying he was absent from the campaign trail after being “food poisoned by meat ’cause he can’t stand it.” Talarico has, in…

The debate over membership semantics became a luncheon laugh line when European Council President António Costa endorsed Von der Leyen’s offer to Canada before joking the final designation is “subject to revision” EU…

Europe’s coffin-makers warn Chinese imports could be death knell for industry

The coalition is concerned that such shipments could escape accurate recording in import statistics, obscuring the true extent of Chinese competition. This has led to a hypothesis that manufacturers have dubbed the “IKEA…

Everything that went wrong with Spain’s high-speed railways

Spain’s transport ministry says the preliminary investigation points to a chain of failures. After a computer malfunction knocked out the German-made signaling system installed in 1992, railway network officials took…

Healey backs away from cutting welfare cost amid warnings of public finance shortfall

Experts rounded on Healey's steady-as-she-goes budget on Thursday, with the Institute for Fiscal Studies saying he had left himself a mountain to climb by ducking big tax and spending decisions. In a damning analysis…

Left-wing Berlin mayor candidate’s private Hamas remarks complicate coalition talks

Eralp acknowledged that boundaries had been crossed at some campaign events. The journalists then asked whether she was referring to Ibrahim Ibrahim, a pro-Palestinian agitator who attended the Left Party’s…

EU governments helpless as energy prices soar to four-year highs

But it does not … solve the long-term,” Polish Secretary of State for Energy Wojciech Wrochna told reporters. High prices “will regulate demand by itself,” Swedish Energy Minister Ebba Busch told reporters. Fossil fuel…

MP apologises over bullying and harassment

It comes as the Independent Expert Panel published a report requiring Tony Vaughan to apologise for breaching Parliament's bullying and harassment policy. The MP for Folkestone and Hythe was found by the Parliamentary…

For disabled people, a simple game of football comes with a terrifying price tag: their benefits

Yet many fear that participating in sport could jeopardise the financial support they rely on. This is the Activity Trap, and it must end. For most people, playing football is an opportunity to exercise, enjoy themselves…