Benjamin Fox
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Lawmakers urge Hungary to lift veto on EU-ACP treaty
Lawmakers from the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific community have repeated demands for Hungary to lift its veto on the successor to the Cotonou Agreement which governs economic and political relations between the EU and the 79-country bloc. → Read More
How Europe seeks to battle Russia’s charm offensive in Africa
Russia’s growing influence across Africa over the past decade, laid bare by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, has sparked significant concern, leaving Europeans struggling to find ways to counter it. → Read More
Morawiecki and Meloni’s Europe is destined to fail
Morawiecki and Meloni’s Europe is destined to fail – EURACTIV.com → Read More
Asset declarations and limits on second jobs needed, say EU lawmakers
EU lawmakers have made a series of new demands for the revamp of the European Parliament’s transparency regime including mandatory asset declarations and financial sanctions for code of conduct breaches. → Read More
Commission sues Poland over court challenge to primacy of EU law
The European Commission will sue Poland at the European Court of Justice over challenges to the primacy of EU law made by the country's Constitutional Tribunal in two rulings in 2021. → Read More
EU must copy US transparency law on lobbying, says EPP
Senior EU lawmakers have called for new transparency laws based on legislation used by the United States Congress in order to monitor the influence and activities of NGOs and third country actors. → Read More
The Brief — A clear line in the sand
The Brief — A clear line in the sand – EURACTIV.com → Read More
EU leaders harden rhetoric on migrant returns, divided on border fences
EU leaders adopted their toughest stance on migration in recent memory at a special summit on Thursday (9 February), against the backdrop of irregular border crossings hitting their highest level since 2015. → Read More
UK top court throws out challenge to NI protocol
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the controversial Northern Ireland protocol, a trading arrangement negotiated during Brexit talks, does not breach the UK’s own Acts of Union following a legal challenge brought by the community’s unionist politicians. → Read More
Concerns over EPP chief's leadership style, second salary
Officials of the conservative European People’s Party (EPP) have voiced concern about Manfred Weber’s leadership style and his attempts to collaborate with Italy’s far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni without prior consultations. → Read More
Unfit for purpose: EU migration system in crisis
As the migration crisis continues to simmer across Europe, EU leaders at a special summit on 9 February are expected to focus on increasing migrant returns rather than seek a comprehensive solution. → Read More
Socialist Bullmann to take over Parliament's human rights committee
Veteran socialist MEP Udo Bullmann will become the European Parliament’s chief spokesperson on human rights as part of the fallout from the Qatargate scandal. → Read More
Belgian Stalinist revealed as Russian fake news tsar in Africa
Luc Michel, a 65 year old self-described ‘Stalinist’ whose resume includes founding a Belgian version of the National Front, has been revealed as the unlikely source of an elaborate network of fake news websites designed to spread pro-Russian propaganda across Africa. → Read More
The Brief — Tough love now or contempt later
The Brief — Tough love now or contempt later – EURACTIV.com → Read More
UK and Spain inch forward on Gibraltar deal
Officials continue to inch towards an agreement on the status of Gibraltar, the rocky enclave at the southernmost tip of Spain, following the latest round of talks in London between officials from the UK, Gibraltar, Spain and the European Commission on Thursday and Friday (26,27 January). → Read More
Von der Leyen urges EU states to step up on migration
Migration is still a critical concern for the bloc and one where citizens expect a strong response, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged heads of state in a letter on Thursday (26 January) ahead of a crucial leaders' summit next month. → Read More
Migrant returns must rise, says EU Commission, amid spike in asylum requests
The European Commission set out plans on Tuesday (24 January) to dramatically increase the return of failed asylum seekers to their country of origin. → Read More
Fidesz-linked EU think tank plans to shake up Brussels bubble
A new and provocative think tank has entered the Brussels policy wonk scene, ready to throw down the gauntlet by attempting to challenge Hungary's "toxic reputation". And MCC Brussels has no intention of copying the "boring" competition either. → Read More
Northern Ireland Protocol ‘isn’t rocket science’, says former Irish PM
Northern Ireland Protocol ‘isn’t rocket science’, says former Irish PM – EURACTIV.com → Read More
Ministers push through ‘diktat’ bill to scrap thousands of EU laws
Ministers push through ‘diktat’ bill to scrap thousands of EU laws – EURACTIV.com → Read More