Ursula von der Leyen says European Commission will decide on next steps to takeThe head of the European Commission has vowed a swift response to a ruling from Poland’s top court rejecting the supremacy of EU law, which has thrown relations between Brus…
Tensions rise at Kosovo border as number plate row escalates
Behind a seemingly minor dispute, the long unresolved enmity with Serbia simmersAt an abandoned petrol station, half a mile from Kosovo’s Jarinje border checkpoint with Serbia, a giant Serbian flag had been laid out on the roof. In the former forecourt…
Slow but steady has seen the EU win out in the vaccine race
Ursula von der Leyen says the union’s vaccination programme is now a success after its stumbling startWe did it,” said Ursula von der Leyen in her annual state of the union address last week. With more than 70% of its adult population now fully vaccina…
Von der Leyen: EU must acquire ‘political will’ to build own military
European Commission president says in state of union speech that bloc must learn lessons from US withdrawal from AfghanistanThe EU must learn the lessons of the abrupt end of the US-led mission in Afghanistan and acquire the “political will” to build u…
Has Covid ended the neoliberal era? | Adam Tooze
The year 2020 exposed the risks and weaknesses of the market-driven global system like never before. It’s hard to avoid the sense that a turning point has been reachedIf one word could sum up the experience of 2020, it would be disbelief. Between Xi Ji…