European automotive suppliers are set to benefit from an influx of Chinese carmakers, thanks to growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs) and persistent local protectionism, according to Vulcan Energy Resources, a lithium and renewable energy producer in Germany.
Chinese EV makers – from BYD to Xpe…
A coalition of major EU member states is pushing Brussels towards a much tougher trade regime aimed at combating Chinese-style industrial overcapacity, including faster emergency tariffs, broader safeguards and new anti-circumvention powers.
A paper signed by Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, France an…
Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orbán said several days of talks with Brussels over the frozen funds had already taken place at expert level in recent days.
Exclusive: Top British official presented idea in Brussels but sources say it was rebuffedThe UK government pitched the creation of a single market for goods with the EU as the cornerstone of an ambitious attempt to reintegrate British trade back into Europe, the Guardian can reveal.During recent vi…
The move will affect its recently opened Brussels office.
The Greek government earlier this week submitted an amendment to effectively block European prosecutors from probing lawmakers.
Senior Pentagon officials are also expected to brief the 32-nation alliance on plans for the U.S. military's commitment to European defence at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels
Commerce Minister Wang Wentao is expected in Brussels for crunch talks with EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic on June 29 and 30, as trade tensions between the sides threaten to reach fever pitch.
Wang’s trip – confirmed by people familiar with the planning – will come on the heels of several top-level d…
Commenting on the Ukraine crisis, the Hungarian PM said that Brussels viewed Ukraine as "the first line of European defense" where pan-European interests were currently being defended
The former Moldovan president criticized Dorin Recean's statement in Brussels that Russia allegedly wants to deploy 10,000 of its soldiers in Transnistria
With drone alerts, emergency shelters and fighter jets over the Baltics, Europe’s security fears suddenly feel much less theoretical at the GLOBSEC forum in Prague. On the ground in Czechia for the Brussels Playbook Podcast, Zoya Sheftalovich and Nick Vinocur unpack the growing wave of drone incursi…
Sergey Ryabkov said that Finland is examining the modalities of nuclear weapons transit through its territory
China and Europe on Tuesday launched their first jointly developed satellite, a space mission that will explore the precise mechanism of the Earth’s defence against solar wind.
The successful collaboration on the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) comes as Beijing and Brussels…
Brussels dismisses allegations that Spain misused EU funds to finance pensions.
‘China has already eaten much of German industry’s lunch and is preparing to start on dinner,’ thinktank saysBusiness live – latest updatesGermany must stop admiring China’s success in the EU or it will sleepwalk into the kind of deindustrialisation the US experienced 25 years ago, a leading Brussel…
Lithuania thanks European Commission president for her ‘strong message of solidarity’In Brussels, Rutte begins by stressing the importance of Nato ministers meeting in Sweden, the alliance’s “newest ally” who joined in 2024.“This says a great deal about how fundamentally our security environment has…
Negotiators said the compromise will give European manufacturers more certainty, even though Brussels can't guarantee Washington will stick to the deal.
Brussels is discovering that cutting red tape may be harder without actual experts in the room. As the EU races ahead with its deregulation drive, concerns are growing over rushed lawmaking, weaker safeguards and the sidelining of technical specialists. Then, EU leaders are exploring ways to make Ru…
Brussels’ plan, due Tuesday, bets on manure. The fast tools that could have helped farmers were too politically toxic to touch.
After years of Hungary’s former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán blocking Ukraine’s path to join the EU, Budapest and Kyiv are talking again. That has Brussels wondering if Hungary might finally be softening its position on Ukrainian accession. Today on the pod, Nick and Ian discuss why joining the bloc …
The European Commission is preparing to take a much tougher line on China, we hear on this episode of the Brussels Playbook Podcast, with Zoya Sheftalovich joined by Nick Vinocur. Brussels is growing increasingly worried about cheap imports, industrial decline and dependence on Chinese critical raw …