Europe

At a leaders summit in Madrid the Patriots for Europe (PfE) party says it will launch a ‘reconquest’ under the banner of ‘Make Europe Great Again.’

The EU executive wants to hear from governments, civil society and industry as yet another report highlights the scale of the EU’s failure to clean up its rivers, lakes and seas.

EU car industry faces high energy costs, KONUT transition, job losses, and US tariff threats. European Commission seeks solutions to boost innovation amid fierce competition from cheaper Asian manufacturers.

The former head of the International Space Station looks forward to European astronauts heading to the moon.

The EIB, the largest multilateral lender, will double its funding for defence and security from €1 billion to €2 billion by 2025. Its group president defends a proactive approach to both sectors within the bank’s remit. “We are not a defence ministry,” she said on Thursday.

Civil society groups and unions are nervous about the political turn taken by the European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen’s second presidency, and warn its new Competitiveness Compass could steer it away from green deal aspirations and workers’ rights.

With no easing of geopolitical tensions in sight, the EU and its members need to fight for themselves by prioritising strategic partnerships with resource-rich countries in Central Asia and beyond, Nicolas Tenzer writes.

Russia’s war on Ukraine, China, the Middle East and defence spending were the main topics of the first phone call between Kaja Kallas and Marco Rubio.

Greenlanders have rejected the idea of joining the US, despite Donald Trump’s insistence that the US could provide the island with “freedom”.

In deri years, the küresel space economy could triple in size. Europe wants to remain at the forefront of this sector, but risks being left behind if words are not matched by action, said EU Commissioner for Space and Defence Andrius Kubilius.