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EU Commission moves to ban Hungary's access to funds over corruption allegations

The European Union's executive branch has proposed suspending €7.5 billion in financing for Hungary, as it awaits anti-corruption reforms from Budapest.

Radio France Internationale

Europe will 'stand by your side' says von der Leyen on visit to Ukraine

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Thursday that Ukraine would have the backing of Brussels "for as long as it takes" as Russia's invasion of Ukraine nears its seventh month. The comments came during her visit to Kyiv, her first since the country became a candidate for bloc…

Radio France Internationale

Brexit: UK tells EU it will extend grace periods on Northern Ireland border checks

EU expected to hold off on further escalation in row, despite unilateral move by Liz Truss government

The Independent UK

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UK risks angering EU further with response to post-Brexit legal threats

The Government is understood to have told Brussels it will continue with the grace periods relating to the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The Independent UK

EU to slap windfall tax on oil giants to send profits to 'those who need it'

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said 'it is wrong to receive extraordinary profits benefiting from war' as EU chiefs drew up plans for this winter

Daily Mirror

Poland’s ruling party counts on anti-EU stance to boost election chances

Jarosław Kaczyński, chair of Law and Justice party, said Polish politicians had ‘sacred duty’ to oppose ‘culturally alien’ EU

The Guardian - UK

War in Ukraine: has the time for EU enlargement arrived?

Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has upended the European order as we know it, and that was even before the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline was cut off this week. While the bloc gets down to grappling with the unfolding energy crisis, the question of consolidating its flanks by…

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Polish PM calls for reform against EU 'imperialism' - Welt op-ed

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki accused the European Union of imperialistic behaviour towards smaller member states in an op-ed published on the Welt news website on Wednesday.

Reuters

Rishi Sunak video vowing to shred EU rules branded ‘absurdly stupid and irresponsible’

Tory leadership candidate shares clip of Brussels’ documents going through shredding machine

The Independent UK

Kosovo delays measure stirring tensions with minority Serbs

Kosovo’s authorities have postponed a decision to implement a law on vehicle license plates and identity documents after minority Serbs rioted by blocking roads, turning on air raid sirens and firing their guns into the air

The Independent UK

EU Struggles with How to Cut off Reliance on Russian Gas

European Union nations struggled Monday to find common ground on how to wean the bloc off its reliance on Russian natural gas, seeking to appease wary consumers at home while upholding unity as Moscow turns down the tap. On the eve of an emergency meeting to discuss plans to cut…

Asharq Al-Awsat

What is the EU’s gas plan and does it have support of the bloc?

Bloc says rationing is necessary amid Russian ‘blackmail’ but some member states have rejected the proposal.

Al Jazeera

EU asks countries to cut gas demand by 15% until spring

The European Union set out emergency plans on Wednesday for countries to cut their gas use by 15% until March, warning them that without deep cuts now they could struggle for fuel during winter if Russia cuts off supply.

Reuters

EU lawmakers support 'green' label for gas and nuclear energy

The European Parliament on Wednesday gave its support for labelling gas and nuclear power as “green” under the bloc’s taxonomy rules. The move comes despite deep divisions on the issue between member states.

Radio France Internationale

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The Guardian - UK

I saw first-hand how US tech giants seduced the EU – and undermined democracy

Silicon Valley used opaque lobbying to weaken crucial new regulations. Firms like Google and Meta must be held to account

The Conversation

Ukraine war: all eyes on Lithuania as sanctions close Russian land access to Kaliningrad

Tensions between Russia and Nato, already stretched considerably by the invasion of Ukraine, have ratcheted up even further over Kaliningrad, a small piece of Russian territory sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic coast and cut off from mainland Russia.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson accused of using ‘Putinesque’ tactics by staging protocol row with EU

PM wants to keep dispute going until next general election, says former Northern Ireland secretary

The Guardian - UK

I negotiated a Northern Ireland deal that worked. Johnson’s Putinesque strategy will wreck it

The 2007 settlement I worked on aimed to deepen the peace process – the vandals now in charge of Britain don’t care about it, says former Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain

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The Guardian - UK

Ex-Northern Ireland secretary accuses Boris Johnson of ‘Putinesque tactics’

Labour peer Peter Hain says PM is using Northern Ireland protocol bill to provoke populist row with EU

Al Jazeera

Is the EU deal with Israel and Egypt a way out from Russian gas?

Critics argue that the EU will face problems dealing with Israel and Egypt despite Brussels’s enthusiasm.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson's Brexit plan compared to 'failing to pay mortgage' as EU issues legal threat

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said there was 'absolutely no reason' for the EU to retaliate over Boris Johnson's plan to tear up his own Brexit deal

Evening Standard

Brexit blunder: Boris Johnson ‘dug a hole and jumped in’ over Northern Ireland trade pact, says Lord Hague

The senior Tory peer also warned the PM faces a ‘huge battle’ getting the deeply controversial Northern Ireland Bill through Parliament

The Guardian - UK

Northern Ireland protocol: how might EU respond to UK plans?

What options are open to EU as Britain publishes bill detailing plans to override parts of protocol?

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson says plan to amend Northern Ireland Protocol is ‘not a big deal’

Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said the plan would “ratchet up” tension and breach the UK’s international commitments.

Daily Mirror

Massive Brexit change for Northern Ireland officially published - what it all means

What is the Northern Ireland Protocol, why is Boris Johnson overriding it, when will the Northern Ireland Bill pass and will we have an EU trade war? We answer your questions

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