Icelanders are being called to the polls to decide whether to resume negotiations on joining the European Union. A ‘yes’ vote would confirm that the EU remains a magnet in a world dominated by brutal leaders 

On her return from the summer break, the Commission President set out the path to follow to halt the decline in competitiveness. Following in the footsteps of Mario Draghi

No new shared debt to finance the next EU budget: caught between resistance from the frugal countries and the need to find resources for defence, competitiveness, agriculture and cohesion, Brussels is considering extending the repayment schedule for NextGenerationEU to avoid a further squeeze on public finances

From the Ceuta affair to the war in Ukraine, right through to negotiations on the next EU budget, António Costa is trying to defuse tensions between governments. But the 2027 election is causing capitals to adopt a harder line and making any compromise more difficult

The Prime Minister comments on ‘Dublin-subject’ migrants and responds to the opposition, which links the decision by various European governments – including, as of today, the Netherlands – to send irregular migrants back to Italy to the closure of the Schengen border with Spain following the Ceuta incident: "Before engaging in propaganda, it would be useful to understand the difference between the issues"

Neither cyber warfare nor an explosive drone attack in Leipzig on a Ukrainian cargo ship, nor the war of aggression against a European democracy, was enough to rouse the European Union and put an end to the endless debates over the ‘Rearm Europe’ programme

From Schengen to Dublin, governments are at loggerheads once again. With one unspoken surprise: from migration policies to SAFE and defence, the progressive camp is more anti-European than the right and, as a result, even more isolated.