The European Union said on Thursday (26 February) that it had asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to help sort out a dispute with Russia over “excessive import duties” on refrigerators and other products. The trade ..
The European Commission gave France 2017 deadline to tame its budget deficit. The objective is to bring the French annual government budget deficit below the EU limit of 3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) after the country ..
After the Russian state-run oil company Gazprom threatened on Tuesday (24 February) that it could potentially cut off its gas supplies to Ukraine within two days, EU Commission Vice President, Maros Sefcovic, has been trying to ..
Franziska Telschow (Heinrich Böll Foundation)
The world is currently experiencing the worst refugee humanitarian crisis since the World War II. Since the outbreak of the conflict in Syria in 2011, up to 3 million people have ..
The German government has reportedly rejected a request from Lithuania – its NATO ally and EU partner – for the so-called Boxer tanks, whereby Berlin’s decision has been criticized by both sides of the German governing ..