Ceuta One Month Later – What the Aftermath Reveals About EU Migration Policy
About a month after tens of thousands of migrants arrived in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, the immediate…
September 11, 2026
Infantino Under Fire: FIFA World Cup Rights Sale Could Breach Competition Rules
The European Commission has warned that FIFA's planned sale of commercial rights linked to the FIFA World Cup could violate EU competition law.
September 6, 2026
Ireland’s Old Law Complicates Big Tech Lawsuits
EU rules make collective consumer lawsuits possible, but Ireland’s centuries-old restrictions on funding them can make cases against major technology companies difficult to pursue.
September 5, 2026
EU Fines Google €890 Million for Two DMA Violations
The European Commission has imposed two fines totalling €890 million on Google for breaching EU competition rules governing online search and app stores.
July 14, 2026, the EU and the UK sign the Gibraltar Treaty
It is the end of a 118-year-old border. The Agreement resolved 10 years of negotiations regarding Gibraltar's border status and customs integration with the Schengen area after Brexit.
July 16, 2026
EU Agrees on ‘Return Hubs’ for Rejected Asylum Seekers
The EU reached a provisional agreement (01.06.2026) allowing member states to transfer rejected asylum seekers to return centres in third countries outside the bloc, marking a significant tightening of European migration policy.
June 24, 2026
GEAS Comes Into Force After Years of Deadlock
The EU’s long-awaited Migration and Asylum Pact (GEAS) takes effect, aiming to improve migration management across the bloc.
June 12, 2026
Hungary Moves Closer to €16.4bn in EU Funds
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar secured a political agreement with Ursula von der Leyen.
May 30, 2026
ECJ ruling against Hungary’s LGBTQ law – Protector or judicial activist?
The ruling exposes a key EU dilemma: using Article 2 of the Treaty of the EU about general values to protect individual rights while expanding the European Court of Justice’s authority, raising tensions over sovereignty and who defines Europe’s values.
May 8, 2026
A European Affordable Housing Plan: Awake at Last?
In the late 2010s, when Europe had shown signs of recovery from the 2008 Crisis, another problem emerged:…
January 8, 2026
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