Новости за 26.02.2024

All of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán's MPs voted in favour of Sweden's entry into Nato on Monday, in an anticlimactic end to his veto drama.

India raised its first formal complaints about the EU's suite of new environmental laws on Monday, warning against protectionism in the name of environmental protection.

Following weeks of demonstrations across Europe, farmers returned to Brussels to protest over unfair competition in prices, as EU agriculture ministers met just a few metres away to discuss a response. The police used water cannon and tear gas.

Luxembourg has given some 4,000 potentially risky people the all-clear to read Nato and EU secret documents in the past eight years.

EU banks pledge to return €120bn to shareholders as commercial banks earn record profits on central bank deposits. A main reason cited in bank earning calls is interest rates.

By refusing to disclose the correspondence that led to the partial unblocking of Hungary's EU funds, the European Commission calls into question its own credibility.

In a fractious parliamentary vote, the level of party discipline often decides the fate of legislation. Party discipline among nationalists and far-right MEPs is the weakest, something potentially significant after the June elections. Data by Novaya Gazeta Europe and EUobserver.