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António Costa warns against US unilateralism, urging a stronger European defense pillar within NATO while maintaining the transatlantic alliance.
Trade expert Ignacio García Bercero advises the EU to pursue a conditional agreement with the US, citing ongoing uncertainty regarding the Trump administration's tariff policies as the European Parliament prepares to deliberate on the Turnberry deal.
European Union foreign ministers are navigating complex geopolitical pressures, including demands from Donald Trump regarding Iran and military interventions, while maintaining a unified stance on international alignment despite internal debates over the bloc's strategic autonomy.
Péter Magyar made his first visit to Brussels and met with António Costa and the President of the European Commission, at a time when he is trying to unlock 17 billion in European funds.
The future prime minister met with the presidents of the European Commission and the European Council, and promised reforms to receive funds. “It is as if Hungary were rejoining the EU,” says MEP.
The French head of state declared this Friday in Athens that Europe is experiencing a “unique moment” in which “an American president, a Russian president and a Chinese president” are “fiercely opposed to Europeans”. “This is the right moment for us to act,” maintained Emmanuel Macron, speaking in English during a meeting with the Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Luís Montenegro asserts that Portugal maintains a consistent stance with the EU and will not seek special favours.
Montenegro is in Cyprus for the informal EU leaders' meeting, where the Strait of Hormuz and negotiations between Israel and Lebanon will be addressed. Seguro swears in representatives from the autonomous regions.
The vote aims to “censure the fact that the Hungarian government has been a vehicle for interference in matters concerning European states or their interests.”
Spain will propose to the European Union on Tuesday that it break the association agreement with Israel, due to the “human rights violations” by Benjamin Netanyahu's government, announced Pedro Sánchez.
Ten years after the referendum that led to Brexit, the London government is preparing legislation that will allow for the adoption of European single market rules without the need for parliamentary approval.
The professor of European Politics and International Relations explains, in an interview with Expresso, how geopolitical changes in the ten years since the referendum on leaving the European Union necessitate a rapprochement between London and Brussels.
Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics and International Relations.
It is widely accepted that Portugal needs to relaunch a Strategic Planning Cycle. Regardless of the genuineness of the cycle undertaken in 2013, it is clear that the current political and strategic context is vastly different. This highlights an anomalous view in Portugal regarding internal and external security, failing to treat them as two sides of the same coin. Consequently, the 1976 Constitution fosters a singular and reductive understanding of the Armed Forces' role in National Security, preventing the creation of a comprehensive National Security Strategic Concept. While previous National Defence Strategic Concepts focused heavily on NATO, the focus must now shift towards the EU, acknowledging that being a strong EU partner is essential to being a reliable NATO ally. It is desirable for all relevant government departments to develop their own strategic concepts based on general National Defence guidelines, moving Portugal toward a 'Total Defence' model similar to other European nations. In the military domain, re-equipment options must be considered in light of the unified nature of the National Force System.
The Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paulo Rangel, today considered the “strong suspicion” that the Hungarian head of diplomacy reports the content of European Union (EU) meetings to his Russian counterpart to be “very serious”.
Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel described as “very serious” the strong suspicion that his Hungarian counterpart, Péter Szijjártó, is sharing the content of EU meetings with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. During a parliamentary hearing, Rangel noted a pattern of complicity between Hungary and Russia, while also announcing that Portugal will participate in the creation of a special tribunal for war crimes in Ukraine.
Brussels officials are wary of previous British attempts to “cherry pick” the benefits of the EU while shirking the obligations of membership.
The United States has warned the European Union that it must implement the trade agreement negotiated last year without changes to avoid losing 'favourable' access to liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments from American exporters, the Financial Times reports this Monday. In statements to the British newspaper, the United States ambassador to the European Union...
The European Union wants to urgently resume talks on a “reset” of relations with the United Kingdom. The bloc of 27 states says work is needed to “overcome complexities.”
The head of Portuguese diplomacy, Paulo Rangel, follows the position of the remaining EU countries and says that Portugal will not get involved in this war.
Germany, Portugal, Spain, and Italy are among the countries that rejected Trump's request for a European military intervention to ensure navigability in the strait.
Portugal highlights that this position is shared by the majority of European Union member states.
Bart De Wever says that in private, European leaders agree with this position but fear admitting it publicly. The European Union has already stated that the chosen path is to be maintained and that “in the future” it will not import “even a single molecule from Russia”.
The President of the European Commission stressed that “it is imperative” to collaborate with countries in the region, such as Turkey.
The President of the European Council stated this Wednesday that the energy partnership between the European Union (EU) and Azerbaijan “has never been more important” due to the conflict in Iran and expressed a desire to strengthen bilateral cooperation. In a statement alongside the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, during his visit...
The President of the European Council expressed a desire to strengthen bilateral cooperation.
António Costa says that Europe must continue to be the 'champion of law and order'. In Portugal, almost 90% of the population aged 85 and over is vaccinated against the flu.
Portugal's representative to the European Union argues that Portugal receives, but also contributes significantly to the European project.
The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, is speaking today at the European Parliament in Strasbourg at a commemorative session marking 40 years since Portugal's accession to the then European Economic Community (EEC).
The question to ask Seguro and Ventura is this: where do they see the country in five and ten years? And what about Europe and the European Union?
