How Countries Qualify for the Euro: Eurozone Convergence Criteria Explained
The Eurozone is the name for the countries that use euros as the official currency, and it is very similar to a massive group project on European monetary policy. Before you let someone join the team, you’d want to make sure they’re working at the same pace and are following the same rules. In the […]
Lithuania Restricts Airspace Following Drone Incursion
On 20 May, the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence issued a high-level air danger warning after the radar detection of a drone approaching from Belarus. The airspace over Vilnius Airport was closed for approximately an hour and train and public transit networks were suspended. Concurrently, public emergency broadcasts directed residents across the central regions to seek […]
Mediterranean Election Dynamics: Spain’s Conservatives Lose Majority while Cyprus Faces Uncertainty
Last week’s regional election in Andalusia saw the doubling of votes for the Spanish far-left and at the expense of the Socialists and the incumbent Partido Popular. This shift could reflect a broader trend in Southern European politics, which will be tested on 24 May when Cypriot voters are headed to the polls to elect their new parliament. The final results of the Andalusian regional election held on 17 May have delivered a change of course in […]
Fast-Moving Consumer Goods
The European FMCG and grocery retail sector enters 2026 confronted with one of the most consequential regulatory realignments of the past decade. Legislative initiatives advancing simultaneously across packaging, sustainability, food safety, health policy and controlled categories are no longer incremental adjustments; they amount to a fundamental transformation of how products are designed, sourced, marketed and […]
The 28th Regime and the Rise of EU Inc
If there was a successful founder in Berlin who has built a breakthrough AI diagnostic tool and now wants to expand to neighbouring countries such as France or Austria, it would be rather difficult to do so. In other major economies, such as the United States or China, this would involve a few clicks and […]
Audiovisual Industry and Intellectual Property
The definition of ownership is shifting from physical to algorithmic in the modern age, both in Europe and globally. The legal focus is slowly shifting from simply protecting an idea to demonstrating how that idea was developed. The industry is navigating a landmark collision between traditional copyright and generative AI, alongside a broader redefinition of […]
Biotech and Pharma: Building the European Health Union
The European pharmaceutical and biotechnology field this year is undergoing one of the most significant transformations in several decades. For years, the EU has been encountered with an innovation-access paradox. In other words, the Old Continent was home to first class research, but it was falling behind in market speed and equal patient access. As […]
Defence Industry Landscape: A New Beginning
Until 2025, the European defence sector operated as a collection of 27 separate national boutiques that produced high-end equipment in small batches for domestic use. The production has been highly specialised, relatively costly, and smaller in quantity. That era ended with “Europe’s independence moment”, as presented in the Commission’s 2026 Work Programme. Today, the European […]
Latvian Government Collapses Amid the Drone Incidents
The resignation of Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa on 14 May represents a collapse of the ruling coalition which was caused by a national security error and loss of internal political trust. The crisis arose from the incident that occurred on 7 May, when multiple unmanned aerial vehicles entered Latvian airspace from Russia. One drone […]
Putting the Cure in Procurement: The Critical Medicines Act
While some see the agreement on the text of the Critical Medicines Act as a victory for patient safety, a deeper analysis shows a complex industrial change that attempts to balance between relatively high costs of European manufacturing and the uncertain security of global supply chains. The political agreement reached in the early hours of […]