This week, foreign affairs ministers discuss the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East; the EU-Palestine High-Level Political Dialogue holds its first ever meeting; and the European Parliament sends delegations to Hungary, Greece, Indonesia, Rotterdam and Antwerp and Austria.
The European Parliament gave formal approval Wednesday to the new team and programme of EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, with her College of Commissioners expected to take office on 1 December.
The European Parliament gave its green light Tuesday to an extraordinary loan of up to EUR 35 billion to Ukraine, to be repaid with future revenues from frozen Russian assets.
The European Union issued a strong condemnation Tuesday of Russia’s intensifying campaign of hybrid activities against the EU such as cyber-attacks and information manipulation. These activities illustrated Russia’s reckless and…