Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders, known for his anti-EU rhetoric, has won a landslide victory in the 2023 Dutch general election. Albanian Finance Minister Ervin Mete said the country will benefit with one billion euros from EU Growth Plan for the Western Balkans. The European Parliament has rejected the Commission’s proposal to reduce the use of chemical pesticides.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on Turkey to step up its efforts to take back rejected asylum seekers. European Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen has announced that she will stand in the Finnish presidential election. The European Commission has asked its services to suspend all their advertising campaigns on X.
The European Commission has proposed to renew the authorisation of glyphosate in agriculture for another 10 years. Spain’s socialist leader and current Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says that his country will be a driving force behind the change processes in the EU in the coming years. Jean Asselborn, a veteran of European diplomacy, leaves the stage after 20 years.
The Slovenian Interior Minister says security in Europe is being tested and called on Bosnia and Herzegovina to sign an agreement with Frontex. In other news: In the future, personal data may only be used for political advertising if citizens have given their explicit consent. The European Commission has reached a provisional agreement with SpaceX for the launch of four satellites next year.
Europe decides on its space future. Austria reinforces its EU troops in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Croatia supports Germany’s EU reform plans.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited BiH as part of a four-day tour of the Western Balkans to discuss EU enlargement. German Finance Minister Christian Lindner questions Germany’s ability to phase out coal as an energy source by 2030. Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković hopes his country would join the OECD in 2026.