EEU Read More EU ministers split over crisis spending as Iran shock hits energy markets – EUobserver4 May 2026 Divisions are emerging among EU member states over how to respond to the latest energy shock triggered by…
EEU Read More Europe’s brutal awakening – the costs of its inaction in the Middle East – EUobserver4 May 2026 Europeans find themselves paying the price for a catastrophic failure of statesmanship. The violent reverberations of the unlawful…
EEU Read More energy crisis ‘will not be short-lived’ despite Iran-US ceasefire – EUobserver8 April 2026 The fragile overnight ceasefire between the United States and Iran has opened a window for global fuel supplies…
EEU Read More War and oil shock push Europe’s inflation higher, reigniting rate debate – EUobserver31 March 2026 Eurozone inflation climbed to 2.5 percent in March, up from 1.9 percent in February, as energy costs surged…
FFrance Read More France again ‘disappoints’ Trump on Hormuz, after Rubio talks – EUobserver27 March 2026 France has again ruled out the EU sending its navies into the Iran war after speaking eye-to-eye with…
EEU Read More Cyprus looks to EU joint-defence, amid Nato split on Iran – EUobserver18 March 2026 The Iran war has demonstrated to Cyprus that the EU was already an alternative defence union to Nato,…
EEU Read More Iran threatens ‘targets’ in Europe, as EU warships flock to Cyprus – EUobserver8 March 2026 The EU has continued its military build-up in the Mediterranean after Iran threatened to strike any European nations…
EEU Read More EU Commission backs Spain after Trump’s Iran war trade threat to Sánchez – EUobserver4 March 2026 The European Commission has pledged to back Spain against the overnight commercial threats from US president Donald Trump…
EEU Read More Europe’s voice of moral sense speaks Spanish – EUobserver3 March 2026 European leaders have been carefully drafting cautious statements urging ‘de-escalation’, ‘respect for international law’ and ‘solidarity’ with those…
EEU Read More Iran war comes to EU, as Europeans scramble to get home – EUobserver2 March 2026 Iran has shown EU cities could be hit in the Middle East war, as tens of thousands of…