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    Valentina Pop is the FT's Europe news editor in London. She previously commissioned, wrote and edited the FT's daily newsletter Europe Express. A polyglot journalist of Romanian extraction, she was a Brussels correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and also had postings in Berlin, Washington and Bucharest.
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    • Wednesday, 28 December, 2022
      European Parliament
      Belgium’s justice minister says scale of European parliament investigation ‘unique’

      Vincent Van Quickenborne says handling of the case shows the country does not give ‘free passes’ to criminals

      Vincent Van Quickenborne
    • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
      European Parliament
      Judge rejects MEP’s plea to be released in Qatar corruption scandal

      Eva Kaili’s lawyers failed to convince a Belgian judge she should be freed under electronic surveillance

      Eva Kaili’s lawyers Michalis Dimitrakopoulos and Andre Risopoulos in Brussels on Thursday
    • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
      European Parliament
      Union chief resigns in EU-Qatar bribery scandal

      Head of international labour group admits accepting cash donation from MEP at heart of European parliament probe

      Luca Visentini talks to media in Brussels
    • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
      Europe Express
      Mission possible: How the EU gas price cap finally came about Premium content

      Sceptical capitals received sufficient caveats to sign off on deal

      Czech energy minister Josef Sikela gestures towards his Dutch opposite number during talks over the EU’s gas cap on Monday
    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
      Europe Express
      Corruption scandal risks fracturing pro-EU majority in parliament Premium content

      Political groups are at each other’s throats over Qatargate

      Manfred Weber gives a statement at the European Parliament
    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      European Parliament
      Suitcases of cash, luxury holidays and secret accounts: Qatar bribery scandal rocks Europe

      Unprecedented corruption investigation shakes Brussels’ establishment to the core

      Pier Antonio Panzeri and the EU flag
    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      Europe Express
      EU leaders to debate response to US stimulus Premium content

      Capitals want to avoid triggering a subsidy race within the bloc

      Ursula von der Leyen
    • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
      Europe Express
      EU leaders gather for pageantry and unresolved issues Premium content

      Last summit of the year kicks off with a commemorative session with Asian leaders

      The European Council atrium
    • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
      European Parliament
      Qatar wooed EU lawmakers ahead of football World Cup

      Gulf state sought to persuade legislators to soften language on its human rights record, MEPs say

      The European parliament met in Strasbourg on Tuesday to discuss the corruption scandal
    • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
      Europe Express
      Hungary unblocks EU stalemate Premium content

      Vetoes of corporate tax directive and Ukraine funding lifted, underscoring Orbán’s need for EU money

      Viktor Orbán
    • Monday, 12 December, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      EU agrees to unlock €18bn Ukraine aid package as Hungary drops veto

      Wider political deal includes approval for minimum corporate tax in EU and Budapest having possible access to recovery funds

    • Monday, 12 December, 2022
      Europe Express
      EU-Qatar corruption scandal: big, but not surprising Premium content

      Financial opacity and lack of ethics oversight led to ‘culture of impunity’

      Police raided the European parliament’s offices and the homes of two MEPs over the weekend
    • Sunday, 11 December, 2022
      European Parliament
      European parliament shaken by Qatar corruption scandal

      Belgian judge charges four people after seizure of €600,000 in cash

      European parliament vice-president Eva Kaili
    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      Europe Express
      EU countries are off-track on pollution targets Premium content

      Deadly dust particles claim thousands of deaths every year

      Heavy traffic on Rue de la Loi in Brussels
    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
      Europe Express
      Hungary challenges EU to a game of chicken, again Premium content

      Several unanimity decisions are being held hostage by Budapest

      Viktor Orbán
    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      Europe Express
      Expansion of free movement area hangs in balance Premium content

      Some member states oppose Bulgaria and Romania joining Schengen

      Vehicles in eastern Croatia queuing at the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Europe Express
      EU readies doubling of Ukraine war chest Premium content

      European Peace Facility expected to be topped up by another €5.5bn

      Ukrainian servicemen fire with a French self-propelled 155 mm/52-calibre gun Caesar towards Russian positions at a front line in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas
    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Europe Express
      Finance ministers to tussle over Hungary funding Premium content

      European Commission may revise amount of EU money to be suspended

      Viktor Orbán
    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      Europe Express
      Von der Leyen tempers optimism about Northern Ireland deal Premium content

      Irish ministers have been talking up chances for post-Brexit deal

      Micheál Martin andUrsula von der Leyen
    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      Europe Express
      Charles Michel irks Europe’s capitals with solo trip to Beijing Premium content

      Diplomats in Brussels concerned over timing and format of meeting with Xi Jinping

      Charles Michel at the podium
    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      Europe Express
      Banks set to resist EU grab for a chunk of clearing business Premium content

      Brussels prepares most ambitious plans post-Brexit to lure derivatives trade away from London

      Office towers in the City of London
    • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
      Europe Express
      Nato ministers to paper over Ukraine differences Premium content

      Show of support for Kyiv front and centre despite increasingly nuanced views

      Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg and Romanian president Klaus Iohannis at a press conference in Bucharest, Romania
    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Europe Express
      US subsidy spat overshadows transatlantic talks Premium content

      EU senior diplomat travels to Washington at delicate moment in relationship

      US President Joe Biden signs IRA law
    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      Europe Express
      Luxembourg ex-finance minister on track to run eurozone bailout fund Premium content

      Plans to appoint next chief of European Stability Fund set to be agreed upon today

      Pierre Gramegna
    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
      Europe Express
      EU to freeze funds until Hungary delivers on rule of law Premium content

      Brussels ready to approve recovery plan but plans partial freeze on regional funding

      Viktor Orbán
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