EU.XL Is the EU done with member states using vetoes as a power move? What happens when a mechanism intended to protect national sovereignty becomes a power move against the entire bloc? Watch the video! 01/04/2026
Europe News Kallas insists Russian assets are an option if Orbán doesn't lift veto If Viktor Orbán is re-elected and maintains his veto on the €90 billion loan for Ukraine, the EU should take a second look at the idea of using the Russian assets, Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday while visiting Kyiv. 31/03/2026
Europe News EU countries, except Hungary, vow to prosecute war crimes in Ukraine High Representative Kaja Kallas gathered EU foreign ministers in Kyiv to honour the victims of the Bucha massacre, which has since then come to symbolise the search for justice and accountability in Ukraine. 31/03/2026
Europe News G7 agrees to secure Strait of Hormuz but only after war in Iran ends Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven made the mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz conditional on the cessation of hostilities in the Middle East. 27/03/2026
Europe News Iran and Ukraine wars 'very much interlinked' by Russia, Kallas warns "We can't forget about Ukraine," High Representative Kaja Kallas has said as the war in the Middle East leads the geopolitical agenda at G7 meeting. 26/03/2026
Europe News Von der Leyen and Kallas call on EU to adapt to coercive world order "Europe can no longer be a custodian for the old world order, for a world that has gone and will not return," Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday. 09/03/2026
Europe News Democratic Iran is 'far from certain', Kallas says, warning of dangers "The dream scenario would be a democratic Iran that poses no threat to its neighbours, but this outcome is far from certain," Kaja Kallas said. 04/03/2026
Europe News Iran war puts Von der Leyen’s foreign policy role under scrutiny Analysts say the European Commission president has increasingly stepped into foreign-policy areas reserved for others under EU treaties, from the US-Israel attack on Iran to Ukraine, Gaza, and US tariffs on the EU. 03/03/2026
Europe News EU foreign ministers vow to protect citizens EU foreign ministers warned of unpredictable economic consequences and called for the Strait of Hormuz to be kept open, however, fell short of supporting US aspirations for regime change in Iran. 01/03/2026
Europe News EU accuses Hungary of disloyalty for vetoing €90bn loan to Ukraine Hungary's decision to veto the €90 billion loan for Ukraine has received strong rebukes from other EU countries, which see it as an act of disloyalty. 23/02/2026
Europe News Double Hungarian veto thwarts Ukraine loan and Russia sanctions "We should not tie together things that are not connected to each other at all," High Representative Kaja Kallas said on Monday amid a new crisis caused by back-to-back Hungarian vetoes. 23/02/2026
Europe News Kallas says 'Europe is not facing civilisational erasure' Kallas says 'Europe is not facing civilisational erasure' at Munich Security Conference in response to US administration after Marco Rubio expressed worries about the future of a shared Western civilisation. 15/02/2026
Europe Today Newsletter: Kallas urges EU to force Russia's hand in Ukraine talks Also in this newsletter: Leaders gear up for talks on restoring Europe's waning competitiveness, and Socialist moderate wins landslide victory in Portugal's presidential run-off. 09/02/2026
Europe Today Kallas: Russia must be forced into concessions as envoy talks grow In an exclusive interview on Europe Today, the EU's chief diplomat says the Kremlin is not taking the Ukraine talks seriously as Brussels ponders appointing a special envoy to represent the 27 at the negotiating table. 09/02/2026
Norway Kallas denies rift between NATO and EU EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned that creating a separate EU army alongside NATO would be “extremely dangerous”, arguing it would blur chains of command in a crisis. 02/02/2026
Europe News Putin should make concessions before direct talks with Europe: Kallas The EU's chief diplomat has discouraged Europeans from pursuing direct re-engagement with the Kremlin, an idea publicly backed by Emmanuel Macron and Giorgia Meloni. 29/01/2026
Europe News EU considers entry ban on Russian soldiers who fought in Ukraine "There can be no path from Bucha to Brussels," the Estonian foreign minister said as he called for an EU-wide entry ban on former Russian soldiers. 29/01/2026
Europe News EU agrees to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard as terrorist group The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran will be added to the European Union's terrorism blacklist, foreign affairs ministers decided on Thursday. 29/01/2026
Europe News Shift in EU-US relations is 'structural, not temporary', Kallas warns In the aftermath of the Greenland crisis, the EU's top diplomat has urged European nations to stop outsourcing their security and defence. 28/01/2026
Europe News Kallas set to present new sanctions on Iran imminently amid crackdown New package builds on an extensive sanctions regime against Iran, centred on travel bans and asset freezes over serious human rights abuses. The new measures will be presented as soon as today by foreign policy chief Kallas. 15/01/2026