Europeans have to step up and defend their own interests because the U.S., China and Russia are now all “dead against” them, French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Friday. www.politico.eu/article/emma...

From talks on Ukraine and defense to clever kids and digs at Viktor Orbán, here’s POLITICO’s rundown of the latest European Council. www.politico.eu/article/13-t...

Μαργαρίτης Σχοινάς: Από τη Σουμάν στα βοσκοτόπια Γιατί ο πρώην επίτροπος δέχθηκε να φορέσει τις γαλότσες και να μπει στο «βουστάσιο» του ΟΠΕΚΕΠΕ; Τι περιμένει ενόψει της ελληνικής προεδρίας στην Ε.Ε. το 2027; www.kathimerini.gr/politics/564...

Farm scandal continues to weigh on political scene And everything else you need to focus on this week www.ekathimerini.com/politics/130...

Greece’s deputy agriculture minister resigns over degree fraud www.politico.eu/article/gree...

Disease and division threaten #Halloumi in new #Cyprus-#Turkey spat #EU rules require culling herds that produce the milk used in Cypriot cheese to contain a virus. The Turkish-controlled half of the island isn’t on board. www.politico.eu/article/dise...

Attack on oil pipeline in Italy threatened fuel supplies across southern Germany

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez today urged Europe to “dream big.” Speaking at POLITICO’s European Pulse Forum in Barcelona, he said Europe should not only defend its interests, but become the moral leader in an increasingly turbulent world.

PM Sanchez with all the great lines: “Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they turn up with a bucket.”

Fun!

Παντελής Μπουκάλας: Φορετά και χεράτα…

Nine of the 11 MPs submitted written statements to the committee, while former Rural Development Minister Kostas Tsiaras and MP Notis Mitarakis appeared in person to make their case.

Βιβή Τυχεροπούλου: Στον Γολγοθά των βοσκοτόπων Μίλησες; Εμπλεξες! Αυτός ήταν ο άγραφος νόμος του ΟΠΕΚΕΠΕ. Και η ελέγκτρια που διαπίστωσε πρώτη τα κενά στο σύστημα των επιδοτήσεων βρέθηκε διωκόμενη. Η περιπέτειά της www.kathimerini.gr/politics/564...

Margaritis Schinas, a former European Commission vice president, is set to take over the Greek agriculture ministry after a widening farm fraud scandal prompted the resignation of three top government officials. www.politico.eu/article/ex-c...

Ζητείται η άρση ασυλίας 11 εν ενεργεία βουλευτών, ενώ διερευνάται πιθανή εμπλοκή πρώην υπουργού και υφυπουργού Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης.

European prosecutors asked the Greek parliament on Wednesday to lift the immunity of the country’s agriculture minister and 10 other active MPs in an investigation into the spiraling farm fraud scandal. pro.politico.eu/news/215945

Παντελής Μπουκάλας: - «Μέγας Κωνσταντίνος, Μέγας Βασίλειος, Μέγας Δονάλδιος» -

🚨 BREAKING: The European Commission has urged people to work from home, drive and fly less, and for EU countries to urgently roll out renewables, as it warned of a prolonged energy crisis as a result of the conflict in the Gulf. Full story: www.politico.eu/article/euro...

U.N. investigator Francesca Albanese is seen by her supporters as a rare and forceful voice piercing the cone of silence and indifference that has fallen over Gaza. This has earned her powerful enemies. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Since the headline is a bit confusing, the NYT is reporting that on the same day we hit the girl's school in Minab, we also sent a missile full of tungsten steel pellets at a girl's volleyball tournament hundreds of miles away in Lamerd. Twenty one dead. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/w...

Γαβριήλ Σακελλαρίδης: Πιο καλή η μοναξιά από τον «χυλό» Χρεώνει στον Τσίπρα την παρούσα κατάσταση της Αριστεράς και δεν ακολουθεί τα στελέχη της γενιάς του. Οχι, δεν αισθάνεται αχάριστος www.kathimerini.gr/politics/par...

Banning the burqa: Αll for an empty veil? Looking into why the migration minister is talking about banning a religious garment that is very rarely seen in Greece www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/ana...

Θάνος Πλεύρης: Κυνηγώντας μια μπούργκα αδειανή www.kathimerini.gr/politics/564...

3 years after Tempe rail disaster, trial opens amid tensions And everything else on the political agenda this week www.ekathimerini.com/politics/129...

Greece’s center-left taps into the Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez vibe as it struggles to acquire relevance www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/ana...

Σκίτσο του Ανδρέα Πετρουλάκη (19/03/26)

The EU’s top diplomat warned leaders at a summit today that the bloc could easily become entangled in a toxic conflict in the Middle East that could be difficult to extricate itself from.

Kaja Kallas has warned EU leaders at today’s summit that European involvement in Donald Trump’s war with Iran could turn messy 👇 Live: www.politico.eu/article/make...

Πέδρο Σάντσεθ: ο Ισπανός πρωθυπουργός ως κράμα του Ανδρέα Παπανδρέου και του Ζακ Σιράκ που ύψωσε το ανάστημά του κατά της εισβολής στο Ιράκ. Εξαιρετικό προφίλ από την @nstamouli.bsky.social: www.kathimerini.gr/politics/par...

Η εγχώρια Κεντροαριστερά έσπευσε να υιοθετήσει τον Ισπανό πρωθυπουργό Πέδρο Σάντσεθ– όπως είχε κάνει με τον Μαμντάνι. Η ένδεια προσώπων και το βραχυκύκλωμα στην εξωτερική πολιτική www.kathimerini.gr/politics/par...

French president and Greek PM visit Cyprus in show of support And everything else on the political agenda this week www.ekathimerini.com/politics/129...

All March EU meetings in #Cyprus rescheduled or made virtual www.politico.eu/article/cypr...

#Greece boosts #Bulgaria’s defense capabilities www.politico.eu/article/gree...

Britain’s Ministry of Defence signed a contract last year ending around-the-clock staffing at a key naval base, which a union representing defense workers says is contributing to the delays deploying to defend Cyprus as the Middle East crisis escalates.

British police have arrested four men on suspicion of aiding Iranian intelligence services.

President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a trade embargo on Spain has delivered yet another jolt to the European Union, forcing European leaders to rally around Madrid.

Days into the U.S. war with Iran, the U.K. government is retooling to cope with a crisis that is already squeezing British defense capabilities and driving up energy prices.

Britain is considering sending a warship to Cyprus after Greece and France dispatched frigates, fighter jets and anti-missile systems to the area, as the island faces the threat of Iranian drone attacks. Follow our live blog: www.politico.eu/article/us-i...

Only one EU leader has dared to directly challenge U.S. President Donald Trump over a war against Iran, calling it unjustified, dangerous and illegal: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

🔴 France has pledged to send anti-missile and anti-drone systems, as well as a frigate, to Cyprus after a British air base on the island was attacked by drones yesterday. Follow our live blog as the tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate: www.politico.eu/article/us-i...

#France will send anti-missile and anti-drone systems to #Cyprus, as the U.S.-#Israel-#Iran war heightens tensions in the Middle East, two senior Cypriot government officials told POLITICO www.politico.eu/article/fran...

Διαδέχθηκε, όχι με βελούδινο τρόπο, την Καρυστιανού. Ο Παύλος Ασλανίδης περιμένει, παρά τη δυσπιστία του, τη δίκη. Εχει αφοσιωθεί τα τελευταία τρία χρόνια στο αίτημα για πλήρη διαλεύκανση www.kathimerini.gr/society/5641...

As missiles rained down across the Middle East over the weekend and with fears of a threat to Cyprus, the EU has pivoted to crisis mode. Now it faces the difficult task of creating a coherent foreign policy response. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/iran...

Greece has ordered the deployment of a military force to Cyprus following drone incursions on the Mediterranean island that have dragged an EU member state into the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran. www.politico.eu/article/gree...

🔴 War in the Middle East has escalated as Israel hits targets in Lebanon and Iran strikes a British airbase in Cyprus. Meanwhile, the EU is scrambling to respond to a rapidly expanding conflict where it has little leverage. Live updates: www.politico.eu/article/us-i...

It’s the first time one of the U.K. bases on Cyprus have been hit since a rocket attack by Libyan ⁠militants in 1986. www.politico.eu/article/keir...

Παρά τις εξαγγελίες ο ΟΠΕΚΕΠΕ εξακολουθεί να μοιράζει ευρωπαϊκες αγροτικές επιδοτήσεις σε 28 νομούς εκτός Κρήτης σε Κρητικούς καθώς και βοσκοτόπια χωρίς την παραγωγή κρέατος ή γάλακτος www.kathimerini.gr/society/repo...

The EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas called the situation in Iran “perilous” after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes against Tehran, while other EU leaders urged restraint so the conflict doesn’t escalate.