Paola Tamma

This didn't really age well — fast forward 5 months: the commission tables proposals to allow spending of cohesion funds on defence. "We propose that Member States and the regions can use cohesion funds to support certain defence actions," said EU VP @RaffaeleFitto

Marco Bresolin @marcobreso

Fitto said that this Financial Times scoop is «unsubstantiated», even though it included a quote from a Commission spokeperson. He may have the confidence of the majority in the European Parliament, but I am not sure he will have the confidence of the FT

EU weighs hitting US Big Rech and trade in services as retaliation to Trump's tariff. Top reporting by top @ftbrussels colleagues https://t.co/oXUvB2XOH8

RT @FT: Just published: front page of the Financial Times, international edition, Friday 28 March https://t.co/N2dIiG05Vg https://t.co/TcVj…

RT @ChristopherJM: Now you can read the full US draft deal, linked in our @FT story: https://t.co/PDDgQvuLP9

“We never thought that this alliance would be in danger ...People are shocked." Beautiful dispatch on what US detachment from Europe means to everyday Europeans by @jeannasmialek in @nytimesworld https://t.co/keZtgt4pKr

RT @ChristopherJM: Brussels has rejected Russia’s demand to lift EU restrictions on a key agro bank as part of a partial ceasefire deal, sa…

EU avenges doomsday preppers

RT @AndyBounds: EU Farmers v Ukraine. The country could start paying “damaging” tariffs from June as talks to renew duty-free trade deal st…

Ukraine urges the EU to renew barrier-free trade ahead of a June deadline - a sensitive topic for Kyiv's neighbours. It would be a ‘‘very wrong signal’’ if we do not reach some kind of agreement with the EU,” @SergiiMarchenk3 told me. https://t.co/3O7lKlQFfq

RT @FT: The plan includes a pitch to the Trump administration for a managed transfer over the next five to 10 years https://t.co/vETIQvOVwT…

The US is seeking new terms on a mineral deal with Ukraine, we're told, which would broaden it to other fields and nail down details of a joint investment fund. Story with @ChristopherJM @hallbenjamin https://t.co/C0Bx2QIueL

RT @ChristopherJM: The Trump administration is seeking new terms for US access to critical minerals and energy assets in Ukraine, widening…

RT @AndyBounds: SCOOP EU probes BYD plant in Hungary. Raises trade tensions with Beijing further. Brussels determined that Chinese investme…

The EU is making a fresh push for capital markets integration, hoping to unlock trillions of Europeans' savings sitting idle in bank accounts, EU Commissioner Maria-Luís Albuquerque told me. Via @FT https://t.co/Jlpa1Td2HZ

RT @valentinapop: EU revives capital markets union plan to unlock trillions in savings https://t.co/jtauiZTlcD via @paolatamma

Brussels proposes joint procurement of weapons — giving preference to European-made ones. Scoop with @HenryJFoy https://t.co/AwvbXE0hnR

RT @FT: Hungary has threatened to block the EU’s renewal of sanctions imposed on 2,000 Russians unless oligarch Mikhail Fridman is removed…