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Sep 1, 2026

Iceland says no, and the EU loses its easiest enlargement win

Icelanders rejected reopening EU accession talks by 52.8% to 47.2% on a turnout of 82.5%. The result strips Brussels of the wealthy candidate it hoped would make the rest of enlargement easier to sell.

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News & Analysis
Sep 1, 2026

Europe's leaders warn of Russian attack. Its spy services disagree.

Donald Tusk says the next six months will be decisive and that provocations against a NATO member cannot be ruled out. Officials briefed on European intelligence assessments say no such attack is expected. Both are describing the same problem.

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Business & Economy
Sep 1, 2026

Europe's cheapest single-market fix is the one that keeps failing

Mutual recognition needs no new law — only that a customs officer or an inspector applies a principle in force since 1979. It is the least expensive integration tool the EU owns, and one of the least effective. A Brussels think tank says nobody has ever measured what fixing it would be worth.

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Business & Economy
Aug 31, 2026

Draghi's capital-market warning is the one the EU still hasn't legislated

EPIC's Draghi Implementation Index shows the EU delivering fastest where competitiveness meets security and slowest where it has to force market outcomes. Capital markets sit at the slow end, and the Savings and Investments Union's own 2026 workplan explains why.

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News & Analysis
Aug 31, 2026

Italy's Schengen Suspension Expires Tuesday. Nine States Keep Theirs

Italy's checks on travellers from Spain lapse on 1 September and Spain's on 7 September. In June the Commission formally asked nine other governments to wind their controls down. Most declined.

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News & Analysis
Aug 30, 2026

Spain Rewrites Its Asylum Law a Month After Ceuta

Madrid's cabinet approved two draft laws on 25 August that import the EU migration pact's screening and border procedures into Spanish law. It is the first hard policy consequence of July's mass crossing — and the basic facts of that crossing are still contested.

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