Europe
EU supply chain law faces major obstacles in Germany
An EU law that would mandate businesses to mitigate supply chain abuses is at serious risk of dilution or abandonment
GermanySurvey reveals key hurdles to democratic performance
A large Pew survey has found that people favour democracy but are critical of how it is working
InternationalWTO meeting is reaching more stalemates than outcomes
The WTO Ministerial meeting has been extended by a day into March 1 as negotiators are struggling to reach agreement
InternationalMercosur-EU trade deal will not be reached this year
Paraguayan President Santiago Pena, currently head of the Mercosur bloc, yesterday dismissed hopes of a rapid deal
MercosurSpanish compromise over amnesty is likely
Catalonia’s pro-independence party is threatening to withdraw support for government over amnesty legislation
SpainEU will struggle to reverse migration trends
The number of asylum applicants to the EU+ last year was the highest since the 2015-16 migrant crisis
EUPolish government will divert farmers’ anger to EU
The government can blame the EU for farmers’ grievances over cheap Ukrainian imports and the burdens of its ‘green deal’
PolandEU threatens Slovakia with rule-of-law sanctions
Slovakia may become Brussels’ latest rule-of-law headache, taking the place of Poland and even Hungary
Eastern Europe
