Which European countries draft women into the army? And why Germany still doesn’t
Germany is planning to bring back a form of military service — but only men are required to sign up. Amid misinformation about the measure online, here’s why and how…
EU aims to retrain 600,000 workers for defence sector to eliminate skills shortage
Europe is trying to rearm fast. The problem? There are too few qualified people to design or produce the volume of materiel needed for a sufficient European defence strategy. Read…
Amazon loses legal challenge to imposition of EU’s strictest digital rules
The EU’s highest court has ruled that US tech giant will remain subject to the toughest measures of the Digital Services Act. Read More
Denmark aims to break EU privacy chief deadlock before year’s end
An impasse between EU lawmakers and national governments has held up the Data Protection Supervisor selection process for nearly a year. Read More
UN agency warns Afghanistan unfit for returns as EU attempts to deport rejected asylum seekers
A UN agency report has detailed how Afghanistan is struggling to absorb the refugees already returning home, but EU member states are still seeking to deport rejected Afghan asylum seekers.…
EU states to have three days to allow troop transit under new ‘Military Schengen’ system
If an EU country is attacked, how long should it take for other member states to allow troops and equipment to cross through their borders to provide reinforcements? A new…
France and Germany support simplification push for digital rules as Commission preps AI Act review
The Commission, with French-German backing, plans to ease AI and data rules to ease the burdens on European companies. Members of Parliament and NGOs fear it will open “pandora’s box”…
‘If not us, who else?’: EU Commissioner sees no alternative to Mediterranean Pact
EU Commissioner Dubravka Šuica has defended the new Pact for the Mediterranean against criticism that the initiative would be dead on arrival due to diverging interests between the European Union…
Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party launches saucy carbonara crusade in the European Parliament
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s party has cooked up a letter to President Metsola criticising the sale of “Italian-style” products in the Parliament’s supermarket in Brussels. Read More
Fact check: Is Germany really turbo-charging its naturalisation process?
Narratives online have abounded since the summer about how easy it is to naturalise as a German citizen. The Cube unpacks some of these claims. Read More