A far-right party became the biggest force in a German state parliament for the first time since the second world war. Deborah Cole reports: theguardian.com/world/article/…

The next EU budget will seek to give the 🇪🇺 more control over spending by attaching conditions to payouts. As put to me by an EU official: "the world where they get an envelope of cohesion funding with no conditions . . . is gone" With Henry Foy ft.com/content/555cd5…

European Commission says that "so far we have not observed any decrease in the flows of oil to Hungary since the implementation of the Ukrainian sanctions." Spox says Hungary/Slovakia have only answered "some of the questions" Commission asked on their complaints and that... 1/2

📣 First General from Finland to be appointed to the NATO Command Structure. 🇫🇮 🏅 The Change of Responsibility ceremony at NATO CIS Group highlighted the seamless leadership transition by welcoming Colonel Jarkko Karsikas as Deputy Commander/Chief of Staff.

Estonia appoints new permanent representative to the European Union #Estonia news.err.ee/1609441427/est…

Rym is the best, can’t wait to read!

Artist, naturalist, rebel and observer: I wrote about Rijksmuseum acquisition of a rare work by seventeenth-century polymath Maria Sibylla Merian Thanks to Alex Alsemgeest theguardian.com/environment/ar…

My story from Sumy region and Kyiv on the military and political calculations of the Kursk offensive theguardian.com/world/article/…

The Welsh Guards mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Brussels. They were the first Allied soldiers to enter the city on 3 September 1944.

Another attack on civilians in #Ukraine 🇺🇦 Our hearts go out to the victims and their families. Dmytro Kuleba is right: More air defense systems are needed as a matter of urgency.

The appointment of the next team of European commissioners shows one thing: we can (and must) NEVER stop fighting for #genderbalance in leadership 💪 euronews Maïa de La Baume #womenpower

It is beyond extraordinary that elected officials of a European Union member state’s parliament are denied access to parliament itself in order to discuss human rights. Read our statement on Hungary’s actions: hu.usembassy.gov/statement-on-h…

US embassy in Budapest statement: “The United States government has repeatedly expressed concerns about threats to Hungary’s democracy. Today’s actions depriving elected members of parliament access to the institution to which they were elected heightens those concerns.”

Long conversations on night trains, at the G7, on the frontlines, in Brussels, in front of a bombed-out power plant. There are few people I've worked as closely with as you, Dmytro Kuleba. You put the people of your country before yourself. 1/2

I was pleased to receive a call from Secretary Antony Blinken. I thanked Secretary Blinken for his ironclad support for Ukraine since the onset of Russia’s full-scale aggression. An impeccable diplomat, he has been at the forefront of many groundbreaking decisions, most notably those aimed

Reading this interesting take with my morning NATO coffee ☕️ egmontinstitute.be/the-coffee-mac…

.Ursula von der Leyen promised to build a “real European Defence Union.” What does that mean? And what is feasible given political, legal, and financial constraints? In my new Munich Security Conference Analysis, I propose🔟to-dos for the EU's new leadership team: securityconference.org/en/publication… Kaja Kallas

Honoured to continue my work in 🇺🇦Government as Deputy PM for European and Euro-Atlantic integration - Minister of Justice. Grateful to Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський Denys Shmyhal Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine - Ukrainian Parliament for the trust. Glory to Ukraine!🇺🇦

At the invitation of Roberta Metsola, EP leaders will exchange with the President of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen on the Commission’s structure and portfolios proposed on Wednesday 11 September from 8.00 to 9.30. (1/2)

The Guardian is looking for a Europe live blogger and breaking news reporter: workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/511/