Space – The EU’s mutual defence clause applies in space, said EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas at the European Space Conference yesterday.
Economy – The euro area surprisingly stagnated in the fourth quarter of last year, data released on Thursday showed.
Agrifood – MEPs questioned the EU’s trade and farming chiefs on Thursday over the €1 billion compensation fund the Commission has vaunted as part of the Mercosur trade deal – but their queries seem to mostly have fallen on deaf ears.
Across Europe
Norway – The agrarian Centre Party has moved to leave the Norwegian government after a political showdown over the adoption of EU energy laws from the last decade, local media reported on Thursday.
Italy – The former head of Italy's secret services, Elisabetta Belloni, has been appointed a "special" diplomatic advisor to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, a Commission spokesperson confirmed on Thursday.
Greece – Greece’s defence minister has asked the French ambassador to Athens to explain information suggesting that Paris is willing to sell METEOR missiles to Turkey.
Sweden – Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson admitted that his government has lost control over a burgeoning wave of violence sweeping the country amid escalating public concern.
