Europe

While Boris Johnson faces a row over whether to introduce a vaccine passport system here, the French government have extended their scheme amid a surge in Covid cases there. From Monday people must show a Covid health pass to get into cafes and bars, along with trains and planes. It has brought thousands of protestors…

It was meant to be a day of post-Brexit deadlines but instead the sausage wars have lost their sizzle as the EU and UK agree to postpone a ban on chilled meats entering the UK from Northern Ireland.

Millions of EU citizens who live in the UK were given until the end of this month to apply for settled status. It’s feared that many people will fail to meet that deadline and campaigners want it extended. But even for those whose applications have been processed, there is no certificate to prove your status,…

We talked to the German MEP David McAllister, who chairs the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, and began by asking him whether sanctions would do any good against a man described by some as the last dictator in Europe.

Germany’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the country’s politicians must act more quickly to reduce emissions.

As Europe’s vaccination efforts are finally ramping up, we speak to the German MEP Peter Liese, who’s also a medical doctor. Is this the turning point for Europe’s vaccination programme?

Christophe Hansen is a Luxembourg MEP who sits on both the European Parliament’s advisory group on vaccines and its committee on international trade.

Boris Johnson has warned European leaders that they could scare companies away from investing if they impose blockades on vaccine exports.

Véronique Trillet-Lenoir is a doctor and French MEP from President Macron’s party. She has been a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Anthony Browne is Conservative MP for South Cambridgeshire, where AstraZeneca has its headquarters.

The European Union has threatened to stop Covid vaccine exports to the UK unless the continent gets its “fair share”. Yet at the very moment that Europe complains that AstraZeneca has not kept its promises, 16 EU countries are not using the vaccines they have, amid concerns about blood clots.

The EU’s medicines regulator has said that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine should continue to be used because its benefits far outweigh its risks. A final ruling is expected on Thursday, but the European Medicines Agency has been alarmed that at least 12 European nations have suspended the use of the vaccine after a small number of…

The EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has admitted that Europe has made mistakes over its vaccine strategy, amid criticism of the slow rollout across the continent.

Earlier we spoke to Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill – the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. 

It took only a few hours for the announcement to be withdrawn but the damage was done within the UK and the Republic of Ireland united in condemnation.

Fishing was supposed to be a major upside of Brexit, but parts of the industry are finding themselves in crisis.