Belgium

With the United States throwing up the highest trade barriers in a century, Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission is on a mission to do trade deals with everyone else. 

The leader of the French-speaking Reformist Movement got into an altercation with trade unionists.

Ghent University is "concerned" about developments in American higher education.

Plans are being drawn up and, as one EU diplomat said, “We’ll take decisions to protect ourselves.”

Even the EU’s most protectionist countries are realizing that they need new friends to trade with as their oldest ally goes rogue.

A Brussels-backed project to develop the lithium reserves needed to power electric vehicles is fueling political instability on the European Union’s doorstep.

Hundreds of people are sleeping in public spaces including metro stations, new report shows.

"Defense definitely requires our full attention, but so does also the sustainability of our welfare state," says Budget Minister Vincent Van Peteghem.

Belgian Energy Minister Mathieu Bihet told POLITICO he wants to phase out the country's Russian gas imports — but didn't back an outright ban.

“Couldn’t organise a piss-up in a brewery,” says one frustrated candidate.

Central and Eastern European countries are missing April showers, creating possible trouble for supply chains and farmers.

Losing €4 million a day and without a government, Belgium's capital is in desperate need of leadership.

Four employees from the Chinese tech giant have been represented before judges in recent days.

"This is a wake-up call on trade agreements," French Trade Minister Laurent Saint-Martin tells POLITICO.

Conservative media has targeted Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield for comments she made about diversity.

Digital services could be Washington's Achilles heel but European officials are conflicted over how to strike it.

Three suspects are now under electronic surveillance, two were released under conditions and three remain in prison.

The EU’s body for scientific research, as well as local, regional and national governments, are mobilizing to poach top U.S. scholars.

"We have no lessons to learn from the boss of America," said Belgian Deputy PM Jan Jambon.

Belgian prosecutors are investigating whether Huawei made illegal payments to get an open letter written, signed by eight European parliamentarians.

Top leaders meeting in Paris want to show the U.S. and Russia can't carve up the continent by cutting out the EU and Ukraine.

German and Finnish authorities have taken similar steps, and Belgium is planning to do the same, as the Trump administration removes some protections for sexual minorities.

Giuseppe Antoci battled the Italian mob. But can he take on EU policymaking?

Targeting Big Tech could be among the EU’s options to hit Washington where it hurts, Belgium’s foreign minister says.

E-cigarettes and nicotine pouches aren't covered in existing rules.