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Editor’s note: This story is the first in the ‘We have always been here’ series that will examine where NH stands when it comes to acknowledgment of and support for its indigenous people, what steps other New England states have taken and what Abenaki...

EU state aid enforcers will have to make sure Berlin’s energy package won’t harm the single market

The European Commission president proposed a cap on market transactions and another on gas used for electricity generation.

Election Commission has observed that the declarations are quite routine, ambiguous and do not provide adequate information to the voters.

Political parties making election promises should give details of how they plan to finance them, the Election Commission has said, suggesting new rules to make parties more accountable for what they promise voters.

Security in Europe remains a critical U.S. national interest. A recent refocusing on the evergreen idea of European strategic autonomy and a flurry of activity with the goal of an independent European (read: European Union) defense force should give U.S. policymakers pause—and be met with a skeptical and discerning eye. Security in the Euro-Atlantic region is too important to the United States to be delegated to the European Union (EU).

This is a selection of significant environmental and regulatory law cases decided by the federal courts after the Supreme Court’s 2021 Term concluded.

In France, Almost a year after the publication of a shocking report by France’s Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church, the reparations promised to victims are hardly materializing. Victims point to the flaws of the two reparation institutions promised by the Church, including long waiting periods, lack of transparency on compensation, and professional shortcomings.

Energy markets in Europe are leveling out from the latest blow from Russia when the Nord Stream 1 pipeline was shut off entirely at the end of August.

Brussels has taken unprecedented steps to withhold billions in funding over rule-of-law concerns. But EU capitals and officials are keen to find a way out.