The European Court of Justice imposed the penalty after a weeklong war of words in which Poland told the EU to stay out of its judicial affairs while EU members insisted that Warsaw should not have disregarded the bloc's principles.
Tensions have risen between Poland and the bloc with the ruling of Poland's Constitutional Court earlier this month, which said the country's national laws take precedence over some EU legislation.
Approximately 60 percent of refugees in camps in Greece do not receive food, and around 36,000 refugees do not receive the cash assistance provided by the EU, rights groups said.
Bosnian Serb leadership are establishing new facts on the ground that could pave the way for secession in the future.
While France’s silence on its colonial role in Algeria may work domestically, the future of European and North African relations is closely impacted by Paris’s silence.
European Commission chief von der Leyen announces short-term aid deal to prevent basic services in Afghanistan from collapsing and food from running out as G20 leaders gather to discuss the Afghan crisis and how to engage with its new rulers.
Poland’s top court ruled that some EU treaties are incompatible with the country’s constitution in an escalation of tensions between Warsaw and Brussels.
No breakthrough at the EU meeting with leaders of Albania, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Kosovo on the tortuous path towards bloc's membership.
The idea is a non-starter in Europe as it would just present the union with another crop of power games and political crises.
Paris is lashing out at allies close and afar, but there is no sign that the country has many supporters.
While Turkey and the EU have cooperated on the issue of migration within the scope of a bilateral agreement of 18 March 2016, the future of their collective policy is in question with the prospective deluge of migrants from Afghanistan.
"This brutal, unilateral, and unpredictable decision reminds me a lot of what Mr Trump used to do," says FM Jean-Yves Le Drian, accusing US President Biden of stabbing Paris in back and acting like his predecessor Trump.
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