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It is a late success: eight months after the Libya conference in Berlin, the EU has imposed sanctions on arms smugglers in the North African country for the first time. EU foreign ministers decided on Monday in Brussels to crack down on three companies from Turkey, Jordan and Kazakhstan and two individuals.

Germany wants to take in another 1550 refugees from Greece. Not on its own as in 2015, but in coordination with Greece and the EU Commission.

The German government is sticking to its controversial travel warning for Brussels. This continues to massively impede the work of the EU institutions. A look at an internal “handout” by the German Foreign Office shows just how far the German ban on contact goes.

According to the German government, there are more and more corona hotspots in the EU for which travel warnings must be issued. But a glance at the RKI statistics reveals a different picture: the risk of infection in other European countries is exaggerated.

The EU Commission does not care about national travel warnings in relation with Corona. Now the EU countries outbid each other with bans, changing the rules every day. Result: The freedom to travel becomes a farce.

The EU does not recognise the result of the presidential election in Belarus. Moreover, it distances itself from the ruler Alexander Lukashenko, who is accused by EUropeans of excessive violence. But it remains unclear how things should continue.

Turkey and Greece are said to have narrowly missed war last week. Chancellor Merkel prevented the worst, they say – but why doesn’t she talk about it? And what is the EU and its “geopolitical commission” doing in this critical situation?

That was close! By the skin of its teeth, the EU (or rather its leadership) managed to save itself. A failure of the financial summit would have deepened the rifts even further and triggered a possibly fatal process.

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