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Andy Bounds

EU Correspondent

EU correspondent covering Brexit, trade, health and European politics, including the European parliament. He is also Netherlands correspondent and a frequent contributor to the agenda-setting Europe Express newsletter.

Andy has worked for the Financial Times since 1997. He covered the Brexit vote in the UK as Northern correspondent and was previously posted in Brussels from 2004-08.

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  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    EU trade
    EU capitals set to back tariffs on Chinese electric cars, trade chief says

    Valdis Dombrovskis confident measure will enter into force in November

    Geely Zeekr electric car
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    EU energy
    Hungary rejects Croatian offer for alternative to Russian oil

    Viktor Orbán’s government defies EU pressure to reduce reliance on fossil fuel from Moscow

    Viktor Orbán
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Brussels tells Hungary and Slovakia to wean themselves off Russian oil

    European Commission rejects complaints that Ukrainian sanctions on Lukoil threaten security of supply

    Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, left, and his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Brexit
    EU issues UK with list of demands if it wants better relationship

    Brussels claims Britain has failed to implement key Brexit divorce deal

    A freight lorry or HGV drives off of a P&0 ferry at the Port of Larne, Northern Ireland
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Bribery and corruption
    EU corruption probe targets Chinese LNG project in Cyprus

    Brussels seeks explanations from Nicosia on funding for gas terminal that China Petroleum Pipeline failed to build

    oil pipes extending towards the VTT Vasiliko oil storage terminal
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Viktor Orbán
    Hungary’s visa move opens door to Russian spies, warns largest EU party

    Budapest’s decision to loosen restrictions for visitors from Russia is ‘national security’ risk, says European People’s party

    Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin
  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    Global trade
    EU prepares two-step trade plan to tackle Trump

    If the Republican candidate returns to the White House, Brussels will offer a quick deal then threaten retaliation against tariffs

    Ursula von der Leyen and Donald Trump
  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    European Union
    EU diplomats ordered to cancel parties after budget crunch

    Overspending triggers expenses crackdown on bloc’s external action service, hitting travel plans and functions

    VIP parking sign in Brussels
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why Brussels is wary of backing Hungary in fight for Russian oil Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: a record heatwave takes its toll in Greece

    A Lukoil sign
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    UK foreign policy
    Von der Leyen and Starmer plan meeting to drive UK-EU ‘reset’

    European Commission president is aiming for late August or early September encounter, according to officials

    Ursula von der Leyen and Keir Starmer
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    ExplainerEuropean Commission
    Five challenges facing EU chief Ursula von der Leyen in her second term

    Commission president faces uphill battle to deliver on issues such as integrating markets and defence

    Ursula von der Leyen raises her firsts in celebration as European parliament members applaud in the background
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    European Commission
    Von der Leyen wins second term as Brussels chief

    EU’s most powerful official has pledged to boost defence capabilities and economic competitiveness

    European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, reacts after the announcement of the vote at the European parliament
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    Europe Express
    How von der Leyen built a coalition of compromise for her parliament vote Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: European leaders flock to UK Premier Keir Starmer’s first international summit

    Ursula von der Leyen
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    European Union
    Brussels concealed Covid vaccine contracts details, court finds

    EU court rules that European Commission unlawfully withheld information about procurement

    European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen arrives at the European parliament in Strasbourg on Monday
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why a Ukraine vote will test the unity of the EU’s new far-right parties Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Who will build the technologies needed to power the green transition?

    European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    UK foreign policy
    UK and EU consider first summit to improve post-Brexit relationship

    Keir Starmer wants to establish defence pact and ease trade tensions in areas such as agricultural goods

    Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer with his wife Victoria, and European Council president Charles Michel with his partner Amélie Derbaudrenghien at the Nato summit in Washington last week
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    EU trade
    EU’s use of incorrect deforestation data ‘risks blocking imports’

    Australia and Brazil dispute forest maps and urge Brussels to delay rules that could ban goods entering bloc

    Cattle on a farm in Sao Felix do Xingu, Para state, Brazil
  • Monday, 15 July, 2024
    Europe Express
    Europe’s unsettling lessons from the Trump assassination attempt Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: why an Italian general might be too extreme for Europe’s far right

    Donald Trump pumps his fist at the crowd after an attempted assassination at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania
  • Saturday, 13 July, 2024
    UK politics
    Starmer to host EU leaders’ summit delayed by Sunak

    Improving relations on security and trade at heart of Thursday’s Blenheim Palace gathering

    Blenheim Palace
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    News in-depthEmmanuel Macron
    Europe braced for a weakened Macron

    French Europhile president will be distracted by domestic problems and less inclined to shake things up

    A montage of Emmanuel Macron and the European flag featuring a circle of 12 gold stars
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    European Parliament
    German far right forms own group in European parliament

    Alternative for Germany fell out with Marine Le Pen’s party but found other lawmakers to set up new faction

    Alice Weidel, co-leader of the Afd
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    European Parliament
    Le Pen teams up with Italian far right in Orbán’s new EU group

    Rassemblement National and League join ‘Patriots for Europe’ to make it third-largest faction in European parliament

    Matteo Salvini on Italian television, with an image of Marine Le Pen in the background
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Europe Express
    How France’s Republican front halted the far-right’s rise Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: why the UK election result is a harbinger of thawing relations with the EU

    An attendee flies a French national flag during a gathering for the election night following the second round results of France’s legislative election at Republic Square in Paris
  • Saturday, 6 July, 2024
    Populism in Europe
    Le Pen’s party in talks to join Orbán’s group in European parliament

    Rassemblement National will decide whether to link up with Patriots for Europe on Monday

    Marine Le Pen shakes Victor Orbán’s hand
  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    EU-China relations
    EU takes aim at China’s Temu and Shein with proposed import duty

    European Commission plans to scrap €150 threshold below which goods are exempt from customs duties

    Temu’s app on a smartphone screen
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