You’re reading Rapporteur on Friday 24 April. This is Nicoletta Ionta in Cyprus, joined by Eddy Wax in Brussels.
Need-to-knows:
🟢 EU leaders meet in Ayia Napa amid Iran war energy crisis
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🟢 MEPs want EU-wide parties to be 100% taxpayer-funded
On the roundabout: Defending human rights is about to get more lucrative
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From the capital
As EU leaders gathered for dinner along the marina in Ayia Napa, the evening unfolded in quiet Mediterranean grace. Yet just beyond the horizon, the world stirred uneasily.
The war in Iran – and its spillover across the Middle East – has pushed energy security and regional stability to the top of the agenda at a two-day EU meeting in Cyprus, which concludes today with an expanded dialogue involving Gulf partners, as well as representatives from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt.
The consequences are already being felt much closer to home – including at the very site of the summit itself. In…
