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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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  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    Deforestation
    US urges EU to delay deforestation law

    Ban on imports including chocolate and nappies will hurt American producers, says Biden administration

    Uncut lumber sits stacked in the yard at the sawmill of the Doll Lumber in Southington, Ohio
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    European Commission
    Giorgia Meloni’s hard-right European group claims a top EU job

    Italian PM aims to disrupt plans by other parties in the bloc’s parliament to decide senior roles

    Giorgia Meloni at an EU summit in Brussels
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Global InsightEU-China relations
    The EU has a chicken feet problem with China

    A transformed trade relationship has left Europe’s farmers vulnerable to retaliation

    Free-range chickens
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Nato
    Rutte clears biggest hurdle for top Nato job after winning Orbán’s backing

    Breakthrough comes after Dutch PM promises that Hungary will be allowed to opt out from Ukraine-related activities

    Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Giorgia Meloni
    Giorgia Meloni rejects deal on EU top jobs after talks snub

    Italian PM visibly upset after leaders of centrist parties excluded her from initial discussions

    Giorgia Meloni arrives for an informal EU leaders’ summit in Brussels on Monday
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why EU leaders choked on a dinner deal for the bloc’s top brass Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: How Finland is (very) prepared for the worst

    European Council president Charles Michel gives a statement at the end of an informal meeting of the European Council in Brussels, Belgium
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    European Union
    EU leaders request more time to reach deal on bloc’s top officials

    Commission president Ursula von der Leyen looks to be on course to secure second five-year term

    Ursula von der Leyen
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    Chinese economy
    China launches anti-dumping probe into EU pork imports

    Investigation comes after Brussels imposes tariffs on Chinese EVs as trade tensions rise

    Production manager Brian Nielsen checks sows at a breeding farm of Best Genetics Group, a Chinese pig breeding company in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    ExplainerEU-China relations
    What the EU’s tariffs on EV imports mean for China

    Brussels’ duties heighten trade tensions with Beijing but are unlikely to stop the advance of Chinese-made electric cars

    an EU flag superimposed on photograph of rows of new cars
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    Trade disputes
    EU to hit Chinese electric cars with tariffs of up to 48%

    Brussels acts against imports it says are heavily subsidised by Beijing despite German warnings move could spark trade war

    People look at BYD’s Yangwang U8 SUV at the Geneva International Motor Show
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    Europe Express
    What von der Leyen’s EPP is demanding after its EU election win Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: the EU’s alternative proposal on leveraging profits from Russia’s frozen assets

    Manfred Weber, left, raising Ursula von der Leyen’s arm in victory
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    Ursula von der Leyen
    Talks on EU top jobs kick off at G7 summit

    Ursula von der Leyen is meeting leaders France, Germany and Italy on sidelines of global gathering

    Ursula von der Leyen holds a press conference
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Ukrainian agricultural group boss warns Kyiv against export feud with EU

    Country risks losing bloc’s support for Russian war effort by prolonging dispute, says founder of Kernel

    Andriy Verevsky
  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
    European Parliament elections
    Far right makes significant gains in European parliament elections

    Projections suggest they are on course to win almost a quarter of the 720 seats in bloc’s legislature

    Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel
  • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
    News in-depthEuropean Parliament elections
    The ruthless haggle to convert EU votes into ‘money, staff and power’

    New cohort of 720 lawmakers will take 24 days to shape alliances crucial to parliament’s next term

  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    European Parliament elections
    Wilders overtaken by centre left in EU elections

    Exit polls show Dutch far-right Freedom party is one seat behind Labour/Green alliance

    Geert Wilders speaks to the media in The Hague on Thursday
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why the EU parliament vote is just the first stage in a political shake-up

    Also in this newsletter: Biden’s message to Ukraine on the anniversary of D-Day

    European countries’ flags waving in front of the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, eastern France
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Europe Express
    How could the European elections change the face of the EU? Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Why won’t European carmakers invest in European electric vehicles?

    A billboard showing the campaign posters of different parties who will participate in the European elections in The Hague
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    ExplainerEuropean Parliament elections
    What to look out for in European parliament elections

    Four-day vote will set direction of EU policy and shape top jobs appointments

  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
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    Power for Sale: Business as Usual

    More foreign interference scandals — involving Russia and China — broke in spring. It’s as if Qatargate was a gateway scandal, opening the floodgates for bigger and bolder ops.

  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    European Parliament elections
    Germany leads rebellion against EU foreign influence law

    Opposing countries argue bill mirrors Russia-inspired crackdown on civil rights groups

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    Europe Express
    Von der Leyen’s rival lashes out at her ‘unacceptable’ leadership style Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: severe floods in Germany claim several casualties

    Nicolas Schmit
  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    European Parliament elections
    Centre-left’s lead candidate in EU polls rules out working with extremists

    Nicolas Schmit’s S&D group likely to come second in elections but he rejects any alliance with the far left or hard right

    Nicolas Schmit
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    EU prepares tariffs on Russian goods exempt from sanctions

    Plan to target €42bn of imports could cover food, medicines and nuclear fuel

    Russian wheat being harvested in Omsk
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    Russian espionage
    Police raid European parliament staffer’s office in Russian influence probe

    Guillaume Pradoura accused of playing ‘significant role’ in Voice of Europe scandal

    The European parliament building in Strasbourg
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