Magnus Brunner

Rule Changes

Offering EU support to Spain

Italy and Spain agreed on October 22 to end the border checks they had imposed on each other. The decision followed a phone call between the interior ministers, Fernando Grande-Marlaska and Matteo Piantedosi.

Updated Oct 27

Money Moves

As of October 2026: Says the suspension is due to technical reasons

The European Commission halted €18 million in budget payments to Sierra Leone, a freeze Dutch Justice Minister David van Weel says punishes the West African state for sheltering Jos Leijdekkers, a Dutch cocaine trafficker on Europol's wanted list. Leijdekkers has been sentenced in absentia to more than 100 years across Belgium and the Netherlands, and the €18 million is part of €352 million the EU budgeted for Sierra Leone from 2021 to 2027.

Updated Oct 4