Belgium’s revised penal code, in force from 8 April, expands the term “state secret” to cover handling and receiving restricted documents deemed to be damaging to a broader range of the country’s national interests. But the Constitutional Court struck down a provision that would have opened up the way for prison terms of up to…
Brussels, Belgium — Belgian federal judicial police have now returned the laptop, research files, and manuscripts of UK journalist David Price after more than seven months in police custody, renewing concerns over press freedom in Brussels and across the European Union.
In The Owned Continent, Brussels-based journalist Dave Keating delivers a bleak verdict on Europe after two decades covering the EU from the inside. Europe’s humiliating capitulation to Donald Trump in 2025, he argues, was not merely a failure of leadership.