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According to a report published by Amnesty International, people relying on public healthcare in Finland do not get value for their tax payments, causing trust in the welfare society to erode. According to the report, behind the phenomenon is a...

The shake-up in Austria’s SPÖ over its new leadership continues, with Innsbruck chief Helmut Buchacher announcing his resignation over a party take-over of what he deems to be far-left newcomers. Austria’s oldest party – and the leader of the parliamentary...

The German economy is expected to shrink this year, falling behind other major economies, with only Russia doing worse, according to the forecast reports of two major economic research institutes on Thursday. Economists previously predicted a slight growth in GDP...

Strengthening and protecting the EU’s external borders has been Europe’s narrative to tackle migration for several years now. But what Europe has never explained is what it actually means by that. In the meantime, the body count in the Mediterranean...

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong said resolutions passed by the European Parliament on Thursday (16 June) related to the Chinese controlled territory were a "despicable act" and "trampled" on the principles of international law.

Warsaw does not support allowing huge masses of migrants to move into the EU, nor does it agree to what it calls fees for rejecting migrants after receiving practically no help from the EU in dealing with the incoming migration...

Bulgaria is getting closer to making a US nuclear reactor after the Bulgarian nuclear power plant Kozloduy signed an official engineering contract for Front-End Engineering and Design of a nuclear reactor using the AP-1000 technology with Westinghouse on Wednesday.

Spain wants to seal an ambitious pact on migration and asylum during the upcoming EU Council presidency, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Thursday, adding that European countries cannot be divided on the matter because ‘we are all victims of...

The socialist party PSOE has denounced media companies ABC, El Mundo and El Español, and poll-making companies Sigma2, GAD3, and SOCIOMETRA before the Central Electoral Board (JEC) for publishing polls omitting information and giving Partido Popular (PP) a “far superior”...

Romania’s new government will launch an extended plan in the coming months to get Austria to remove its veto on the country’s long-desired Schengen accession, social democrat Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu told EURACTIV.com in an exclusive and one of the...

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is due to meet French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday for a working lunch, while NGOs accuse Macron of being the main architect of bin Salman’s rehabilitation on the international scene. The two...

Rescuers scoured the seas off Greece on Thursday (15 June) following a shipwreck that killed at least 78 migrants, as hopes of survivors dwindled and fears grew that hundreds more, including children, may have drowned inside the crowded vessel's hold.

The Council of Europe has criticised the "restrictive application of the right of access to information" in some European countries, that contribute to a lack of transparency  and political corruption.

France will invest more money into artificial intelligence (AI) and green technologies to counter China and US dominance, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday (14 June), detailing his strategic vision.

Germany's new security strategy signals the nation's pacifism has become a victim of Russia's war on Ukraine. But simultaneously, the strategy is neither specific or hard-hitting in its analysis on how to deal with a shifting world order.

The EU plan to cut pesticide use and risk in half by 2030 will have its largest impact on crops having 'little or no impact on food security', the European Commission predicted in its additional impact assessment requested by EU ministers.

With its first-ever target for CO2 geological storage, the European Commission's Net-Zero Industry Act has the potential to truly mitigate the effects of fossil fuels on the environment - but in order to be effective, the legislation needs to cover all oil and gas companies, write Kayla Cohen and Eli Mitchell-Larson.

In February, the European Commission launched an open consultation on the future of connectivity, questioning whether Europe is able to keep up the pace with telecom technological developments.

MEPs have raised concerns about the abuse of Pegasus and other spyware and called for action.

Source : © European Union, 2023 - EP

MEPs have raised concerns about the abuse of Pegasus and other spyware and called for action.

Source : © European Union, 2023 - EP