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Health Minister Ernst Kuipers has called on the Senate to return from their break to reassess COVID-19 laws after China easer their own laws and an outbreak of infections ensued. Kuipers wants the Senate to sit down and deal with...

Travellers from China will need a negative COVID-19 test certificate to enter from Sunday onwards, State Secretary for Asylum and Migration Nicole de Moor announced on Thursday. The obligation will be valid until 31 January and will apply to all...

Integration minister Susanne Raab considers the European asylum system to be broken, with integration structures pushed to the limit by increasing numbers of applicants, which necessitates a common European system. Austria has registered some 100,000 non-Ukrainian refugees in 2022. With...

An action plan to increase France’s justice budget and halve the time required for civil proceedings was unveiled by Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti on Thursday, as the country’s justice system ranks poorly among its EU neighbours. Dupont-Moretti’s plan draws on...

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić will pay a low-key but important visit to Zagreb on Friday, after announcing that Belgrade would “defrost” its relations with Croatia this year following a decade of ice-cold ties between the two ex-Yugoslav war foes....

One-third of the tribunal appealed to its head, Julia Przyłębska, to call a meeting to elect her successor, but Przyłębska says she is entitled to stay in office until 2024. Six judges issued a letter demanding the election of a...

The nationalist and populist Finns party has gained almost 20% support in pre-election polls, making it the second most popular party in the rankings, as per a new survey published by the Finnish Broadcasting Company on Thursday. Recording 19.3% support,...

The government has made a U-turn on support for Ukraine and green-lit the delivery of Marder combat vehicles and patriot systems to the war torn-country after months of hesitation, the government said on Thursday. This announcement comes after France announced...

EU's chief diplomat Josep Borrell on Thursday (5 January) vowed "zero tolerance" for graft as he visited Morocco, which has been linked to an influence-trafficking scandal that has rocked the European Parliament over the past weeks.

Ukraine and its Western allies in the EU and US dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin's calls for a 36-hour Russian Orthodox Christmas ceasefire as a ploy on Thursday (5 January), unlikely to slow the war, which has entered its 11th month.

In 2023, the EU’s economic policy agenda will likely focus on the bloc's reaction to the US large-scale subsidy plan for green technologies, but fiscal rules, trade policy, the reconstruction of Ukraine, and financial stability will also be on the menu for EU policymakers.

The EU on Thursday (5 January) gave a "red card" to Cameroon for failing to cooperate in the international fight against illegal fishing.

China has lifted its 2020 ban on the import of Irish beef, putting the longstanding issue to rest and reopening a multimillion-euro market for Irish farmers.

Fourteen candidates formally joined the race on Thursday (5 January) to become Cyprus's next president in an election next month dominated by the island's decades-old division, irregular migration and corruption scandals.

Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In this edition, we look at how European Parliament President Roberta Metsola could use Qatargate to advance her...

The German grid regulator and Green-led ministry of economy and climate action aim to construct up to 21 GW worth of additional gas power plants to guarantee a stable and reliable grid, according to internal documents.

Ukraine's military estimated on Thursday (5 January) that 800 Russian soldiers were killed in the past day, mostly in fighting in the eastern Donetsk region, while Western allies pledged supplies of armoured battle vehicles but not the tanks Ukraine wants.

Since the COVID pandemic, the European Commission has presented a steady stream of health files to answer to the many health issues both within the EU and globally. This work is expected to continue in 2023.

EU countries are "strongly encouraged" to demand Covid tests from passengers coming from China, a crisis meeting of European Union experts decided Wednesday (4 January).

Record-high winter temperatures swept across parts of Europe over the new year, bringing calls from activists for faster action against climate change while offering short-term respite to governments struggling with high gas prices.