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Far from the French government’s call for national unity, politicians, especially from the radical left and the majority, are bickering about their roles in instigating or calming the riots as tensions in the streets have begun to ease. “As calm...

Most EU countries are hesitant or actively against some of the key proposals of the bloc's proposed reform of its electoral law, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Swedish government, seen by EURACTIV.

EU lawmaker and head of the European Parliament’s trade committee Bernd Lange (S&D) is calling for taxes to be imposed on US-produced hydrogen – a move Lange views as the bloc’s response to the €370 billion US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) aimed at increasing green investments.

Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday (4 July) accused each other of plotting to stage an attack on the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, long the subject of mutual recriminations and suspicions.

The Polish opposition should side with democracy and human dignity, socialist MEP Robert Biedroń (S&D) said about opposition leader Donald Tusk’s new election campaign spot, which he called ‘racist’ and ‘mindless’. Tusk, head of the centrist Civic Platform (PO) party,...

Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader and prime minister candidate of centre-right Partido Popular (PP), called on the Socialist Party (PSOE) on Tuesday to let him govern if he wins the upcoming general elections in Spain, saying this would prevent the far-right...

The government needs to break up its national rail operator Deutsche Bahn to counter grave quality deficits of the railway system, the German Monopolies Commission warned on Tuesday. Germany privatised its national railway company in 1994, but the emerging company,...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez expressed support for a more federalised EU as his country recently took over the Spanish EU Council Presidency while backing the mandate renewals of EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General...

The number of cancer cases in France has doubled since 1990, according to the latest data from national health organisations, in part due to the changing demographic.

Hungary has all-but dropped its veto on Sweden's Nato entry, as Turkey dials down rhetoric despite a Koran-burning scandal.

Kazakhstan is “completely dependent” on Russia when it comes to balancing energy needs and the best solution is to create a transnational electricity grid in Central Asia, similar to the one in Europe, a Kazakh expert told a Brussels audience on Tuesday (4 July).

The main political groups of the European Parliament are expected to reach a common position on the new cybersecurity regulation at a political meeting on Wednesday (5 July).

Mental health problems among the young are on the rise. A proposal from the Spanish presidency, dated 23 June and seen by EUobserver, stresses the urgency of tackling the problem and sets out a series of policies to address it.

Doubts have been cast on whether Greece will carry out a proper criminal investigation into the 14 June sinking of the Adriana trawler that has likely killed over 500 people.

As EU countries phase out coal, they support their affected regions in transitioning economically. Now it appears that such a regional policy to cushion climate action is needed elsewhere, too: To defuse social dynamite in rural areas, Europe must prepare its cow phase-out.

The European Central Bank is pursuing the severest policy of monetary belt-tightening Europe has seen in decades, with little public debate about the political and societal consequences of a policy-induced recession.

Paris is in talks with the European Commission to avoid penalties for having missed its 2020 objective under the EU’s renewable energy directive and failing to make up for the shortfall.

As the EU takes a critical look at the revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD), key stakeholders gathered in the European Parliament to discuss the delicate balance between protecting products, preventing waste, and fostering sustainable economic growth....

Brussels can also go further and warn Moscow that any nuclear incident — for example, at facilities such as Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, under Russian control since March 2022 — will also be considered a nuclear attack.

Over 450 shops have been entirely looted and 300 bank points burnt to the ground in the week of riots that shook up France, the president of the employers’ union MEDEF revealed on Tuesday (4 July).