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The European Parliament's minimalist approach to reforming the bloc's electricity market has been warmly welcomed by Germany’s energy industry, who lobbied strongly against parts of the proposal.

This week on EURACTIV’s Beyond the Byline podcast looks into the hotly contested nature restoration law, recently passed by a narrow margin within the EU. Aligned with President Ursula von der Leyen’s ambitious European Green Deal, this legislation aims to...

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Germany bettting on India to counter dependence on China, Bulgaria to end Russian control over key Black Sea oil port, and so much more.

Albanians believe their country is corrupt more than any other nationality in the Western Balkans, according to the result of the Regional Cooperation Council Balkan Barometer Survey 2023, but they also pin hopes on EU accession before 2030 as a...

Russia’s withdrawal from the grain deal will affect the whole world, including Serbia, according to EURACTIV agro-economic analyst Žarko Galetin. The grain deal, brokered by the UN and Turkey in July of last year, was supposed to ease the global...

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met in Romania on Wednesday, although it was not on the Romanian PM’s agenda, and there was no official announcement. Romania’s Transport Minister Sorin Grindeanu, and the leader of...

Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová withdrew the mandate of now-former Interior Minister Ivan Šimko following his two-week-long dispute with police leadership. The dispute began with the minister criticising police work in some open criminal cases. Later, in a series of social...

The European Commission wants to keep the Just Transition Fund for European coal regions in the next programming period beyond 2027 if the programme succeeds in the current one – something Czechia’s coal regions are clearly pleased about.

The far-right VOX laughs at women and denies the existence of gender violence, the progressive bloc that unites Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Party (PSOE) and the Sumar platform said in Wednesday’s last election debate ahead of Sunday’s crunch vote....

Sweden’s ongoing revision of its criminal code, which aims to address rising crime rates and focus more on victims, could lead to more prison space, tripling the number of cells, Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer announced on Wednesday. On Thursday, the...

The Netherlands failed to take a leading role within the EU bloc, said Laurens Dassen, party leader of the Dutch branch of pan-European party Volt (EU Greens) about the fallen cabinet of prime minister Mark Rutte. Dassen made his remarks...

Police searched six locations linked to Socialist MEP Marie Arena and her family on Wednesday as part of the investigation into the Qatargate corruption scandal at the European Parliament. “I was called today to be at my home for a...

French MPs from several parties tabled on Wednesday a bill aimed at guaranteeing the independence of newsrooms as Le Journal du Dimanche’s editorial staff has been on a 28-day strike to protest the appointment of far-right journalist Geoffroy Lejeune as...

Hundreds of protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in central Baghdad in the early hours of Thursday morning (20 July), scaling its walls and setting it on fire in protest against the expected burning of a Koran in Sweden.

Today more than ever, the European Union needs to be a value-based project, as well as geographical and political player with the ability to ensure the prosperity of its citizens, in an increasingly competitive world, writes José Manuel Albares.

The European Commission has ‘interrupted’ payments to the Albanian authorities under the IPARD II agricultural scheme pending the conclusion of an investigation by the anti-fraud office, OLAF, while the Agriculture Ministry said it is part of an administrative process and...

The European Commission has filed a complaint against Poland over the legitimacy of its constitutional tribunal, which undermines the primacy of EU law, the Commission said on Wednesday. The complaint concerns the Tribunal’s rulings from 14 July and 7 October...

Italy will not be able to reach the defence spending target of 2% of the country’s GDP as required by the NATO alliance unless it is unbundled from budget constraints, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto (Fratelli d’Italia/ECR) told parliament on Wednesday....

Bulgaria’s ruling coalition parties have proposed ending a concession controlling the Black Sea oil port of Burgas, through which Lukoil brings Russian oil via tankers to be processed, hoping this will help Bulgaria secure Schengen membership as early as autumn....

Germany wants to intensify the relationship with India to counter Chinese influence and lessen supply dependencies, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck stressed ahead of his visit to Delhi. Habeck and Hubertus Heil, his fellow minister in charge of labour, are...