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Reacting to Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal, EU foreign relations chief Josep Borrell said the decision is "completely unjustified" — and that Russia is yet again "weaponising the hunger of the people".

The worthwhile objectives of a digital euro have increasingly baked the interests of the banks into the design, following the arguments of the banking lobby.

The EU-CELAC summit will take place in Brussels this week, after after eight years of hiatus. But disagreements over the condemnation of Russia's war in Ukraine have complicated the finalisation of the joint agreement.

European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen is returning to Tunis along with the prime ministers of Italy and the Netherlands, Giorgia Meloni and Mark Rutte.

Internal documents reveal that commitments to ban the most harmful chemicals from everyday products like toys, cosmetics, and detergents are poised to remain empty promises.

Some EU governments are still looking to use EU public money to finance new fossil gas projects — despite their climate obligations.

Although final fiscal rules are uncertain and eventual budget cuts will likely be subject to negotiation between the commission and individual member states, Thursday's announcement points to a general tightening of the purse in Europe.

Re-launching sleeper trains in Europe might help save the environment — but it won't be easy. EUobserver embarked on a journey aboard the new night train from Berlin to Brussels, and sheds light on the attractions and obstacles.

The EU and US are urging Beijing to pledge to non-aggression in the South China Sea, amid heightened tension on Taiwan.

The scope of the 2021 corporate tax transparency directive is a major point of contention between the EU Commission, which wants to maintain what has already been agreed, and MEPs, who are calling for member states to go further.

MEPs on Thursday passed another integrity resolution on the European Parliament that is unlikely to have any practical effect. The non-binding resolution is among a series of similar declarations passed by the European Parliament since the 'Qatargate' scandal.

Ministers and negotiators from 30 countries met in Brussels to prepare for crucial climate talks called Cop28, which will take place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in November.

Frans Timmermans also called out the EPP's "falsehoods and manipulation", which he said reminded him of the "totalitarian approach" which celebrates "ignorance as strength."

European chemical giants like Bayer and BASF will be the main beneficiaries of the deal, and have been financing think tanks in the EU and Brazil to promote the deal.

The "anti-science" Consumer Choice Center, which is linked to the Koch fossil-fuel network, has suggested that Europe should "shelve all their climate ambitions [and] refine more oil".

The European Commission says EU states need to step up on search and rescues, following the 14 June sinking of a fishing trawler off Greece that likely drowned over 500 people.

Russia's latest attack on EU national-level probes into last year's Nord Stream 2 blast fell on largely deaf ears at the UN Security Council on Tuesday.

A group of activists, economists, politicians, and even some billionaires, have registered an initiative calling on the EU to introduce an tax on the very rich to fund social and environmental transitions — is it feasible?

MEPs adopted the Nature Restoration Law — in a major blow for the European People's Party (EPP) and far-right groups which were seeking the full rejection of the text. However, scientists call it a bittersweet victory.

Border management has become a full-fledged business sponsored by the EU taxpayer. But surveillance technologies deployed in north Africa for fighting human trafficking, smuggling or anti-terrorism are often used by authoritarian governments to curtail civic space.