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Now summer is officially here, temperatures are rising and the risk of wildfires increases — how prepared are EU member states to respond to such emergencies?

Prison terms of up to three years and fines of up to €1m for Italians who use foreign surrogate mothers in draft new Italian law.

Budapest needs to explain its role in the transfer of Ukrainian prisoners of war from Russia, said the European Commission.

Over 50 world leaders are meeting in Paris to tackle one of the biggest problems of the age: how to raise enough money for the global south to catch up in climate investments.

The JTF is designed to assist those at risk due to the green transition, but this investigation shows that the implementation is marred by delays and unequal access –– with workers and SMEs at risk of being left behind.

Some pictures are hard to forget, such as that of a black street cleaner in Paris in a fluorescent vest, sweeping up rubbish left the night before by young, petit bourgeois protesters.

Member states need to agree on the proposed numbers among themselves and with the European Parliament by 4 December, so that next year's budget can be adopted accordingly.

EU environment ministers have agreed a joint position on a nature-restoration law, sending a message to divided MEPs to get their act together.

Consuming more than 350 grammes of meat per week can harm health and environment, according to new public nutrition advice from the Nordic Council. Swedish minister quickly refused to follow the advice.

Acceptance of refugee abuse in Europe is alarming, a top human rights defender has said after a Greek sinking tragedy.

The EU's emerging AI act says so little on workers' rights that Europe will need a separate AI-labour law, trade unions warn.

Budget commissioner to propose new EU revenue streams, as diplomats seek accord on next round of Russia sanctions ahed of summit.

EU finance ministers met to discuss the proposed update of the bloc's spending rules but failed to achieve any progress, with France and Germany still at odds over the reforms after the meeting.

The European Commission denies helping smugglers in Libya, following a deadly Pylos shipwreck near Greece that reportedly sailed from the Tobruk area of the north African state.

As talks drag out into their third month, Greece and Hungary are still blocking EU sanctions on Russia, hoping to strong-arm Ukraine into removing companies from its "war-sponsors" list.

As EU champions reusable packaging as the most planet-friendly option, the fast food lobby is lobbying hard for single-use paper.

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.

Displaced Ukrainians are finding it hard to get good jobs in the EU, amid language problems, childcare needs, and trauma.

EU environment ministers are expected to reach an agreement over the EU Nature Restoration Law next week, after days of high tension in the European Parliament.

After years of negotiations, EU states finally reached a political agreement on asylum in order to start negotiations with the European Parliament. But a closer look at the details behind last week's agreement, reveals a new recipe for pushbacks.