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Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party voted to raise Poland’s public broadcaster TVP to over PLN 2 billion (€428 million) in the parliamentary public finance committee, which opposition representatives see as hidden financing of the election campaign. PiS wants...

Portugal has frozen about €18 million in assets of people on the EU’s Russian sanctions list, Portuguese Foreign Affairs Minister João Gomes Cravinho said on Wednesday. “We in Portugal have assets seized, frozen, assets of people who are on the...

After eight people lost their lives in a landslide that destroyed a village on the island of Ischia, the government is announcing major measures to remedy hydrogeological instability.

The Netherlands is confident that it can reach national gas storage targets set by the European Commission to ensure the security of supply next winter.

French MEP Pascal Durand left the Parliament’s Renew Europe group over strong personal disagreements, he said on Wednesday, adding that he stands opposed to the Swedish Liberals’ presence in the group despite their agreement with the far-right at a national...

China provides EU scientists with money in return for the outcomes of their research, experts focusing on Chinese influence in Europe warn, highlighting the risks associated with handing over dual civil-military technologies that could be used to modernise Beijing’s military...

The trial of a Vietnamese man who was allegedly abducted in 2017 was reopened by the Slovak National Criminal Agency, which launched an investigation into corruption connected to the abduction after a second suspect went on trial in Germany. Vietnamese...

No lives were lost on Spanish soil, said Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, who rejected accusations against the country’s security forces that insist they failed to prevent dozens of migrant deaths including one on Spanish soil during the Melilla tragedy....

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called on Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Cavusoglu not to take any measures towards further escalation after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened to launch a ground offensive in Northern Syria. Baerbock said she had called on Turkey...

Media are invited to Parliament’s premises in Brussels, where citizens will discuss recent and upcoming initiatives with high-level representatives of the EU institutions.

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Media are invited to Parliament’s premises in Brussels, where citizens will discuss recent and upcoming initiatives with high-level representatives of the EU institutions.

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Rapporteur on the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA, FI) issued the following statement on Wednesday after Council’s failure to agree on its negotiating position.
Committee on International Trade

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Rapporteur on the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA, FI) issued the following statement on Wednesday after Council’s failure to agree on its negotiating position.
Committee on International Trade

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The EU Council, Parliament and Commission reached a political agreement on new legislation enabling law enforcement agencies to obtain electronic evidence stored in another member state on Tuesday evening (29 November).

A new EU packaging law proposal has sparked major concerns among the EU food industry, who warn it is unworkable for food business operators - but NGOs slammed heavy industry lobbying for watering down the proposal.

As soaring inflation erodes the purchasing power of low-income earners and decreases real wage growth, governments need to put support measures in place to absorb the shock according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

With a newly proposed regulation, the European Commission aims to set EU-wide standards for certifying the removal of carbon from the atmosphere, including so-called carbon farming measures. But critics warn the text leaves important gaps.

As the EU’s COVI committee continues its discussions on lessons to be learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic, lawmakers are investigating how the past two years have impacted the most economically vulnerable in Europe. “The COVID pandemic is a health and...

Prime minister Viktor Orbán's government has to implement 27 measures "fully and correctly" before any payment from the €5.8bn recovery fund can be made, or the suspended €7.5bn of cohesion funds can be unblocked.

The Czech EU Council presidency is expected to reach a common position just on the first two chapters of the European Health Data Space (EHDS) file, in which ministers will propose scrapping the European Commission's provisions on cross-border telemedicine.