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After staying out of the European Union's common defence policy for 30 years, Denmark votes Wednesday (1 June) in a referendum on whether to overturn its opt-out after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Russian gas company Gazprom said it would cut its supply to the Netherlands from Tuesday after Dutch wholesaler GasTerra refused to bow to the Kremlin’s demand to pay in roubles for fear of breaching EU sanctions. Read also: EU clarifies how...

Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff died while covering a Ukrainian evacuation operation near Severodonetsk on Monday, said France’s new Europe and Foreign Affairs Minister Catherine Colonna during a visit to Ukraine on the same day. Colonna said she was “deeply shocked” by the...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is facing criticism after allegedly comparing climate activists to Nazis during a speech on Sunday, an allegation his office denies. The remarks were targeted at climate activists who interrupted the chancellor’s speech at the German Catholic...

The Northern Ireland assembly failed to elect a new speaker on Monday after the Democratic Unionist party repeated that it would not vote on a speaker until its concerns about the Northern Ireland protocol had been resolved. The speaker cannot...

The government’s housing programme for the accommodation of Ukrainian refugees is being terminated due to the attitude of most Ukrainians, Deputy Prime Minister Kalina Konstantinova announced on Monday. Authorities have made it clear that Bulgaria cannot afford to support Ukrainian...

The industry and trade ministry has been negotiating with the Oman gas company over potential LNG imports to the country, with Czechia potentially investing in local fields and pipelines to secure energy supplies. Three deputies from the ministry recently attended...

The European Commission’s plans to favour and enforce the instalment of solar panels on commercial properties and public buildings is reminiscent of an old-style planned economy, the Finnish industry and trade sectors say. The aim of the REPowerEU plan, launched...

It is important to ensure that a solidarity fund for Ukraine will not lead to additional joint EU debt, Chancellor Karl Nehammer told lawmakers in the parliament’s EU committee. Challenged by lawmakers from the far-right FPÖ to ensure financial support...

EU leaders agreed on a partial Russian oil embargo late on Monday (30 May) at the summit in Brussels, after weeks of negotiations and pushing back from the Hungarian government.

Remarks by President Charles Michel before the special meeting of the European Council of 30 May 2022

The Council added two persons and one group to the EU sanctions regime against ISIL/Da'esh and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them.

The press briefing ahead of the Transport and Telecommunications Council will take place on 1 June 2022 at 14:00. The briefing will be "off the record".

The leader of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia on Monday (30 May) scrapped plans to hold a referendum on joining Russia which his predecessor had scheduled for July 17.

After several weeks of drawn-out negotiations mostly stalled by Hungary, EU leaders on Monday (30 May) struck a political compromise to ban seaborne imports of Russian oil by the end of the year, but fell short of a full embargo.

Aija Kalnaja took over Frontex as a caretaker after its executive director Fabrice Leggeri resigned last month. On Monday, she promised more transparency and better management of the Warsaw-based agency.

Experts and MEPs criticised EU commission plans to classify gas and nuclear as a green investment ahead of a crucial vote in July.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov attended on Monday (30 May) a pre-summit meeting of the liberal ALDE political party in Brussels, heralding the future European political affiliation of his party “We continue the change”.

The Economic and Monetary Affairs and Budgets committees call for recovery funding to be tied to respect for the rule of law, and for ensuring maximum return on investment.
Committee on Budgets
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2022 - EP

The Economic and Monetary Affairs and Budgets committees call for recovery funding to be tied to respect for the rule of law, and for ensuring maximum return on investment.
Committee on Budgets
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2022 - EP