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Austria’s far-right FPÖ (ID Group), which has maintained its lead over other parties for a year now, is currently on track to become the country’s strongest party in the national elections set for autumn next year. Polls suggest the party...

Slovakia’s Media Freedom Platform – which includes government, NGO and media representatives – aims to support the implementation of international commitments, including the Commission’s Rule of Law reports, amid Prime Minister Robert Fico’s latest attack on journalists in another video....

A Ukrainian military officer coordinated last year's attack on the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline, the Washington Post reported on Saturday (11 November), citing anonymous sources in Ukraine and Europe.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Ukrainians on Sunday (12 November) to prepare for new waves of Russian attacks on infrastructure as winter approached and said troops were anticipating an onslaught in the eastern theatre of the war.

Negotiators of the European Parliament and the EU Council reached an agreement on the bloc's 2024 budget, with the Parliament and the Commission calling on member states to agree on the proposed revision of the Union's long-term budget as soon as possible.

The Polish conservative PiS party faces its last chance to form an alliance in a bid to gain a parliamentary majority after its de facto defeat in last month’s general elections was saved by President Andrzej Duda, who appointed PiS’...

Only complementary recycling and reuse systems will allow us to achieve the PPWR’s objectives. To accelerate progress on packaging circularity in Europe, we need a strong, consistent and evidence-based regulation, built to shape the transition in an economically and environmentally sound manner.

Despite its higher than average income, the Netherlands is no exception to the cost of living crisis, which is at the forefront of political parties' and trade unions' messages ahead of the 22 November election.

Over 150 Maltese activists, including various organisations and a former president, have called on Prime Minister Robert Abela and Foreign Minister Ian Borg to recall Malta’s ambassador to Israel over “genocide” and “the murder of thousands of Palestinian children”. The...

The public prosecutor’s office in charge of the investigation into former prime minister António Costa has admitted to a mistake in the transcript of a wiretap that led to his downfall, reportedly confusing his name with that of Economy Minister...

Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez finally managed to put together all the pieces of the complex political puzzle he needs to return to power, as right-wing and far-right forces vowed on Sunday to step up their patriotic resistance to...

Italian left-wing parties took to the streets of Rome to protest Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government and call for cohesion to represent a viable alternative to the centre-right. Members of Elly Schlein’s Democratic Party (PD/S&D) and the 5-Star Movement of...

Dutch anti-establishment newcomer party New Social Contract (NSC) – which was established back in August – intends to participate in next year’s European elections, party chairman Bert van Boggelen said on Friday, with Dutch media reporting that the party wants...

Saturday and Sunday saw thousands of people take part in two protests in Paris, the first to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and the second against anti-semitism, with French President Emmanuel Macron’s absence from the second raising questions. Anti-semitic...

Germany’s conservative centre-right CDU party decided on Friday to enter into rapid negotiations to form a coalition with the social democratic SPD in Hesse, marking a clear departure from the party’s almost automatic practice of teaming up with the Greens...

Austria’s Social Democrats have opted for experience and will likely reappoint their MEPs currently serving in the European Parliament to stand again in the June 2024 EU elections as the party continues its path of domestic rejuvenation. The five (SPÖ)...

The largest hospital in Gaza has ceased to function and fatalities among patients are rising, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday (12 November), as a blistering Israeli assault continues in the Hamas-controlled strip.

Nigeria’s last-minute cancellation of Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s (ODS, ECR) visit to the country as part of his Africa tour may have something to do with his government’s pro-Israel stance, a Czech expert on Africa matters has said. According...

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on humanitarian pauses in Gaza

The Council and the European Parliament today reached agreement on the EU’s annual budget for 2024. Next year’s budget strongly focuses on the EU's main policy priorities. Total commitments amount to €189 385,4 million. Total payments amount to €142 630,3 million.