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Pope Francis has said that populists are "creating a psychosis" on the issue of immigration. In an interview with Reuters published on Wednesday, he said that ageing societies in Europe face "a great demographic winter" and "will become empty" without migration. Europe should stop exploiting Africa and invest in ways that benefit the continent more and this could help solve the problem of migration at its root.

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The Annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) takes place on 21 June 2018, in Luxembourg.

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Health committee MEPs called in a resolution adopted on Wednesday on the EU Commission and member states to restrict the sale of antibiotics by human and animal health professionals, limiting the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). "If nothing is done, antimicrobial resistance might cause more deaths than cancer by 2050," said Austrian social democrat Karin Kadenbach. Superbugs already kill estimated 25,000 people every year in the EU.

The European parliament's legal affairs committee voted on Wednesday 14-9 in favour of new controversial internet legislation to ensure fair pay for artists and journalists - but with the risk of stifling an open internet by requiring internet companies to install content filters to prevent users uploading copyrighted content. In order for the changes to pass, the legislation still needs approval from 28 EU governments and a plenary vote.

Germany has earned a decent profit on the Greek financial crisis, receiving since 2010 around €2.9bn in interest, according to figures revealed by the German government in response to a parliamentary query from the Green Party. "Contrary to all right-wing myths, Germany has benefited massively from the crisis in Greece," said Sven-Christian Kindler, Green member of the Bundestag, according to Spiegel.

Germany's finance minister on Wednesday (20 June) defended a euro zone reform blueprint agreed with France against criticism by Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives that it could undermine monetary stability.

Hungary’s parliament yesterday (20 June) approved a package of bills that criminalises some help given to illegal immigrants, defying the European Union and human rights groups. Parliament, where Fidesz has a two-thirds majority, also passed a constitutional amendment stating that...

Eurozone ministers will on Thursday (21 June) try to resolve their differences over the terms of Greece's departure from its massive bailout programme with splits over the degree of debt relief needed by cash-strapped Athens.

British Prime Minister Theresa May survived another knife-edge Brexit vote in parliament yesterday (20 June) but came under fresh pressure from the European Union to step up the withdrawal negotiations.

French President Emmanuel Macron rode to Chancellor Angela Merkel's aid on migration policy this week  - because he is aware that the political crisis in Berlin might affect him as well. EURACTIV Germany's partner Der Tagesspiegel reports.

The EU's top energy and climate official revealed on Wednesday (20 June) that the bloc is now in a position to increase its emissions reduction pledge from -40% to -45% by 2030, after EU negotiators sealed deals on three clean energy laws in the past fortnight.

One hundred people listen to presentations crammed into a room in Istanbul, defying the oppressive summer heat and attentively taking notes. Their aim -- to ensure Sunday's elections in Turkey are not marred by election fraud.

The EU Court of Justice will soon publish its ruling concerning the legal statute of a group of biotechnologies, which have been called “new plant breeding techniques” by the industry.

The demand for space cooling in buildings is expected to grow exponentially in the coming decades.

Images of distressed refugees arriving on Italian shores have become increasingly familiar in recent years. EURACTIV reports on the situation on the ground in Italy.

In a wide-ranging interview, Victor Negrescu, the Romanian Minister Delegate for European Affairs, presents the priorities of the upcoming Romanian Presidency (1 January-30 June 2019), during which the European elections will be held, as well as the first post-Brexit EU summit.

As Romania prepares to hold the rotating EU presidency at the start of 2019, EURACTIV met with Dacian Cioloș. The former prime minister and agriculture Commissioner has just set up a party in Romania similar to Emmanuel Macron's En Marche, with one eye on the European elections.

Council and Parliament agreed on new rules on mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders.

Council and Parliament agreed on new regulation on Eurojust

68.5 million people in the world are displaced due to wars, conflict and persecution - a new high in 2017 for the fifth year in a row, an UNHCR report published on World Refugee Day revealed.