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The EU has adopted a provisional agreement on a directive to combat violence against women, the first-ever EU rules to fight gender based violence. But it does not include rape as 'sex without consent', or a ban on forced sterilisation.

The European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against Hungary, after the country's recently-adopted sovereignty bill violates EU law.

We've partnered with Dr Martin Gak and William Glucroft, the reporters behind the Euroscopic podcast, to bring their analysis and our reporting to you in the run-up to the EU elections.

The EU's biennial Russia-war sanctions are to blacklist a few Kremlin minions, while letting Russian diplomats and oligarchs off the hook.

To speed things up, the EU Commission aims to create an EU-wide "investment atlas of potential CO2 storage sites" to help investors find "bankable CO2 storage capacities"

EU lawmakers formally waived the diplomatic immunity of Greek socialist MEP Eva Kaili on Tuesday, following a request of the European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi.

In the last decade, young Europeans have taken up more and more traineeships in the EU — but their quality still remains a challenge, and trade unions and youth organisations are now calling for a ban on unpaid internships.

Ursula von der Leyen's symbolic decision to withdraw the flagship plan to halve use of pesticides responds to political resistance against the EU Green Deal — not only from protesting farmers in the streets but also within her party ranks.

The EU is demanding the United States to unblock billions in support for Ukraine, as the Kremlin continues to justify its invasion that has killed tens of thousands.

Is it a mere coincidence that Germany, one of the EU's member states with highest fiscal capacity, has benefitted from this relaxation of EU state-aid rules?

On Wednesday MEPs will vote on a proposal that would scrap any safety checks for GMOs, as well as labelling and traceability requirements. Many of these MEPs, I suspect, will scratch their heads about the implications of this deregulation proposal.

With four months until the European Parliament elections, there are already some 20 names in the hat for the ensuing reshuffle of EU top jobs.

The EU will step up its support of Africa's healthcare and vaccine production to ensure that the continent can respond to future health emergencies, the bloc's health commissioner Stella Kyriakides said on Monday.

German ministers approved a €16bn plan to subsidise four gas-fired power plants, which can supply up to 10 gigawatts of electricity. The EU Commission, which previously raised concerns over Germany's gas expansion plans, must still approve the subsidies.

EUobserver sat down with one of the two newly-elected Green Spitzenkandidates, Bas Eickhout MEP, vice-chair of the environment committee, to discuss the farmers' protests, as well as the challenges facing the Green Deal and the group's priorities for June's elections.

Like many other Chinese-owned companies, electric car company Build Your Dreams is subject to the PRC's National Intelligence Law, which mandates that companies provide information to Chinese intelligence agencies, writes Megan Khoo of London-based NGO Hong Kon Watch.

This week, the EU commission will present a proposal to cut net emissions by 90 percent by 2040, while MEPs discuss the demands of farmers' protests across Europe. Romanian president Klaus Iohannis will also address the EU parliament in Strasbourg.

The European Commission is expected to back a 90 percent net cut to emissions by 2040, but it likely to include what some have called an "implausibly large amounts of carbon capture" as a solution.

The economic benefits of "partial" Schengen entry are limited — the decision provides more symbolic significance than economic benefit for Bulgaria and Romania.

The Greens have elected German MEP Terry Reintke and Dutch MEP Bas Eickhout as their top candidates for the upcoming EU Parliament elections, in which their group is expected to lose seats.