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Rail workers, MEPs, and trade unions rallied on Tuesday in Brussels to stop the EU Commission's attempt to further privatise public transport across the EU.

"Germany outsourced its security to the US, its export-led growth to China, and its energy needs to Russia." Is that fair?

The "Windsor Framework" still needs to be formally approved by both sides, but it has the potential to revitalise relationship between the the EU and the UK that went sour over during the divorce.

Three Green MEPs complain of a biased approach by the chair of the European Parliament's petitions committee, concerning the handling of a session on the use of the Catalan language in Spain.

A new study suggests Europe is on course to exceed its renewable power target by 2030, as the energy crisis has supercharged the deployment of clean energy.

The latest EU sanctions on Russia added more propagandists than earlier intended, in a sign of how dangerous Europe sees Russian media as being.

"We have removed any sense of a border in the Irish Sea," UK prime minister Rishi Sunak told reporters after sealing the "Windsor Framework" with EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.

France is building an alliance of 12 pro-nuclear states to advocate for expanding nuclear power in the bloc.

The controversial Energy Charter Treaty does not only protect investment in fossil fuels, it equally protects investment in renewables. This is a major reason why the Spanish government is on the forefront of urging the EU to abandon the treaty.

Embarrassingly, the European Parliament could soon be handing its prize to a film in a language which cannot be used in the European Parliament.

We might see the end of the post-Brexit trade discussions if Rishi Sunak pushes ahead with the deal on Northern Ireland, and we are expected to see Hungary's parliament debating Finland and Sweden joining Nato this week.

Current EU rules do not require member states to allocate public contracts to companies which meet minimum working conditions. And that also impacts on state coffers and competitiveness.

News editors have a responsibility to give more weight to the unique angles that women war reporters bring to stories; to ensure that more women experts are featured in the news; and to focus on stories relevant to women audiences.

Future EU sanctions should deliberately target "ordinary Russians" instead of sparing them, Ukraine says after one year of horror.

The number of tents of asylum seekers sleeping rough along the canal in the centre of Brussels continues to mount. Over a week ago, the Flemish Refugee Action, a Brussels-based NGO, counted 60. On Thursday (23 February), EUobserver counted 122.

The launch of ChatGPT has sparked a worldwide debate on Artificial Intelligence systems. Amidst Big Tech's proclamations that these AI systems will revolutionise our daily lives, the companies are engaged in a fierce lobbying battle to water-down regulations.

Climate organisations Oxfam, Friends of the Earth and Notre Affaire à Tous are suing the Eurozone's biggest bank BNP Paribas over oil and gas financing.

In the future, major social investment will be needed for the welfare state to reach everyone — but how can the EU-27 finance it?

The EU Commission assessed northern Germany needs only two liquified natural gas terminals to replace Russian supply, memos show, but the Berlin government is eyeing 12 potential sites — vastly exceeding assessed needs.

As EU diplomats talked of unprecedented momentum to seal the deal, the old hurdle remained: having a UK premier invest and risk sufficient political capital at home to convince his parties' Brexit hardliners and DUP to move on.