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Following Italy’s Democratic Party sweeping victory in regional elections,  leader Elly Schlein called for a progressive coalition to combat the right, while Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, accused the left of using "civil war tones".

The Greens took a hit in this month’s European Parliament elections – but the experience of their Irish colleagues shows that they can still wield considerable influence in the EU’s next cycle.

The EU Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that operations at Italy’s Ilva plant in Taranto – Europe’s largest steelmaking complex – must be suspended if they continue to “presents serious and significant dangers to the environment and human health”.

Despite recent efforts by EU governments to ease rules new genomic techniques (NGTs) for food crops, these novel methods continue to face resistance from politicians and society.

An Albanian player leads fans in chants against North Macedonia. Rival supporters unite to chant "Kill the Serbs". A journalist from Kosovo receives death threats for an eagle gesture.

The Polish government may use its position at the helm of the EU Council presidency in the first half of 2025 to revise some key green EU policies, including the ETS2 system, according to Polish media reports.

Young voters stayed away from far-right parties and embraced the Greens and Left instead, while men overall tended to support radical right parties somewhat more than women, according to data aggregation of EU election result by Europe Elects for Euractiv.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has seconds thoughts about forming a new parliamentary group out of fringe parties from the right, fearing close association with more extreme nationalistic viewpoints.

Key parts of the proposed European Defence Industry Programme, designed to bolster production capacity, will face a mock vote on Thursday (26 June) to assess negotiations.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Sergei Shoigu, the former Russian defence minister, and leading Russian general Valery Gerasimov on Tuesday (25 June) for alleged crimes committed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Before the legislative elections on 30 June and 7 July, the president of the Rassemblement National (RN), Jordan Bardella, is explaining that Ukraine has "the right to defend itself", but the far-right party's long-standing friendship with the Kremlin is causing concern in Brussels.

"Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer" is a saying that feels particularly relevant in Brussels as Hungary prepares to take over the presidency of the European Council—one of the EU's most crucial brokering positions—in less than a week.

Sixteen Nobel prize-winning economists signed a letter on Tuesday (25 June) warning that the US and world economy will suffer if Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wins the US presidential election in November.

Kenyan President William Ruto said on Tuesday (25 June) security was his "utmost priority" after protests against a bill to raise taxes descended into violence, with police firing on demonstrators trying to storm the legislature, killing at least five.

Former Swiss President Alain Berset was elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe, the parliamentary arm of the continent's human rights organisation announced on Tuesday (25 June).

Transparency International Hungary on Tuesday (25 June) said that it had come under investigation by a controversial new agency set up under nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government to curb foreign influence.

Russia said on Tuesday June) (25 it was banning access inside Russia to the broadcasts of 81 different media outlets from the European Union including Agence France-Presse and Politico in retaliation for a similar EU ban on several Russian media outlets.

Ahead of an EU summit on Thursday (27 June), the European Commission is scrambling to finalise plans that include 'innovative solutions' for funding the bloc's defence industry, with needs assessment awaited to justify a floated €500 billion fund.

Leaders from 13 countries with a relatively high burden from tuberculosis (TB), including Poland and Romania, renewed their political commitment to the eradication and treatment of this debilitating disease.

EU leaders representing the three main political groups agreed on Tuesday (25 June) on the EU top job package that would put incumbent European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen forward for a second term, Euractiv has learnt.