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France, Germany and Poland have become "permanent" targets for Russian disinformation attacks in the run-up to European Parliament elections this week, a senior EU official said Tuesday (4 June).

Following Peter Pellegrini's victory in the presidential elections, his resignation from the post of parliamentary speaker has put his former party, Hlas, in a difficult position, as both its coalition partners prefer to give the post to the SNS, despite the coalition agreement.

Czech populist party ANO (Renew) withdrew an election ad showing a boat full of migrants with a sign reading "Vote before it is too late", saying it could frighten some citizens. 

A Spanish judge on Tuesday summoned the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE/S&D), Begoña Gómez, to appear in court on 5 July as a 'person under investigation' for alleged corruption and influence peddling in the private sector, following an earlier complaint by a controversial civil servants' union linked to the far right.

The only way to make a difference for our common European future is by voting in these upcoming EU elections. Only by making our voices heard can we truly aspire for a better Union.

Members of Sweden's right-wing coalition are split over whether to cooperate with the far-right ID group after the European elections, as some have indicated serious interest in doing so, while Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson of the centre-right Moderate Party (EPP) dismissed such a move on Tuesday.

The leaders of Britain's two main political parties faced off in the first live TV debate of the general election campaign on Tuesday (4 June), a month before voters go to the polls and with predictions of a record win for the main opposition Labour party.

Poland’s co-governing Left Party (S&D) would find it hard to support a second term for European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen if she decides to cooperate with conservatives in the hard-right ECR group, Left MEP Robert Biedroń told Euractiv Poland, adding that the Prime Minister Donald Tusk should also rule out such cooperation.

The last election projections: While a centrist majority of the centre-right, liberals, and socialists in the new European Parliament still prevails, the expected far-right surge is poised to tip the balance of power in favour of the European People's Party (EPP).

The ECB's expected rate cut on 6 June—the first since 2019—comes at a time of widespread concerns about the state of the European economy.

As right-wing parties surge in the polls ahead of the EU elections, Italian Prime Minister and ECR leader Giorgia Meloni appears to be on her way to claiming the role of queenmaker in the next EU Parliament with her party’s "Italy changes Europe" slogan, but internal party rifts may end up blowing up in her face.

Continuing our election coverage, today we’re focusing on the EU parties, the big political families behind our national ones, and their challenges. Who are these parties exactly and what are the obstacles they face?

When Europeans awoke after the last European Elections in 2019, the EU was hit by a “green wave”, sending an unprecedented number of Green members of MEPs to Brussels. Five years later, what was the legacy of this wave?

Sweden is set to become the second EU country to ban bottom fishing in marine protected areas, going a step further than Greece's April decision by banning it in all territorial waters.

Leading French and Italian business organisations urged the next European Parliament to boost the bloc’s faltering competitiveness on Tuesday (4 June) by cutting regulations and ramping up investments in green and digital technologies and defence.

Cardiovascular disease related to diabetes is wrecking Europe’s public health budgets at an astonishing rate. Patients with diabetes are three times more likely to develop CVD, while one in three will experience some form of vision loss.

Investors champion biotechnology with AI as the engine of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, but despite Europe’s strong ambitions biotech analysts say legislation designed for chemicals is not fit for the biological. The result is an exodus of talent and investment.

Over a thousand farmers from at least nine EU countries gathered on the outskirts of Brussels, on Tuesday 4 June, protesting against European environmental rules and trade agreements, just days before voters head to the polls.

The German government announced on Tuesday (4 June) that it has received approval in principle from Brussels to allocate subsidies worth €1.75 billion to coal major LEAG but with the payout of one-third of the sum contingent upon future power and CO2 prices.

The upcoming EU elections will be a major stress test for the bloc's digital rulebook, and particularly the Digital Services Act (DSA), a landmark content moderation law.