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Two prominent members of the German Left Party have quit after a parliamentary speech slamming the West’s “economic war” against Russia sparked controversy. Former MEP and MP Fabio de Masi announced his exit from the party on Tuesday, after Ulrich...

Diplomatic activity is high in the capital of Kazakhstan where Pope Francis arrived on Tuesday (13 September) with messages about the need to ease Cold War-style confrontations and rhetoric. The vist takes place back to back with the official visit of the President of China Xi Jinping, his first trip abroad since the pandemic.

On a visit to the capital of Kazakhstan on Tuesday (13 September) which he called “pilgrimage of dialogue and peace”, Pope Francis spoke of the need to ease Cold War-style confrontations and rhetoric.

The United States is considering options for a sanctions package against China to deter it from invading Taiwan, with the European Union coming under diplomatic pressure from Taipei to do the same, according to sources familiar with the discussions.

A roadmap is needed to follow up on recommendations citizens made during the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE), the leader of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament told a press conference on Tuesday.

The EU will survive "Russia's blackmail" of energy supplies and the looming long winter but only if it manages to maintain "unity, determination and courage," Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin warned on Tuesday (13 September).

European lawmakers voted in favour of a non-binding report calling for increased spending on education and culture in order to combat the decline in the mental health of children and young people.

The European Commission has said they do not yet have a clear picture of the impact of their controversial decision to temporarily pause certain environmental requirements in the EU’s farming subsidy programme on yields. 

Organic production has been placed front and centre of France's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) strategic plan - but despite some environmental progress, critics have raised concerns about the plan's ability to meet the objectives of the European Green Deal.

Germany is not exactly known for its ambitions in international security. While yesterday’s keynote address of Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht heads in the right direction, it still brings to mind the lingering German illusion about the logic of international relations and the notion of leadership.

There is no scientific literature to support the claim that bioenergy is more harmful than fossil energy, according to leading environmental scientist, Director of the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford   Responding to claims that bioenergy is...

Two leading transparency NGOs have tabled a formal complaint to the European Ombudsman in protest at what they described as a “late-night decision on 12 September to rush through a package of top job appointments”, including the post of the secretary-general and several directors-general. 

The escalation of decades-old hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Tuesday (13 September) has fuelled fears that a second full-fledged war could break out in Europe's neighbourhood in addition to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

An almost perfect storm of problems have beset the production of EVs in Europe in recent months, leading to a slow down in sales. One of the most pressing challenges is the skyrocketing cost of energy.

The European Commission is proposing a blanket ban on all goods made with forced labour produced in the EU or imported from third countries, according to a draft proposal seen by EURACTIV.

The European privacy watchdogs have sent a letter, seen exclusively by EURACTIV, requesting the European Parliament and Council to allocate more financial resources in next year’s budget or face a loss in credibility in the EU’s data protection rules. The...

Tomorrow, the European Commission will present its proposal for "an electricity emergency tool" - a mechanism to claw back windfall profits from power generators and use the money to support electricity consumers. Ingmar Schlecht, Lion Hirth and Christoph Maurer lay out their assessment of the proposal.

Despite the initial decision to assign the European Health Data Space exclusively to the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee (LIBE), it has now been agreed that the committee for health (ENVI) will co-lead the file, which expands the EU data regulation.

Germany will ban from next spring the export to third countries of pesticides that are not authorised for the EU market and will also push for a bloc-wide export ban together with France.

In Poland, participatory budgeting is an established democratic tool allowing citizens to decide which initiatives to fund through the local budget. As part of H2020 DEMOTEC, EURACTIV travelled to Wroclaw, in Western Poland, to speak with local decision-makers and citizens...