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Germany's finance minister Christian Lindner (FDP) has teamed up with 10 colleagues from Central, Eastern and Northern EU countries to call for strict fiscal rules ahead of a debate among EU finance ministers. 

The European Parliament's environment committee has adopted its position on the EU’s proposed ecodesign regulation for sustainable products, supporting an EU-wide ban on planned obsolescence as well as the destruction of unsold goods like textiles.

Last Sunday’s EU leaders’ visit to Tunisia paved the way for an agreement on the model of the EU-Turkey deal of 2016. But just like Turkey, Tunisia is not a safe country, and sending back there the asylum seekers who...

Following a series of high-level visits, Kazakhstan hopes for a fully-fledged Central Asian summit with the leaders of the European Council and the European Commission, a Kazakh diplomat said on 14 June at a conference organised by EURACTIV in Brussels.

The relaxation of EU bovine tuberculosis control rules, proposed by the far-right government of Spain's Castilla y León region to cater for the local livestock sector, has sparked discontent among the European Commission and lawmakers.

Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques will bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In this edition, with the EU elections a year away, we...

EU regulations to cut vehicles' carbon emissions have proven controversial across the Visegrad nations. But the critical narrative put forward by some parties overlooks the economic potential in the automotive transition, write Patrik Krizansky and Aleksander Rajch.

The European Commission is drafting new rules to regulate the access and use of customer data in financial services, in a bid to ensure customers’ control over financial data and allow consumers to access tailored data-driven products and services.

The EU is in the final stages of updating its 2003 trade agreement with Chile, and aims to conclude a separate strategic partnership on raw materials “very soon” with the Latin American country, said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

With the climate and geopolitical crisis, a volatile global market and supply chain disruptions, the challenges have never been greater. EU leaders and the biggest business names in energy come together at a pivotal moment for Europe’s energy future.

As standard measures to fight inflation prove unpopular among left-leaning politicians, they are betting their hopes on competition policy to help to bring down prices, but experts warn not to overburden competition policy with political priorities.

With broad, cross-party support, the European Parliament voted on Wednesday (14 June) in favour of an own-initiative report calling for a directive to ban unpaid traineeships. The report comes as the Commission plans to update the 2014 Quality Framework for Traineeships,...

NATO defence ministers meeting in Brussels on Thursday (15 June) are expected to increase the alliance's ammunition stockpiles and production capabilities and review its defence plans as Russia's war in Ukraine rages on.

With France's backing, the EU defence industry is pushing to be included within the scope of a future European Sovereignty Fund but faces opposition from the European Commission.

The European Union will have to aim for a near-total reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 if it wants to meet its 2050 climate neutrality goal, according to a report by the bloc's climate advisory board, published on Thursday (15 June). 

The European Commission’s energy system modelling will not produce accurate calculations about the EU’s climate future until it receives the update it needs, writes Niels Fuglsang. 

After a week of heavy fighting, the real tests of Kyiv's counteroffensive lie ahead, with Ukrainian troops some distance from Russia's main defensive line and the bulk of forces prepared for the push still on standby.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Finland’s wolf population continuing to rise, Kosovo’s president building bridges in Europe as Western sanctions loom, and so much more.

Last week, EU member states finally reached a consensus on the New Pact on Asylum and Migration, which seeks to streamline the management of incoming asylum seekers and distribute responsibility for hosting newcomers more evenly across the bloc. This week...

The country will witness its seventh anti-government ‘Serbia against violence’ protest on Saturday, with further steps and changes expected in this protest, Aleksandar Jovanović-Ćuta, a member of the group Moramo – Zajedno in the Parliament of Serbia,  told EURACTIV. Jovanović-Ćuta...