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Kosovo and Serbia held talks on Thursday (1 June) under European pressure to resolve a political crisis that has spiralled into violence over the past week, with France and Germany pressing them to take swift steps to reduce tensions.

Germany is now in compliance with EU nitrate pollution rules and equipped to further tackle high pollution levels in groundwater, the European Commission announced on Thursday (1 June), ending a decade-long back-and-forth with Brussels and the threat of hefty fines.

Germany and Austria have pushed back against a European Commission proposal to oblige car drivers over the age of 70 to renew their driving licence every five years, an effort aimed at stopping those no longer fit to drive from using their cars.

The economy, climate change and Europe’s security will be at the heart of the campaign by European liberals at next June’s European elections, according to leading party officials.

Belgium and Ireland expressed support for tighter environmental regulations on private jets on Thursday (1 June) at a gathering of EU transport ministers, joining a push led by Austria, France, and the Netherlands to tackle business aviation emissions. 

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If the war in Ukraine was a book, we could be approaching the showdown stage, followed, hopefully, by an epilogue. The showdown, of course, is the Ukrainian offensive, expected anytime.

Despite last-minute pushback against key parts of the text, EU lawmakers adopted a common position on the proposed EU rules to make companies accountable for human rights and environmental violations along their value chains, opening the way for negotiations with member states.

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Skills shortages have become a critical challenge for the entire economy, one that will likely worsen with the digital and green transitions. In the agency work sector, employers and unions are joining forces to equip workers with sustainable skills.

Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton renewed his call for a broad European Sovereignty Fund to finance companies in strategic sectors, and help buy specific firms of “systemic importance” at a French parliamentary hearing on Thursday (1 June).

Farmers and green groups both turned out in force outside the European Parliament on Thursday (1 June) because of the EU’s proposed nature restoration law as tensions continued to mount over the future shape of the EU’s green ambitions. 

A powder made of yellow mealworms could be the next insect-based foodstuff to hit EU supermarket shelves after winning the approval of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) who concluded it raised ‘no safety concerns’.

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday (1 June) it had uncovered a US National Security Agency (NSA) plot using previously unknown malware to access specially made so-called backdoor vulnerabilities in Apple phones.

MEPs doubled down on their criticism of Hungary on Thursday (1 June), backing a motion that threatens to use blocking tactics to disrupt Hungary’s EU presidency next year. 

The European Parliament on Thursday (1 June) endorsed a report on countering foreign interference and information manipulation, calling for a whole-of-society approach to tackling the issue. 

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy upped the pressure on Western allies on Thursday (1 June) as the debate about what form of potential 'security guarantees' for Kyiv could take gained traction.

EU scientists are exploring how electric cars and smart grids across Europe can better communicate, in a bid to prevent power outages caused by millions of vehicles charging simultaneously.

Finland may now officially be a member of the Western military alliance, but the full integration process will still take some time, officials told EURACTIV.

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