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Lawmakers from coalition partners VVD (Renew), CDA (EPP) and D66 (Renew) called on the Defence Ministry to take complete responsibility for the protection and surveillance of critical infrastructure in the North Sea. Responsibility for the protection and surveillance of the...

Pamela Rendi-Wagner, the erstwhile leader of Austria’s centre-left, has announced her full retirement from politics after party members placed her third in a three-way leadership race. Rendi-Wagner has led the Social Democratic Party as an opposition party since 2018, a...

Russia signaled on 25 May that if demands to improve its grain and fertilizer exports are not met then it will not extend a deal allowing the safe wartime export of the same products from three Ukrainian Black Sea ports.

Hungary’s multiple breaches of EU law make it unfit to hold the bloc’s rotating presidency in 2024, MEPs have warned in a resolution that is set to be adopted next week. 

A notorious figure of the Bulgarian criminal underground, Krasimir Kamenov, nicknamed Karo, and his wife were killed in a bloody massacre in Cape Town, South Africa, on Thursday, sources confirmed to EURACTIV on Thursday. Karo was known as part of...

NATO members are set to offer Ukraine an upgraded relationship format, in a move meant to show political support for the war-torn country and its membership bid, although any concrete roadmap for accession still remains a more distant prospect.

Polls predict different outcomes of the Spanish regional and municipal elections due on Sunday, with some predicting more wins for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialist Party-wing party, while others found that the conservative Partido Popular (PP) would come out on...

A new electoral threshold for EU Parliament elections could be introduced in time for the 2029 elections if a government proposal, now in the committee phase, is adopted by lawmakers. In 2014, the Federal Constitutional Court declared the current 5%...

The European Union should push for implementing a four-day working week, namely for sectors with labour shortages, EU Commissioner for Employment and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit, told Lusa in an interview. “I think it is something that is progressively moving...

The European Union agreed on Thursday (25 May) to suspend restrictions on imports from Ukraine for a further year after warding off an import ban imposed by some EU nations amid farmer protests over low prices.

The EU Council of Ministers is close to formalising its position on the new product liability rules, based on a compromise text circulated this week, seen by EURACTIV.

A new compromise text on the European Media Freedom Act from the Swedish Council Presidency proposes changes to areas including the threshold of application for rules on allocation of public funds and the provisions covering spyware and the protection of sources. 

In 2022, vaccination against Covid in Africa had significantly increased and the number of cases had dropped. But African public health experts say there is now a need for long-term investment.

Twitter told the European Commission it is seriously considering withdrawing from the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation, a voluntary agreement that preludes upcoming binding rules, EU officials told EURACTIV. The announcement of Twitter’s withdrawal from the code would come...

Alternative economic models that want to ditch the current growth imperative are becoming more prominent for a reason. It is important to engage with them productively.

I envy the three journalists from The Economist who spent eight hours over two days talking to Henry Kissinger and last week published a fascinating transcript of more than 16,000 words. The transcript mentions Russia 55 times and China 177 times. Europe is mentioned 50 times.

France must spend €66 billion every year until 2030 in order to hit its climate targets, a new report by a government advisory body says, suggesting more debt and taxing the rich as a way to foot the bill.

In construction, long and complex subcontracting chains are a major factor of exploitation. If done in an appropriate way, subcontracting should not be a problem. Trouble starts when subcontracting is simply used to reduce costs and to escape legal responsibilities.

Welcome to EU Politics DecodedWelcome to EU Politics Decoded. In this edition, we look at how economics trumped a series of political scandals in last week’s Greek elections.

Rewatch this EURACTIV Virtual Conference to learn about the implications of the EU’s Critical Raw Material Act for European industry and technology providers, and how extraction, processing and recycling of critical raw materials by European companies can be supported. Discussed questions included: - What are the prospects for a critical raw materials “club” in the current complex geopolitical context? - What is needed to ramp up sustainable exploration in the EU and ensure the required acceptance? - How can Member States and private companies be supported in maximising the recovery and reuse of critical raw materials? - How effective can the CRMA be in monitoring and mitigating risks of disruptions to the supply chain as well as enhancing circularity and sustainability?