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UK lawmakers, in a new inquiry, will review the UK’s post-Brexit diplomatic mission to the European Union launched on Monday. The House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee will conduct the review. It will also review the diplomatic representatives of the...

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian peace negotiators suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning earlier this month after a meeting in Kyiv, the Wall Street Journal and the investigative outlet Bellingcat reported on Monday (28 March).

Members of the lower house of parliament have been pushing for Economic and Climate Minister Rob Jetten to confirm when construction of the two promised nuclear power plants is set to start. As the Russian invasion of Ukraine rages on,...

More than 7,000 finance jobs have moved from London to the European Union as a result of Brexit, down 400 from the total anticipated in December, consultants EY said on Tuesday (28 March).

More Germans than not favour stepping in if the Baltic states were attacked amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, new polls show. Fourty-three percent favour Germany stepping in to help the Baltic states in case of an attack, a new survey...

Intervention du président Charles Michel lors de la conférence sur les grands enjeux européens à Sciences Po, Paris

Press briefing ahead of the EU-China summit via video conference of 1 April 2022.

The EU issued a declaration condemning the decision of the Taliban to deny until further notice secondary level education for over one million Afghan girls and calling for their immediate re-opening.

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Six former defence ministers say Bulgaria’s “neutrality” to the war in Ukraine is a direct threat to the country’s security. The ex-ministers insist that Bulgaria should help Kyiv with military products, which can be produced by Bulgarian military plants. This...

Justice minister Judit Varga expressed worry for the future of Hungarian free media after 3 April elections following an attack carried out by hacktivism group Anonymous against Hungarian pro-government media on Monday, Telex reported. Several pro-government newspapers were hacked on Monday morning,...

Russia’s top independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, whose chief editor last year won the Nobel Peace Prize, on Monday (28 March) suspended publication until the end of Moscow’s military action in Ukraine. “For us and, I know, for you, this is...

The Danish government encouraged the Copenhagen police to be heavy-handed when facing China-critical protesters during official visits of Chinese officials in Denmark, a new report from the Folkting’s Tibet Commission reads. The Tibet Commission criticised Denmark’s foreign ministry and security...

More than half of the French believe in at least one conspiracy narrative about the Ukraine war peddled by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime, a recent survey has revealed. The French are “far from being impervious to the Putin narrative...

The European Commission should introduce a collection target for beverage cartons to ensure they are properly collected and sorted and boost recycling in the sector, according to Dragos Popa.

Seven European Union countries on Monday (28 March) urged their citizens to refrain from joining the Ukrainian military resistance against Russia's invading troops.

Mayors in northern regions turn off taps as country suffers one of its driest winters in 65 years. EURACTIV's media partner, The Guardian, reports.

EU home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson in Brussels said efforts need to be made to encourage refugees from Ukraine in Poland to fan out to other member states.

"Buy European Act" or not, the presidential candidates agree on the need to direct more public procurement towards European digital actors in order to be able, one day maybe, to fight on equal terms against the American or Chinese giants.

The Constitutional Affairs Committee proposes a reform of the European Electoral Act defining common minimum electoral standards and a Union-wide constituency.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs

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