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The European Parliament called for the cancellation of a controversial 2019 Memorandum of Understanding between Turkey and Libya, which has caused tensions in the Mediterranean ever since. In late 2019, Turkey signed a memorandum of understanding with Libya to demarcate maritime...

In an eleventh-hour effort, Belgrade and Pristina reached an EU-brokered deal late Wednesday (23 November) to end a dangerous dispute over car licence plates in northern Kosovo, which the West had warned could trigger ethnic violence.

The European Commission is preparing a plan to accelerate the ecological transition of the bloc's fisheries and decarbonise the sector as it deals with the current energy crisis.

The European Parliament came under a major cyber-attack on Wednesday afternoon (23 November), just hours after EU lawmakers voted to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. 

As we all know, when it comes to politics, France and Italy already have points in common. But for several months now, I got the feeling that French politics is seriously Italianising itself.

High hopes from the health community that an agreement to move away from fossil fuels will be reached at COP27 were not fulfilled. Overall, climate change’s impacts on health remained in the margins throughout the conference. 

The transition to affordable clean energy is not only important for European consumers, but also imperative for the future of Europe’s industry, argue Malgosia Rybak (Cepi) and Joop Hazenberg (RE-Source Platform).

Moldova said on Wednesday (23 November) Russia had sent no signals that it would stop supplying it with gas next month but that it was ready for any scenario because Moscow was using energy resources as "a tool of blackmail".

The EU needs to use its voting power to step up in the fight against wildlife trafficking, but so far at an international conference on wildlife trafficking, it has provoked the ire of West and Central African nations and disregarded the European Parliament's resolution on it, writes Martin Hojsík.  

In the name of accelerating the energy transition and filling the gap left by Russian gas, the European Commission risks pushing a proposal that is not only potentially damaging to the environment but also undemocratic, writes Zoltan Kun.

EU countries, including Germany, have spent billions to help citizens get through the energy crisis, though measures have not been targeted towards society's most vulnerable, the European Commission said on Tuesday (22 November).

While the European Parliament passed on Wednesday (23 November) a resolution to recognise Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, all five members of the group of Bulgarian socialists voted against it.

The Scottish government cannot hold a new referendum on independence without the consent of the UK government, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday (23 November), in a major blow to the pro-independence campaign. 

A French court decision halting the publication of an investigation by Mediapart into political corruption has roused lawyers and other media outlets who say it goes against the main principles of French and EU press law.

Against the onslaught of Russian attacks, a much more sustainable solution is needed for Ukraine, which, arguably, falls across two key pillars: military assistance and sufficient energy equipment, writes Victoria Voytsitska.

Brussels is increasingly using emergency legislation and so-called delegated acts to implement its Green Deal agenda, a growing trend that is causing unease among EU co-legislators who are denied their democratic right of scrutiny.

There has never been a more exciting time for carbon capture, yet EU policies need to provide a predicable regulatory framework and allow for a strong business case, writes Koen Coppenholle.

Farmers breeding bulls for fighting are currently eligible to receive subsidies from the EU under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), but this long-standing issue is contested by European lawmakers and campaign groups. EURACTIV France takes a deep dive into the issue.

The UK egg market is cracking under the strain of mounting costs as the sector battles one of the worst-ever outbreaks of avian flu, leading supermarkets to ration eggs and look towards the EU to fill the market gap.

The liberalisation and re-regulation of banking should be the explicit objective of the digital euro, write Martijn van der Linden and Bram Meulenbeld.