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Organic production has been placed front and centre of France's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) strategic plan - but despite some environmental progress, critics have raised concerns about the plan's ability to meet the objectives of the European Green Deal.

Germany is not exactly known for its ambitions in international security. While yesterday’s keynote address of Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht heads in the right direction, it still brings to mind the lingering German illusion about the logic of international relations and the notion of leadership.

There is no scientific literature to support the claim that bioenergy is more harmful than fossil energy, according to leading environmental scientist, Director of the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford   Responding to claims that bioenergy is...

Two leading transparency NGOs have tabled a formal complaint to the European Ombudsman in protest at what they described as a “late-night decision on 12 September to rush through a package of top job appointments”, including the post of the secretary-general and several directors-general. 

The escalation of decades-old hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Tuesday (13 September) has fuelled fears that a second full-fledged war could break out in Europe's neighbourhood in addition to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

An almost perfect storm of problems have beset the production of EVs in Europe in recent months, leading to a slow down in sales. One of the most pressing challenges is the skyrocketing cost of energy.

The European Commission is proposing a blanket ban on all goods made with forced labour produced in the EU or imported from third countries, according to a draft proposal seen by EURACTIV.

The European privacy watchdogs have sent a letter, seen exclusively by EURACTIV, requesting the European Parliament and Council to allocate more financial resources in next year’s budget or face a loss in credibility in the EU’s data protection rules. The...

Tomorrow, the European Commission will present its proposal for "an electricity emergency tool" - a mechanism to claw back windfall profits from power generators and use the money to support electricity consumers. Ingmar Schlecht, Lion Hirth and Christoph Maurer lay out their assessment of the proposal.

Despite the initial decision to assign the European Health Data Space exclusively to the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee (LIBE), it has now been agreed that the committee for health (ENVI) will co-lead the file, which expands the EU data regulation.

Germany will ban from next spring the export to third countries of pesticides that are not authorised for the EU market and will also push for a bloc-wide export ban together with France.

In Poland, participatory budgeting is an established democratic tool allowing citizens to decide which initiatives to fund through the local budget. As part of H2020 DEMOTEC, EURACTIV travelled to Wroclaw, in Western Poland, to speak with local decision-makers and citizens...

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Swedish right-wing parties refusing to form a coalition with the far-right party despite its success in the election, Czech farmers planning a massive protest against the new CAP, and so much more.

The cabinet is finalising a plan to help people who cannot afford to pay their energy bills as prices continue to rise, Dutch media NOS reported. The plan is to help people who can no longer afford to pay their...

Clashes erupted between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, Russian news agencies reported early on Tuesday (13 September), in a resumption of decades-old hostilities linked to the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Germany should loosen its restrictive arms exports rules, said Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht, though she remains reluctant to supply Ukraine with the Western battle tanks it requested. Lambrecht, a member of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic SPD, made the comments...

Albanians are protesting against proposed plans to burn some 600 tonnes of oil per day on two floating power plants in one of the country’s most sought-after tourist regions, surrounded by protected areas. A floating TEC terminal arrived in Vlora...

The LGBTI+ event Pride Week opened on Monday in Belgrade, though it remains unclear whether Serbian authorities will proceed to ban the event as announced by President Aleksandar Vučić. The opening passed without incident, and EuroPride coordinator Goran Miletćc announced...

Oil and gas companies will have to share their excess profits to help European households and industries cope with red-hot energy bills, a draft European Union plan showed on Monday (12 September).

The heads of state of Western Balkans countries called for an acceleration of the EU enlargement process at a meeting in Slovenia on Monday as they urged the EU to grant Bosnia and Herzegovina candidate country status and introduce visa-free...