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The Netherlands will be using coal-fired power plants over the coming months to store gas for the upcoming winter, Dutch News reports. The Dutch government announced they would be focusing on coal-fired power stations so that gas can be stored...

The three largest trade unions organised a national strike in Brussels on Monday to protest against wage legislation and demand more purchasing power for workers, kicking off a series of nationwide strikes this week. The unions are seeking to change...

More than double the solar panel capacity of 2020 was installed in 2021, making the past year by far the Austrian solar industry’s best, the photovoltaic industry association said on Monday. Austria has one of the world’s largest shares of...

The Socialist Party (PS), Europe Ecologie-Les Verts (EELV) and the French Communist Party (PCF) rejected Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s proposal to form a joint parliamentary group on Monday. Mélenchon called on all parties in the NUPES coalition to “form a united delegation...

The Czech Presidency will not prevent a call for a Convention to open the treaties if there is a strong will, EU affairs minister Mikuláš Bek said in a press conference on Monday. The Czech government will take over the...

Marking a change in tune, Copenhagen has now said it supports EU enlargement, particularly that of Ukraine as EU leaders are set to meet in Brussels to decide on the bloc’s future. “We support the European Commission’s opinion on granting...

Slovenia has urged member states to send a strong political signal to the Western Balkans, while EU leaders are likely to fall short of firm commitments. EU leaders are set to meet for a summit between 23 and 24 June...

When it comes to energy and the environment, the priorities of the Czech EU Presidency are clear: emphasis will be placed on energy security and breaking the EU’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels, an objective considered in Prague to be more pressing than the green transition.

Lithuania was not acting unilaterally and was only applying EU sanctions when it decided to ban the transit of some goods to Russia's Kaliningrad exclave, EU's chief diplomat Josep Borrell said on Monday (20 June).

The objectives set by the Climate Air Energy Plan for Paris seek to meet the European and WHO standards on air pollution. In the French capital city, "this implies the phasing out of diesel vehicles in 2024 and the phasing out of gasoline-powered vehicles in 2030," Dan Lert said.

Germany seized the property of a Putin supporter on Monday (20 June) over violations of the EU sanction regime for the first time since the sanctions entered into effect.

If it seems obvious that innovation is key to accelerating the green and digital economy of tomorrow, then it must also be obvious that a robust framework for innovation policy is needed in the EU, writes Dr Roland Strauss.

It is time to strategically support the digital commons in order to bring real benefits of an interconnected world to European citizens. Out there, there are platforms built on a different philosophy than collecting personal data and pushing users to consume more.

The 23-24 June EU summit is likely to be remembered for enlargement, namely the granting of candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova. But something is missing for the total success of the leaders’ gathering to be declared.

Jean-Bernard Lévy, the chairman and CEO of French utility EDF and current president of power industry association Eurelectric, has urged EU countries to invest in distribution grids in order to sustain Europe's move towards climate neutrality.

The dual crises of the war in Ukraine and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic "should not delay" Europe's transformation to sustainable mobility, Spanish leader Pedro Sánchez has said.

Amélie de Montchalin, France's minister for ecological transition and territorial cohesion since 20 May 2022, was defeated in the parliamentary elections on Sunday (19 June) by a candidate of the new left-wing alliance NUPES, which means she will probably leave the government.

Austria will receive less gas for the fourth day in a row, Russia’s Gazprom announced on Sunday, which has prompted a return to coal power, which the country phased out in 2020, following an emergency government meeting.

With the third biggest recoverable shale gas reserves in Europe and the necessary technology at its disposal, Romania has all it takes to benefit from unconventional energy sources. However, the topic is sensitive for the public.

This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood team talks you through the EU’s pesticide framework revision and the 12th World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting. We also spoke to Simonas Šatūnas, head of cabinet of the EU’s environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius, about nature...