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The right-wing opposition accused the ruling Social Democrats of presiding over an ‘eight-year fiasco’ during the Riksdag’s final session ahead of the autumn elections. The Riksdag staged the last debate between party leaders before the September elections on Wednesday. Party leaders...

Rising construction materials prices have meant ballooning budgets and delays, which has endangered projects co-funded by the EU’s longstanding structural investment scheme. Yet the Commission is shirking responsibility, instead placing the duty to “analyse each case and determine the best...

The foreign ministers of Finland and Ireland on Tuesday in Helsinki shared views on NATO, Ukraine, and Brexit and commented on French President Emmanuel Macron’s remarks on not humiliating Russia. In a press meeting, Irish Foreign and Defence Minister Simon...

Confirmed media reports that Austrian defence state secretary general Dieter Kandlhofer will step down have prompted calls to abandon the “failed” army reform he spearheaded. “This would now be the ideal chance for [Defence] Minister [Klaudia] Tanner to bury this...

Entrepreneurs will receive funds to help fight against organised crime according to a new plan proposed by Justice and Security Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius. According to the Dutch government’s website, through a new Safe Entrepreneurship action programme that will be in effect...

About 2,000 farmers gathered in Prague on Wednesday to protest against the Czech government’s new subsidy policy favouring small farmers, which they say will disrupt Czechia’s ability to produce food. The protest on Wednesday (8 June) was called by the Chamber...

The European Commission approved on Wednesday an €8.4 billion Spanish and Portuguese scheme aimed at reducing the wholesale electricity prices in the Iberian market by lowering the input costs of gas-fired power stations.

Unilateral action by the UK to scrap parts of the Northern Ireland protocol would mark a “historic low point”, Ireland’s Taoiseach Micheál Martin told MEPs in an address to the European Parliament on Wednesday. The UK government reportedly plans to...

Chancellor Olaf Sholz (Social Democrat) has nuked a possible proposal to prolong the phase-out of nuclear reactors, initially due to cease by the end of the year, put forward by Finance Minister Christian Linder (FDP). While Germany is struggling to...

The European Central Bank is set to announce the end date to its bond-buying stimulus on Thursday (9 June), as concerns over the accelerating pace of inflation in the eurozone grip policymakers.

Without a rapid roll-out of recharging infrastructure across the continent, Europe’s freight operators will continue to choose diesel-powered vehicles over clean alternatives, participants at an event on green road freight have heard.

On the occasion of the 2022 pan-European cyber preparedness exercises programme, Cyber Europe, the executive director of the EU agency for cybersecurity (ENISA) warned that states must remain alert for cyber incidents and potential spillovers.

Liberal leaders urged the EU to give a green light and the strongest possible encouragement for Ukraine’s bid to join the bloc, alongside a broader overhaul of EU foreign and defence policy at their annual Congress in Dublin.

Cybersecurity experts are calling for the shortage of tech talent, particularly in cybersecurity, to be made a priority as threats to businesses have never been higher while the EU is trying to gear up.

With the French legislative elections around the corner, far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon presented on Tuesday (7 June) his left-wing bloc's economic programme for a "general revival of the system", which has already attracted a bevvy of criticism

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for global solidarity to cope with food insecurity caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, urging states to keep trade open while pledging EU support for the most vulnerable countries.

In this Event Report, EURACTIV's agrifood team takes a closer look at food security in this time of crisis and the response at the EU level.

The European Commission and EU consumer authorities further escalated their probe against the WhatsApp messaging app, giving them one month to prove that it did not breach EU consumer protection rules.

Health systems are in crisis, blown away by two years of pandemic and with summer approaching, tensions are rising again as health professionals fear they will not be able to care for all patients.

Since the beginning of Russia's war in Ukraine, Turkey has repeatedly tried to act as a mediator, but what does Ankara hope to win from it?