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Candidates in the French presidential race all have a clear position on whether to keep, reduce or raise the current legal retirement age - a topic that has been a major source of political debate in France for decades. EURACTIV France reports.

Sustainability should be integrated into the digital transition to avoid inadvertently accelerating the climate crisis, according to a UN official. 

The alternative to a decades-long EU enlargement process would be to revive a concept discussed at the turn of the millennium: Associate memberships as a preliminary stage to full membership writes Andreas Wittkowsky.

This year, labour supply bottlenecks could become a problem due to the Ukraine war and the ongoing pandemic, and while the German Farmers' Association (DBV) calls for the rules to be relaxed, critics argue deeper issues remain.

The renewable gas sector is ready to deliver, but coordinated efforts and investments will be required to reach those goals. Watch EBA's statement to learn more.

The EU said Monday (4 April) it is urgently discussing a new round of sanctions on Russia as it condemned "atrocities" reported in Ukrainian towns Moscow's troops had occupied.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blamed former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy for fourteen years of failed diplomacy vis a vis Russia.

As the exodus of international companies from Russia continues, Nazar Bobitski offers advice to the companies which still operate in the country, with various reasons for doing so.

The head of Latvia's natural gas storage operator said Saturday (2 April) the Baltic states were no longer importing Russian gas, a decision made in reaction to the Kremlin's decision to invade Ukraine.

Greece's Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias arrived in Odesa on Sunday (3 April) at the head of a humanitarian aid mission into the southern port city of Ukraine, the foreign ministry said.

The reelection of Viktor Orbán to a fifth term as Prime Minister of Hungary should push the European Commission to isolate his autocratic government and break up Europe’s authoritarian alliance between Hungary and Poland.

After the massacre of Ukrainian population in Bucha, Irpin, Vorzel, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Mariupil, the EU should completely disconnect Russia from SWIFT, close all their ports to Russian ships, froze and seize all the Russian assets, and charge Putin as war criminal, writes Roman Rukomeda.

President Vladimir Putin's rouble payment scheme for natural gas is the prototype that the world's largest country will extend to other major exports because the West has sealed the decline of the US dollar by freezing Russian assets, the Kremlin said.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about French President Emmanuel Macron holding his first, and probably last, campaign rally before the election on 10 April, Swedes wanting more defence spending, and so much more.

Despite polling and analyst predictions, incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his ruling Fidesz party were able to preserve the two-thirds majority they have held in the Hungarian legislative since 2010.

The negotiations for a waiver on intellectual property (IP) rights in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) are still ongoing, but a final agreement would not immediately loosen up access to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, according to a WTO official.

EU lawmakers across party groups have called on the European Commission to stop promoting meat consumption as the war in Ukraine impacts global food supply and leads to feed shortages in the EU.

Two different demonstrations, one backing Ukraine and another pro-Russia had an intense “tête-a-tête” in the centre of Athens, Greek media reported. On Sunday afternoon, a motorcade with Russian and Greek flags with “Z” symbol on vehicles was organised, while at...

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi condemned the crimes committed in Bucha and other areas liberated by the Ukrainian, defining them as “shocking”. Bucha is a Ukrainian town situated in the North-West of Kyiv, where a massacre of civilians occurred. The...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced that a team of investigators would audit Albanian companies and those found paying their workers under the table will be prosecuted. In early January, Finance Minister Delina Ibrahimaj declared that 10,000 Albanian businesses were...