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The chair of the European Parliament's Agriculture and Rural Development Committee (AGRI) will go to the Conservatives, the current European People’s Party (EPP) coordinator for agriculture Herbert Dorfmann, told Euractiv, as they aim for the post of Commissioner for Agriculture.

Spain's Court of Auditors imposed on Tuesday (9 July) two sanctions on the far-right VOX party, the third force in the Spanish parliament, for what it said were two serious violations of Spanish law on party financing.

The Austrian energy minister launched a task force of independent experts to examine the country’s long-term gas contract with Russia’s Gazprom, on Tuesday (9 July), including investigating the level of political involvement in the 2018 signing.

The left-wing Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) coalition, the relative winner of France’s snap legislative elections, is set to lead negotiations on a future coalition government but internal disagreements over a few fundamental EU files could test the alliance’s survival.

The UK's new centre-left government has pledged to champion British farming and prioritise food security, but questions linger over Labour’s plans for the country's post-Brexit farming policies.

The pro-EU forces of the European Parliament have agreed to block any member of the newly established far-right “Patriots for Europe” group from getting any parliamentary committee, two EU Parliament sources confirmed to Euractiv.

On 22 May, the Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems (CODE) hosted "CODE Talks: A More Competitive Europe Starts with Open Digital Ecosystems."

A government compromise in Berlin envisions radical changes to the country’s renewables subsidy approach, alongside creating the foundation for back-up power plants to underpin the coal exit.

The Russian navy's Black Sea Fleet has been forced to rebase nearly all its combat-ready warships from occupied Crimea to other locations, and its main naval hub is becoming ineffectual because of attacks by Kyiv, Ukraine's navy chief said.

Bulgaria has lost €0.7 billion this year alone - including €423 million in direct losses and €225 million in lost benefits - as a result of not being fully admitted to the Schengen area, said caretaker Economy Minister Petko Nikolov.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Czechia’s ANO saying a shared view on Russia is not crucial for the new far-right EU group, Sweden nominating its first-ever right-wing EU commissioner., and so much more.

Many members of the new far-right “Patriots for Europe” group formed on Monday aim to upset the existing Euro-Atlantic framework and represent conservative radicalism posing risks for traditional conservatives present in various groups, analyst Federico Reho told Euractiv.

More Slovaks now favour a pro-Western geopolitical orientation for the country, according to a recent survey, which compared to the same survey last year, shows this group has now overtaken those who prefer a balanced position between Russia and the West.

The former CEO of Poland's state-owned petrol giant and newly-elected PiS MEP Daniel Obajtek will testify on Tuesday before the parliamentary committee investigating the visa scandal, in which former PiS officials are accused of fast-tracking visa applications for migrants in exchange for money when the party was in power.

Italian Prime Minister and European Conservatives and Reformists group (ECR) leader Georgia Meloni will remain a "friend and ally" of Spain's far-right VOX, the party chief Santiago Abascal has said, after his party decided to switch from ECR to the newly created Patriots of Europe.

The Swedish government has nominated Jessika Roswall as Sweden's next European Commissioner, making her the first member of Sweden's Moderate Party (EPP) to be so nominated, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told a press conference on Monday.

The different stances on Russia among the parties that have so far joined the new Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament are not problematic, according to the group's Czech member, ANO, which also said that instead of looking for allies with the same views on Russia, the focus was on finding allies with the same views on the functioning of the European Union.

Britain's new Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised on Monday (8 July) to secure an improved agreement with the European Union on post-Brexit trading rules and revamp the "botched deal" signed by former premier Boris Johnson.

This article introduces the EIT’s Regional Innovation Scheme, outlines its successes over the decade since its foundation, explains how it helps ventures in modest and moderated innovator countries to realise their potential, and shares two success stories,

Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD Co Ltd agreed with the Turkish government to build a $1 billion production plant in Turkey with an annual capacity of 150,000 vehicles, Turkey's industry and technology minister said on Monday (8 July).