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EU member states should do more to guarantee basic rights to children and the European Commission should consider establishing a European Authority for Children, argue Dragoș Pîslaru and Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová.

A global fund under which wealthier nations would help emerging economies cope with climate change should not be based on divisions from three decades ago, the EU's climate chief said on Monday (20 November).

The European Commission on Monday (20 November) extended by six months to June 2024 a scheme enabling EU countries to help companies hit by energy price spikes caused by Russia's war on Ukraine.

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Monday (20 November) criticised sticking to what he called the country's "inflexible" debt brake and took a swipe at Finance Minister Christian Lindner on prospective subsidy cuts, saying it was "all just talk".

Investment in the development of the cleantech sector in Europe is too slow and unevenly spread across EU member states, writes Ciarán Humphreys. And despite its best intentions, it is not clear that the EU's Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) will rectify this, he warns.

Thierry Baudet, the leader of a far-right political party in the Netherlands, was assaulted during a campaign event two days before a national election on Wednesday (22 November), his party said.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about China betting on France in its relations with the EU, Poland planning to help Finland counter Russia’s migration pressure, and so much more.

A court on Monday (20 November) convicted more than 230 defendants at the end of one of Italy's largest-ever mafia trials which targeted the 'Ndrangheta crime group in its heartland in the southern region of Calabria.

Serbia lacks over 20,000 professional workers, as many are moving abroad or quitting because of working conditions, Goran Aleksić, the director of the Business Association of Road Traffic Serbia Transport, told Euractiv, adding that over 50% will be gone by...

German companies operating in Romania expect the country’s economy to slow down, according to a survey by the Romanian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Monday. The survey was carried out by the  Chamber of Romanian-German Trade and Industry (AHK...

In the absence of clean technology, green fuels will be needed to reduce emissions from Europe’s transport sector. However, the debate over which transport mode should be the primary recipient of those fuels is becoming increasingly heated.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico decided on Monday to suspend “all communication” with TV Markíza, Denník N, SME and Aktuality for failing to provide “truthful, timely and comprehensive” reporting – a move that Denník N Editor-in-Chief Matúš Kostolný says violates...

The debate on undocumented migration into the EU has changed in recent years, and it is no longer taboo to talk about the fact that organised crime is mostly behind it, Pavla Novotná, Director of the Asylum and Migration Policy...

Sánchez has added ‘core loyalist’ ministers to his new coalition government  – the ‘Sánchez III’ cabinet – that will fight to resist fierce opposition from the right (PP/EPP) and the far-right Vox, both of which are working to build resistance...

Ukrainian forces were engaged in containing increasing Russian attacks on Monday (20 November) around the shattered eastern town of Bakhmut, military officials said.

The Swedish government wants to look into ankle monitors as a way of monitoring young people in care for crimes or links to serious criminal activity, Swedish Social Affairs Minister Camilla Waltersson Grönvall told a press conference on Monday, amid...

In what was described as a “legislative breakthrough”, the Greek government announced a comprehensive action plan to tackle dementia considered by analysts as a major challenge for the country’s ageing population.  

Leading politicians have sharply criticised the Last Generation climate action group for their large-scale protest on Austrian motorways, which resulted in 57 arrests.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his Belgian counterpart Alexander De Croo are keen to promote de-escalation in the Middle East, the two said ahead of their visits on Thursday for talks with their Israeli counterpart and the president of...

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