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The prospect of EU enlargement by 2030 is “if” the countries are ready, insisted outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte (VVD/Renew), reacting to European Council President Charles Michel’s suggestion in September that candidate countries and the EU should be ready for...

French national health agency Santé Publique France will monitor COVID-19, influenza and bronchiolitis, all three acute respiratory infections, at the same time, the health agency announced on Thursday, ahead of the rapidly approaching season of respiratory viruses. While surveillance data...

Welcome to EURACTIV’s weekly Economy Brief. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. The EU is showing off its muscles by developing trade defence tools and ramping up its investigations and risk assessments. But whether those muscles are good for...

EPP party leader Manfred Weber is battling to prevent a likely loss of the long-held dominance of his home party, the CSU, in Bavaria’s regional elections on Sunday, with results predicted to dent its power in Germany and the EU.

The EIB has a critical role to play in addressing global challenges—who takes over as its president will make a huge difference to the direction it takes. Hear from candidates in interviews conducted by the Center for Global Development.

Albania is hosting Western Balkan foreign ministers, several EU member states and EU enlargement commissioner Oliver Varhelyi in Tirana on Friday ahead of the Berlin summit, with calls for EU action against Serbia set to be high on the agenda....

The German government has remained largely unimpressed with Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS), making anti-German sentiment one of the cornerstones of its election campaign. The national conservative PiS is facing a tight race in the upcoming Polish general...

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (5 October) held out the possibility that Russia could resume nuclear testing for the first time in more than three decades and might withdraw its ratification of a landmark nuclear test ban treaty.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pledged support to Ukraine as long as necessary, including reconstruction, but warned of Italy’s limited resources and changing public sentiment after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Granada on Thursday. Meloni met with  Zelenskyy at...

Amid growing threats, Belgium will place a strong focus on ensuring the continuation of the European Green Deal and the protection of LGBTIQ+ rights during its EU Council presidency in the first half of next year, Deputy Prime Minister Petra...

A Russian strike killed at least 51 people gathered for a wake in an eastern Ukrainian village Thursday (5 October), provoking a wave of outrage from Western leaders for what a UN official called a "horrifying" attack.

'What is illegal offline should be illegal online' has been the EU's guiding concept in regulating the internet. Yet, politicians and experts continue to question whether ending online anonymity is the missing step towards reaching this ideal.

GRANADA, SPAIN - While showing unity and steadfast support for Ukraine took centre-stage as some 50 European leaders met for their third summit on Thursday (5 October), the margins were dominated by the lack of progress in mediating Europe's other crises.

The European Court of Auditors (ECA) warned on Thursday (5 October) that the Cyber Solidarity Act could increase member state reliance on EU funding, as well as create troubles in information sharing and add complexity to the European cybersecurity landscape.

While novel antibiotics are critically important in the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the lack of security and incentives for research and development (R&D) is setting development back, the pharmaceutical industry warns. 

With the science moving forward in addressing the burden of cancer, access to potentially life-saving treatments needs to be improved through pharmaceutical regulation in Europe and Spain in particular, writes Candela Calle.

EU lawmakers on Wednesday (October 4) endorsed a non-binding resolution to harmonise the rights of people with autism in Europe, recommending mutual recognition of diagnoses, better access to employment and prohibition of forced sterilisation.

Chinese cars are far from flooding the German market: Their share of overall car sales in Germany remains low but it is rising when it comes to electric cars, which is a matter of concern for politicians and European carmakers alike.

Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques will bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In this edition, we take a look at the latest events...

An alleged spike in the number of bedbug infections in city centres across France has unexpectedly thrown the country into a political frenzy, making it the top priority for the government and opposition alike.