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Slovakia’s Foreign Ministry summoned Russian Ambassador Igor Bratchikov to explain claims made by Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Director Sergei Naryshkin two days before the elections, that there was a US plot to put progressives in the lead. In the statement,...

The Italian government, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, is seeking European solutions to stop irregular migratory flows while at the same time issuing a far-reaching decree to bring in migrants to fill gaps in the labour market without providing...

Pro-Russian party Vazrazhdane and the populist ITN party are preparing a vote of no confidence in the Bulgarian government before local elections on 29 October. The two formations are also looking for help from the other pro-Russian party in the...

Germany’s liberal FDP, a member of the country’s three-way coalition government, is calling for an immediate yet temporary halt to EU legislation that would impose additional red tape on businesses, such as the European Green Deal.

EU enlargement should not have fixed deadlines, but its institutions must be reformed to accommodate new members, particularly when it comes to decision-making, but it is also essential newcomers do their homework, the Portuguese government said on Wednesday. “It is...

EU interior ministers agreed to classify 'non state actors' such as NGOs on a par with Russia and Belarus in causing increased levels of migration, as they agreed their position on a new crisis management law.

The load factor of nuclear reactors - their output in relation to their energy capacity - needs improving, CEO of electricity and gas supplier E-Pango Philippe Girard told an event organised by Euractiv on France's energy mix on Monday (3 October).

Last month, French President Emmanuel Macron made a promise. "By the end of the year we will regain control of the price of electricity, at the French and European level," he said on 25 September. Euractiv France looks at how this could be done.

The Slovak social democrat party of Robert Fico appears to be edging towards the margins of the pan-European socialist family as the row over his party's pro-Russian stance continues to escalate.

The French government dissolved the fundamentalist Catholic association Civitas on Wednesday (October 4), stating that the group seeks to "wage war against the Republic" by spreading anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, homophobic and conspiracy theories.

Germany, famous for its careful political culture, has long resisted the rise of populism. But with two state elections looming and the far-right at an all-time high, ever more parties, including the mainstream ones, are tapping into populist rhetoric. West...

As part of its efforts to secure EU accession for the Western Balkans, the German government is sending for the first time an agricultural attaché to the region to help it implement the often highly technical EU legislation in the field.

With an overwhelming majority, the European Parliament has adopted a new instrument to fight economic blackmail. At the same time, however, the EU itself is facing accusations of coercion with its environmental rules.

An editorial word: Overarching effect of health in EU policies By Giedrė Peseckytė & Marta Iraola  Making changes at the EU level in the health field is not easy. The Lisbon Treaty sets common safety concerns in public health matters...

GRANADA, SPAIN - Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev will not attend EU-brokered talks with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Spain this Thursday (5 October), Azeri diplomatic sources confirmed to Euractiv.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is closely monitoring drug shortages as access to medicines is once again at the heart of discussions in Brussels, since the demand for drugs increases during the virus season.

Following two rounds of tense negotiations, Wopke Hoekstra and Maroš Šefčovič received the European Parliament's blessing on Wednesday (4 October) to take on the climate and Green Deal portfolios in the European Commission.

Health screening programmes in Greece have expanded in recent years but coverage still remains low compared to other EU countries as government delays in implementing projects already decided on a political level persist.

The Forced Labour Regulation seeks to eliminate forced labour in EU supply chains but may stop short of reducing forced labour globally. How can this Regulation avoid disengagement in riskier regions and instead incentivise addressing violations where they are identified?

Speaker Kevin McCarthy's ouster on Tuesday (3 October) could signal a shift in the US House of Representatives on aid to Ukraine, with some of his possible successors strongly in favor of assisting Kyiv but others staunchly opposed.