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The European Commission's vital support for SMEs must extend to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Mandating immediate reuse could financially overburden many SMEs. A flexible approach is essential for both environmental goals and SME viability.

Wopke Hoekstra, the Dutch nominee to become the EU’s new climate commissioner, will need backing from at least four political groups in the European Parliament after a three-hour grilling this evening if he wants to be confirmed for the job.

Europe's solar power industry has warned policymakers not to impose tariffs on imports, amid fears that disrupting supplies of products from China would seriously damage Europe's ability to rapidly install clean energy.

The future of US aid for Ukraine hangs in the balance after a last-gasp deal to avoid a government shutdown, despite President Joe Biden's attempts to reassure Kyiv it will get what it needs to fight Russia.

The next month will be crucial for Spaniards to know whether incumbent Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has enough support to continue in his role or whether the country will have to head to the polls once again. Partido Popular leader...

The Maltese government is set to announce the closure of national airline Air Malta on Monday, following years of cost-cutting measures, claims of mismanagement, and corruption, but is set to launch a budget airline in its place. In 2022, The...

Turkish jets launched air strikes inside Iraqi Kurdistan late Sunday (1 October), after a blast earlier the same day injured two police officers near the parliament building in Ankara.

Former Foreign Minister and aspiring EU Climate Chief Wopke Hoekstra is facing mounting criticism after it was revealed that the foreign ministry went out of its way to silence any criticism of Qatar before and during the FIFA World Cup...

Far-right networker Harald Vilimsky is set to once again become the lead candidate of the Freedom Party in the 2024 elections, party chief Herbert Kickl announced on Sunday, adding that he could image no better candidate than him. Vilimsky is...

Kosovo had repeatedly sounded the alarm about the movement of arms and weapons in north Kosovo along with security concerns, but they were interpreted as Pristina trying to find a way out of the EU-backed Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, according to Foreign...

There have been whispers in Italy that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government could fall and make way for a technocrat government similar to the one that in 2011 was led by Mario Monti, a politician and economist close to European...

Co-president of the Greens group in the EU Parliament, Terry Reintke, is the top contender to lead the German and European Greens into the EU election, which would put her in the race to become European Commission president. Most parties...

In this week’s edition: A preview of the Granada summit(s), Borrell's visit to Ukraine and more.

The first phase of the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) kicks in on Sunday (1 October), obliging exporters in six carbon-intensive industrial sectors to report their emissions to EU authorities. 

Slovakia's leftist former PM Robert Fico beat his rival in a parliamentary election after campaigning to end military aid to Ukraine, but he will need to win over allies to form the next government, results showed on Sunday (1 October).

The leaders of nine Mediterranean and southern European countries called Friday (29 September) for a "significant increase" in the EU's efforts to tackle the thorny issue of migration at its roots, in origin and transit countries.

France sought to build on the "momentum" behind nuclear energy in Europe by hosting world leaders on 28-29 September to discuss international cooperation on long-term nuclear financing without Russia at the OECD's premises in Paris.

The European Central Bank (ECB), the European Investment Bank (EIB), and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have called for a faster transition towards clean energy, with ECB President Christine Lagarde arguing for a "green Capital Markets Union" and EU-issued green bonds.

EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton reaffirmed the Union's strategy to boost domestic production and diversify supplies of key raw materials during the first summit on the topic hosted by the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Thursday (28 September).

Geographical Indications, or 'GIs', establish intellectual property rights for specific agricultural products, whose qualities are specifically linked to the area of production - think Champagne, or Feta cheese.