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The European Parliament will likely reject the EU Council’s 2021 budget implementation on Wednesday, continuing a 13-year row that raises questions on democratic accountability and competency hoarding. The annual financial discharge is a process whereby the EU Parliament, acting on...

Bulgaria will not allow the import of sunflower seeds from Ukraine for the time being, it was announced after four hours of tense negotiations between the government and protesting farmers, who entered a second day of blocking roads across the...

The Spanish parliament approved the use of Catalan, Basque and Galician in all the institution’s working sessions on Tuesday, while EU representatives in Brussels decided to postpone the decision on their use in the bloc. The use of Catalan and...

The Czech Republic will supply weapons to Ukraine thanks to the financial support of Denmark and the Netherlands, according to a ‘Letter of Intent’ signed by the three countries on the sidelines of a meeting of the Contact Group on...

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National says it has fully repaid a loan from a Russian company, hoping to put an end to accusations that it is close to Vladimir Putin’s Russian regime. In 2014, Rassemblement National (RN) was...

The Polish government has adopted a special resolution on EU migration and asylum reform, condemning the bloc’s relocation system in light of the drastic increase in migrant arrivals on the Italian island of Lampedusa. Lampedusa is struggling to cope with...

France will invest an additional €7 billion in the energy and climate transition next year compared to 2023, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Tuesday. In total, France will have an additional €10 billion go towards climate action in...

Far-right AfD candidates in the upcoming European elections will not be facing recalls despite an internal investigation finding that at least one of them had made false claims about their resume, the party’s leadership announced on Tuesday. Far-right candidates Arno...

Germany summoned the Polish ambassador on Tuesday (19 September), and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser spoke to her Polish counterpart to discuss allegations about a cash-for-visas deal for migrants that has roiled Polish politics, government sources said. 

New York – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday (19 September) made a push to woo developing nations’ support, telling the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that stopping Russia’s war was necessary to focus on other pressing global problems. Appearing...

The “lack of new ideas” offered by the EU and national governments to deal with migration is “the real crisis”, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday (19 September), following the recent spike in arrivals to the Italian island of Lampedusa.

Keeping interest rates at their current levels will be ‘decisive’ in bringing down inflation, governor of the Bank of Portugal, Mário Centeno, said on Monday, adding that he considers the inflation rates ‘more socially unjust’ than measures to combat it....

Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles urged EU countries on Monday (18 September) to enhance the bloc's security relationship with Africa and the Indo-Pacific in an attempt to restore its global approach, skewed by the war in Ukraine.

EU parliamentarians and women's health experts are calling to guarantee the right to safe abortions across the EU, stressing that sexual and reproductive health is a fundamental human right.

Kosovo and Serbia “risk losing opportunities for progressing on their European paths” if they do not implement the EU-brokered agreements, the EU warned on Tuesday (19 September), doubling down amid a diplomatic fallout of the latest round of talks.

The aftermath of Libya's worst ever natural disaster was evolving into a political storm on Tuesday (19 September), after demonstrators furious at the failure to protect their city from a flood torched the home of the mayor of Derna.

With the European Commission’s announcement that it would investigate whether China is unduly supporting its burgeoning electric vehicles industry, the fervour with which politicians embrace protectionism is becoming worrisome.

The European Commission is considering giving fresh funds from the EU’s agricultural reserve to Slovenia and Greece after the disastrous extreme weather events there, but other EU countries are increasingly questioning the way the fund is being used.

At least $14.3 million worth of coal produced in areas of Ukraine illegally annexed by Russia has been exported to NATO member Turkey this year, according to Russian customs data reviewed by Reuters.

A number of EU agriculture ministers expressly welcomed the idea of a strategic dialogue on agriculture put forth by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, though some lamented that it was not started earlier in the mandate.