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The West must prepare for a lengthy war in Ukraine and deal with an increasingly hostile Russia even after it is over, Czechia’s Chief of General Staff Karel Řehka said. In an interview for Reuters, Řehka said he was not...

Romanian Social Democratic MEP Victor Negrescu proposes setting up an EU transit mechanism for Ukrainian grain imports, while Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has asked his agriculture minister, Florin Barbu, to prepare for the European Commission’s forthcoming decision on grain from...

Polish election campaigns are fraught with resentment, but hopefully, the anti-German rhetoric will not affect Polish society, German SPD MP Sebastian Hartmann said about the campaign led by Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party. Hartmann referred to PiS’s new...

Italy will look to Hungary – a ‘perfect example’ of how to use investment to solve the birth rate problem – to raise its currently low birth rate, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said at the Budapest Democratic Summit on...

In a major shift in tone, the German Greens will focus their campaign on themes such as security and boosting business alongside classic green topics, as they seek to portray themselves as the pragmatic party of government and win back...

European Union member states seek to study the financial and legal consequences of making Catalan, Basque, and Galician official EU languages, making it unlikely for the bloc to speedily reach a decision, as initially hoped for by Spain. Spanish Foreign...

Ukraine said on Thursday (14 September) it attacked two Russian patrol ships and destroyed a sophisticated air defence system in the west of occupied Crimea, ramping up its strikes to challenge Moscow's dominance in the Black Sea region.

To call a spade a spade, the ongoing exclusion of Bulgaria and Romania from the Schengen passport-free area only helps to feed anti-EU propaganda and undermines the EU's influence and values abroad, writes Ilhan Kyuchyuk.

French lawmaker Philippe Latombe's latest lawsuit at the EU's top court, which could derail the new EU-US data transfer deal, has found support in Germany, where the two-month-old agreement is already facing widespread criticism.

EU lawmakers adopted a report urging member states to decriminalise people in prostitution, and 'punish' - but not criminalise - buyers, in a debate that sparked confrontation between sex workers and MEPs on how to regulate the sector.

Another round of talks between the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo on normalising ties failed to make a breakthrough on Thursday (14 September) after Pristina rejected an EU compromise proposal it said favoured Belgrade's line.

A UK Labour government would seek to negotiate an agreement with the EU on migration control, party leader Keir Starmer has said, in contrast to the policies pursued by the current Conservative cabinet.

French electric battery maker Verkor announced on Thursday (14 September) it had secured €2 billion in financing, the largest amount an early-stage start-up ever received in France, in a sign of strength for the European battery industry in its race against Chinese competitors.

While the Russian invasion and the Ukrainian counteroffensive look stuck onshore, things are on the move at sea, with Ukraine scoring important victories, even though it has almost no military fleet to speak of.

EU lawmakers backed the European Parliament's position on reforming the bloc's electricity market in a plenary vote on Thursday (14 September), despite objections from more than 180 of them that weaken the parliament's position vis-à-vis member states.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday (14 September) he was grateful to Bulgaria for not extending restrictions on Ukrainian grain exports from 15 Septеmber.

Welcome to EURACTIV’s weekly Economy Brief. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. If her State of the Union speech is anything to go by, the competitiveness of European industry is Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s main worry for...

The European Parliament on Wednesday (13 September) adopted its position on a revised law to improve air quality in the EU, calling for stricter limits on several pollutants, but delaying compliance with WHO guidelines until 2035. 

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 argue that a second term for European...

Beijing on Thursday (14 September) blasted the launch of a probe by the European Commission into China's electric vehicle (EV) subsidies as protectionist and warned it would damage economic and trade relations, as shares in Chinese EV makers slipped.