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Warsaw will take Berlin to the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg for allegedly failing to remove 35 tonnes of waste illegally transported to Poland by German companies and stored at seven sites in the country, Climate and Environment Minister...

A potential conservative government between right-wing Partido Popular (PP, EPP) and far-right VOX (ECR) would slow down the country’s speedy green transition, as the parties propose to water down targets and repeal key legislation. With snap elections scheduled for Sunday,...

There is growing support for closer cooperation with the EU from the UK public, as more and more Britons, according to the British Foreign Policy Group’s 2023 Annual Survey of UK Public Opinion on Foreign Policy released on Wednesday. According...

EU member states are debating setting up a dedicated ‘Ukraine Defence Fund’ to keep the country’s armed forces equipped for the next four years at a cost of up to €20 billion, EURACTIV has learnt. According to the new proposal...

Albania’s  National Bureau of Investigation conducted searches of property belonging to former deputy prime minister Arben Ahmetj who is wanted on charges of corruption and money laundering, as suspicions emerge over a reported transfer of €1.8million to a Swiss bank...

The steadily growing illicit tobacco trade in France is causing concern as on top of the rising numbers, local and European authorities do not seem to have explicit answers for how to fight it.

EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager backed on Tuesday (18 July) American Fiona Scott Morton as the most qualified candidate to be the chief economist of the Directorate-General for Competition, after her appointment stirred controversy and drew criticism, especially from France.

EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton told TikTok's CEO Shou Zi Chew that the platform needs to accelerate its efforts to comply with Europe's new digital rulebook that will kick in in August.

The parliamentary committee on civil liberties adopted a broad majority opinion report on the Media Freedom Act on Tuesday (18 July), putting forth stronger safeguards against the surveillance of journalists.

Agrochemical giants Bayer and Syngenta are in breach of legal obligations for withholding information on the brain toxicity risk of pesticides, the European Commission said on Tuesday (18 July).

Europe must prepare for a future in which powerful quantum computers are commercially available, allowing hackers to decode previously-encrypted material, experts and industry practitioners have urged, while calling for an action plan.

EU and South American leaders reiterated their ambition to finalise an agreement by the end of 2023, though sustainability and agricultural market access concerns continue to pose challenges. 

A summit between European, Latin American and Caribbean leaders on Tuesday (18 July) highlighted a rift over how to condemn Russia’s war in Ukraine as, until the last minute, they haggled over the final wording of the summit communiqué. Latin...

Artificial Intelligence and related fields like cybersecurity will further fuel the growing need for highly qualified talents and basic digital skills in the European Union, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit, told EURACTIV in an interview.

Uber and President Emmanuel Macron had a "hidden deal" going on when he was economy minister, France's parliamentary committee looking into the Uber files case wrote in a highly critical report published on Tuesday (18 July), drawing criticism of a "conspiracy" from pro-Macron deputies.

The citizens of Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece, are increasingly feeling the need to take part in decisions affecting their life and their city. What role could citizen-led processes, such as participatory budgeting, play in bringing the inhabitants...

The phrase ‘Team Europe’ started cropping up in Commission press releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, it seemed like nothing more sinister than the latest addition to the lexicon of euro-jargon, a clunky but harmless phrase designed to describe cases where the EU and national governments were working together.

MEPs are set to vote on a plan to lease and buy a building next to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, but without knowing the purchase price in the latest twist in a lengthy, and increasingly murky, battle between the Parliament’s leaders. 

The European Commission’s proposed child sexual abuse law pursues the important goal of combatting child sexual abuse material online, but the proposal’s aims risk being undermined by the threat it poses to fundamental rights and the rule of law, writes...

A new study suggests that the best way to curb demand for key metals used in the production of batteries is to reduce car size. But are European motorists willing to shun SUVs in favour of more modest vehicles?