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The government needs to break up its national rail operator Deutsche Bahn to counter grave quality deficits of the railway system, the German Monopolies Commission warned on Tuesday. Germany privatised its national railway company in 1994, but the emerging company,...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez expressed support for a more federalised EU as his country recently took over the Spanish EU Council Presidency while backing the mandate renewals of EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General...

The number of cancer cases in France has doubled since 1990, according to the latest data from national health organisations, in part due to the changing demographic.

Kazakhstan is “completely dependent” on Russia when it comes to balancing energy needs and the best solution is to create a transnational electricity grid in Central Asia, similar to the one in Europe, a Kazakh expert told a Brussels audience on Tuesday (4 July).

The main political groups of the European Parliament are expected to reach a common position on the new cybersecurity regulation at a political meeting on Wednesday (5 July).

As EU countries phase out coal, they support their affected regions in transitioning economically. Now it appears that such a regional policy to cushion climate action is needed elsewhere, too: To defuse social dynamite in rural areas, Europe must prepare its cow phase-out.

Paris is in talks with the European Commission to avoid penalties for having missed its 2020 objective under the EU’s renewable energy directive and failing to make up for the shortfall.

As the EU takes a critical look at the revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD), key stakeholders gathered in the European Parliament to discuss the delicate balance between protecting products, preventing waste, and fostering sustainable economic growth....

Over 450 shops have been entirely looted and 300 bank points burnt to the ground in the week of riots that shook up France, the president of the employers’ union MEDEF revealed on Tuesday (4 July).

Talks at the UN International Maritime Organization headquarters in London are reportedly divided between wealthier nations, who want to see stronger shipping emissions targets, and developing countries concerned by the economic impact of green restrictions.

In a case against Meta, the European Court of Justice backed the competence of national antitrust authorities to identify data protection infringements and suggested consent might be the only legal basis for the company's data processing.

The upcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius is not just any other summit: It needs to fix some big blunders made in the past, at the 1994 Budapest Memorandum and the 2008 Bucharest Summit, writes Ilhan Kyuchyuk.

The regulation to fight child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online is unnecessary as there are other regulations for safety on the internet, Paweł Lewandowski, Polish undersecretary of state at the chancellery of the prime minister, told EURACTIV.

The European Commission presented on Tuesday (4 July) a legislative proposal to harmonise certain aspects of national procedural rules to speed up cross-border cases under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). 

Rewatch this EURACTIV Hybrid Conference to learn more about the potential of a circular EU economy, and how making this shift could contribute to a climate-neutral Europe. Questions to be addressed include: - What are the opportunities for climate and circular economy synergies broadly, and across the key sectors of transport and textiles? - How can the new Commission and Parliament in 2024 be leveraged to renew the push towards circular economies? - What are the risks of not going circular, especially regarding material extraction?

In the pursuit of upskilling the hospitality sector, there has been a growing emphasis on the role of digital tools.

In an amendment to a French draft law to regulate the digital space, centre-right senator Patrick Chaize proposed on Monday (3 July) that in the face of riots threatening public order, hateful online content should be blocked within two hours after being posted.

Rewatch this EURACTIV Virtual Conference to learn more about the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) and the definition and application of the Essential Use Concept (EUC). Has the CSS been successful in its ambitions so far, particularly concerning the European Green Deal? What impact could the EUC have on innovation, better regulation and wider policy goals?

NATO leaders are expected to sign off on new deterrence and defence plans for the Western military alliance to shape the allies' response in case of a potential attack, next week at their summit in Vilnius (11-12 July).

Italy needs to invest more and step up efforts to meet a European Union 2030 target for lower carbon emissions, a government document showed, highlighting the country's challenges to keep up with EU green ambitions.