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Inflation in the eurozone is too high and shows no sign of decreasing anytime soon, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde at the opening of the ECB Forum in Portugal on Tuesday, adding that the bank remains committed to lowering...

Deputy Prime Minister’s Matteo Salvini and Antonio Tajani spoke out against European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde’s announcement of a new interest rate hike in July, arguing it leads to a risk of recession. Tajani (Forza Italia/EPP) said he...

The commitment made by Partido Popular leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo to extend the lifespan of the country´s seven nuclear power plants is a political slogan and a tricky message” said Ecological Transition Minister Teresa Ribera on Tuesday. “It is not...

A Memorandum of Understanding on financial services, which sets out plans for UK-EU cooperation, is expected to be signed by Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt during his trip to Brussels this week. The MoU will officially establish an ongoing...

The conservative Greek government will push a positive agenda in its relations with neighbouring Turkey in a move expected to be announced at a meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the sidelines...

Eastern European NATO countries on 27 June warned that a move of Wagner's Russian mercenary troops to Belarus would create greater regional instability, but NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance is ready to defend itself against any threat.

Belgium’s parliamentary Justice Committee on Tuesday approved a law proposal to criminalise conversion therapies for LGBTQIA+ people and give out prison sentences and fines for people who use conversion practices. The proposal includes an eight-day to a two-year prison sentence...

Sophie In’t Veld quit the D66 party and has taken a step forward to renew her mandate as MEP with pan-European party Volt, but her way onto the electoral lists will be rocky as she does not meet requirements, and...

As the EU's Cyber Resilience Act is due to go through a committee vote in the European Parliament on Thursday (29 June), EURACTIV provides a sneak peek at the main changes MEPs want to introduce on conformity assessment.

EU Minister Karoline Edtstadler spoke out in favour of a shift in the EU’s migration policy direction, saying the recent deadly migrant shipwreck in Greece is not the way. On Tuesday, the EU ministers prepared for the upcoming European Council...

German weapon exports amounted to €4.46 billion in the first half of 2023, a 12% increase compared to the same period in 2022, with Ukraine receiving €4.42 billion in military assistance. The war in Ukraine and the following turning point...

The EU's Net-Zero Industry Act aims to boost the competitiveness of Europe’s green industries, but it is seriously flawed. The proposal needs to be reworked before it can fulfil what it sets out to do, write Simone Tagliapietra, Reinhilde Veugelers and Jeronim Zettelmeyer.

Camille Bonenfant-Jeanneney, a distinguished engineer and political science graduate, currently CEO of Renewable Gases Europe for ENGIE, shares her views and recommendations on how the EU regulatory framework should be completed in order to stimulate Europe’s biomethane potential.

Europe’s law to restore nature is in the balance, following a vote in the European Parliament's environment committee on Tuesday (27 June) that opened up the possibility for it to be definitively rejected by lawmakers during a whole Parliament vote in July.

Romania will receive part of the funds it requested for the second payment of the EU recovery plan in December, according to Tuesday’s announcement from the European Commission, which said it would freeze €53 million due to two unfulfilled milestones...

Czech Industry and Trade Minister Jozef Síkela admitted he is interested in taking on the position of European Commissioner after next year’s European Parliament elections. Síkela chaired several Energy Councils in the second half of 2022 during the Czech Council...

France is lagging Germany, Italy and the UK in the race to produce medicines, which is detrimental to patient health, according to a report by Entreprises du médicament en France (Leem), published on Tuesday. Leem has created the first Observatory...

The European People’s Party (EPP) is already in the middle of its election campaign and is not stopping at targeting development policy, said leading MEP Udo Bullmann, in an interview with EURACTIV, adding that “basic ideological blockades” are being drawn...

Coverage of European issues has increased in French broadcast media due to the war in Ukraine but remains limited, according to the Fondation Jean-Jaurès think tank, which proposes binding targets to increase reporting.

In a move highly criticised by the European Sex Workers Alliance, the European Parliament committee on women's rights voted in favour of a report calling on member states to decriminalise women in prostitution, while criminalising their clients.