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Llanos Massó, a member of the far-right VOX party (ECR) and known for her anti-feminism and staunch rejection of abortion, was elected on Monday as the new president of the Valencia regional parliament.

The Italian government could postpone until September the ratification of the ESM, a highly divisive issue which is not considered urgent by Forza Italia, as the party insists there is a need for a ‘democratic control’ of the mechanism.

Environmental objections to the construction of a major new air hub in Warsaw is ‘hypocrisy’ according to project head Marcin Horała, who argues that the completion of similar infrastructure projects in Western Europe did not face the same scrutiny.

On Monday, Serbia released three Kosovar police officers after accusations from Pristina they were “kidnapped” from within Kosovo’s territory, with President Vjosa Osmani thanking the US for their input but calling for Serbia to be held accountable. The officers were...

Building a second unit at the existing Krško nuclear power station would cost €7,000 per kilowatt, totalling €11 billion should Slovenia decide to build the most powerful of several possible units under consideration, a 1,600 MW unit, according to a...

A law to eliminate the special pensions of parliamentarians, adopted in 2015, was voted on by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, as special pensions are an important target in the national recovery plan. In October 2022, the World...

Almost 7,000 kilometres of non-productive areas – four times the length of Slovakia’s national borders – have been created in Slovakia since the start of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform. From 2023, Slovak farmers can participate in a...

The ANO party wants to remain a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) after the 2024 EU elections despite the significant shift of the party from a central liberal movement to a populist and nationalist...

The Maltese government toning down changes to the country’s abortion laws has sparked disappointment among local activists who have campaigned for change after one woman was denied life-saving care and had to be medically evacuated.

Portugal’s far-right party Chega! (ID) is projected to enter the European Parliament next year with a projected 13.2% of national votes, but a recent report highlighted the party’s rhetoric fuelled by anti-LGBTQ+, anti-immigration, anti-women and pro-conspiracy discourse. In Portugal, Chega!...

A look back at illicit trade over history shows that: “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” The smuggling of basic commodities and goods has been with us for centuries ever since authorities in developed countries began...

The sale of sexual services, which unlike the purchase of such services is legal in Sweden, is to be taxed like any other service, the Swedish Tax Agency said in a statement on Monday. In Sweden, it is legal to...

Austrian Energy Minister Leonore Gewessler called on domestic suppliers to speed up the process of decoupling from Russian gas at a meeting with energy companies on Monday. At the meeting with energy companies, Gewessler discussed gas supply diversification plans as,...

The European Commission approved France’s reviewed Recovery and Resilience Plan on Monday, which includes an extra €2.8 billion from the REPowerEU plan to help finance France’s thermal renovation of ailing buildings. The new subsidy brings France’s total from the Recovery...

Radical pro-Russian party Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov called for the destruction of the megaphones of the American embassy, a label he uses for Euro-Atlantic parties in the country – We Continue the Change, Democratic Bulgaria and GERB. Kostadinov spoke on...

The Polish ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) slammed Manfred Weber for his ‘firewall’ comment, accusing his European People’s Party of attempting to interfere with the elections scheduled in Poland for the autumn. Weber spoke on the EPP’s potential cooperation...

Finland, previously known for its strong performance in PISA school aptitude tests, wants to reverse the current downward trend and promote a focused learning environment by passing a law banning mobile phones in schools.

Germany’s most important business confidence index recorded an unexpected dip in the optimism of businesses in June, adding to a recent string of bad luck befalling the German economy. The ifo Index is Germany’s most important index for business confidence,...

Llanos Massó, a member of the far-right VOX party (ECR) and known for her anti-feminism and staunch rejection of abortion, was elected on Monday as the new president of the Valencia regional parliament, following an agreement struck with the Partido...

New early local elections in northern Kosovo are the next step to defuse the simmering crisis between Belgrade and Pristina, EU's chief diplomat Josep Borrell said on Monday (26 June) as the EU welcomed the release of three kidnapped Kosovan policemen.