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As Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova are expected to pick up the pace on reform efforts this summer in their bids for EU membership, the EU is only moving slowly towards its own reform debate.

Six member states have pushed for further flexibility on environmental measures in the EU’s farming subsidy programme for 2024, despite no impact assessment on the previous exemptions having been made - a move lambasted by green groups.

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the German opposition party the conservative CDU, has accused Chancellor Olaf Scholz of damaging the country's relationship with France, which has hit "rock bottom", he said.

There is an old saying that the first victim of the war is the truth. And a joke says the biggest lies are told before elections, after hunting, and during the war.

German railway trade union EVG has left negotiations over a collective agreement with state-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn AG and is asking its members to vote on a strike, which would fall during the holiday season.

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Welcome to EURACTIV’s weekly Economy Brief. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. The European Commission’s two most important economic policy announcements of this week are testaments of Europe’s disorientation, caught between conflicting member state interests, old ideas, and new...

Europe’s power system will face additional strain in winter as the electrification of heating progresses, making the renovation of buildings an essential element to reduce strain on the electricity grid and optimise the performance of heat pumps.

The European Commission has cut the distance between words and actions in terms of turning the EU into a geopolitical actor. But time is short before much more to be done before it can reliably say it accomplished its mission, write Vassilis Ntousas and Gesine Weber.

The Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris on Thursday and Friday (22-23 June) could strengthen France's "green diplomacy" and position President Emmanuel Macron as a key player when it comes to financing international development aid.

The German competition authority issued a warning to Google on Wednesday (June 21) in connection with its offers for vehicle infotainment and the Maps platform. Google now has the opportunity to comment.

Consumer groups from 19 countries have issued a formal complaint to the European Commission and consumer protection authorities over what they say are misleading claims by airlines about the sustainability of flying.

Managing cyber vulnerabilities exploited by hackers remains the pain point of a new cybersecurity law, with the idea of a pan-European reporting platform entering the scene.

Ukrainian missiles struck one of the few bridges linking Crimea with the Ukrainian mainland early on Thursday (22 June), cutting one of the main supply routes for Russian occupation forces in southern Ukraine as Kyiv pushes to drive them out.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday (22 June) pledged long-term security assurances to Ukraine but dashed Kyiv's hopes for a swift accession to NATO.

Buildings do not spring up like trees and flowers. They develop around the people living, working and sheltering in them. A Whole Life Carbon approach uses that shared responsibility to address the climate impact of buildings, a new paper shows.

The EU is set to hold crisis talks later on Thursday (22 June) with the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo, as the bloc seeks to ease the latest escalation of tensions.

France's targets for offshore wind power development would "probably" have to be revised upwards, Energy Transition Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher said on Tuesday (20 June), noting that these would be in line with a working paper published by the Prime Minister's office on 13 June.

The European Union's powerful lending arm, the European Investment Bank, expects to back its first 'debt-for-nature' swap this year as it bolsters efforts to stem biodiversity loss.