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European Union countries will try again this week to pass a deal on new renewable energy targets, which have been stalled by concerns from France and other states that the law sidelines nuclear energy.

The image of the Greens as an arrogant and hermetic party must be altered, and there is no correct way to support and vote for them, Sofia Virta, who will succeed former chair Maria Ohisalo, told MTV3 News in her...

As the window to merge in Slovakia’s September snap election closed on 9 June, at least five political parties are straining to secure a 5% quorum and risk becoming wasted votes. The campaigning for Slovakia’s September snap election has officially...

Ukrainians living in the UK will now be helped into their own homes under a new funding scheme, with money going to councils across the country to help Ukrainians secure rental accommodation and find work, according to a press release...

The new leader of Austria’s social-democrat SPÖ, the small-town Mayor Andreas Babler, will meet the political top brass of the country, ÖVP chief and Chancellor Karl Nehammer, amid his drive to revitalise the party by making it more democratic. With...

French President Emmanuel Macron asked Iran to stop supporting Russia in the invasion of Ukraine by ceasing to send them drones during a 90-minute call with Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi on Saturday, the Elysée announced in a press release. Macron...

German and French governments are giving away free train tickets to 60,000 young people on a first-come, first served basis to celebrate their 60-year friendship treaty. About 30,000 Germans and 30,000 French between 18 and 27 can secure free flat-rate...

The European Commission’s efforts towards the green transition are a “total failure”, Marco Zanni, president of the far-right Identity and Democracy (ID) group at the European Parliament, told EURACTIV in a video interview. “What we have seen so far by...

The social democrats (PSD) want to continue their collaboration with the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) within the future Government, but the Hungarian minority party is not playing ball. UDMR has refused to take over the Energy Ministry...

Companies are moving to the US as they face administrative burdens and high energy costs in Europe, Stefano Mallia, the head of the Employers Group of the European Economic and Social Committee, told EURACTIV.cz in an interview. The relocation of...

Spanish left-wing groups have finally managed to form a united bloc, more than 50 years since the transition to democracy in the late 1970s, and they have a common goal to stop the surge of the far right. Despite the...

Shortly after mysterious explosions hit the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines near Denmark, resulting in leakage in September last year, the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) allegedly told Belgian secret services that Ukraine could be responsible.

France will reach the level of electricity consumption expected in 2050 as early as 2030-2035, according to the latest forecasts by RTE, the country's electricity network operator. However, many uncertainties remain.

Poland will attempt to block the migration and asylum pact that the Council of the EU adopted last week and build a coalition of opponents, conservative Law and Justice (PiS) government spokesman, Piotr Müller, told TVP Info on Sunday. During...

At a time of unprecedented geopolitical tensions, Kazakhstan offered a platform to renew and rebuild a common culture of multilateralism, a global system that works for everyone, and prosperity for the many, rather than for the few.

Montenegro's Europe Now Movement (PES) won 25.6% of votes in a snap election on Sunday, the Center for Monitoring and Research (CEMI) pollster said on the basis of a projection of results from a sample of polling stations.

Carbon dioxide emissions from energy use in the European Union fell by 2.8% last year, thanks to reduced use of natural gas following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Eurostat reported on Friday (9 June).

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While supporters of nuclear power in France have welcomed plans to scrap the two-tier approach to low-carbon technologies in the EU’s draft Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), they also condemn the lower status granted to atomic energy as “incoherent” with the bloc’s wider decarbonisation goals.

Old rifts resurfaced in Britain's ruling Conservative Party on Saturday (10 June) following former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's abrupt resignation from parliament, while the opposition Labour Party sensed opportunity ahead of a general election next year.