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The Council of Europe has criticised the "restrictive application of the right of access to information" in some European countries, that contribute to a lack of transparency  and political corruption.

France will invest more money into artificial intelligence (AI) and green technologies to counter China and US dominance, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday (14 June), detailing his strategic vision.

The EU plan to cut pesticide use and risk in half by 2030 will have its largest impact on crops having 'little or no impact on food security', the European Commission predicted in its additional impact assessment requested by EU ministers.

With its first-ever target for CO2 geological storage, the European Commission's Net-Zero Industry Act has the potential to truly mitigate the effects of fossil fuels on the environment - but in order to be effective, the legislation needs to cover all oil and gas companies, write Kayla Cohen and Eli Mitchell-Larson.

In February, the European Commission launched an open consultation on the future of connectivity, questioning whether Europe is able to keep up the pace with telecom technological developments.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen criticised on Thursday (15 June) the EU's immigration policy and that of Italy's right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who she accused of making "concessions" to Brussels in exchange for post-COVID recovery funds.

All eyes are on Brussels where the European Commission is hard at work deciding the EU’s 2040 climate target, where the executive must balance demands for restraint by leaders with calls for extra ambition by civil society.

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For what it’s worth, we read articles by Russian influencers about the war Vladimir Putin started in Ukraine. A recent one by Sergei Kaganov, a university professor and honorary chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, suggests a disturbing endgame.

UK nationals cannot automatically retain rights as EU citizens after Brexit, the EU’s top court confirmed on Thursday (15 June).

The EU's Nature Restoration Law survived a vote to reject it in the European Parliament’s environment committee, but lawmakers ran out of time due to the thousands of amendments tabled, meaning the committee vote is being postponed until 27 June.

Germany's finance minister Christian Lindner (FDP) has teamed up with 10 colleagues from Central, Eastern and Northern EU countries to call for strict fiscal rules ahead of a debate among EU finance ministers. 

The European Parliament's environment committee has adopted its position on the EU’s proposed ecodesign regulation for sustainable products, supporting an EU-wide ban on planned obsolescence as well as the destruction of unsold goods like textiles.

Last Sunday’s EU leaders’ visit to Tunisia paved the way for an agreement on the model of the EU-Turkey deal of 2016. But just like Turkey, Tunisia is not a safe country, and sending back there the asylum seekers who...

Following a series of high-level visits, Kazakhstan hopes for a fully-fledged Central Asian summit with the leaders of the European Council and the European Commission, a Kazakh diplomat said on 14 June at a conference organised by EURACTIV in Brussels.

The relaxation of EU bovine tuberculosis control rules, proposed by the far-right government of Spain's Castilla y León region to cater for the local livestock sector, has sparked discontent among the European Commission and lawmakers.

Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques will bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In this edition, with the EU elections a year away, we...

EU regulations to cut vehicles' carbon emissions have proven controversial across the Visegrad nations. But the critical narrative put forward by some parties overlooks the economic potential in the automotive transition, write Patrik Krizansky and Aleksander Rajch.

The European Commission is drafting new rules to regulate the access and use of customer data in financial services, in a bid to ensure customers’ control over financial data and allow consumers to access tailored data-driven products and services.

The EU is in the final stages of updating its 2003 trade agreement with Chile, and aims to conclude a separate strategic partnership on raw materials “very soon” with the Latin American country, said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.