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After the sweeping victory of the centre-right on the 21 May elections, progressive parties now clash over who will lead the main opposition in the second round.

More than 1.5 million Spanish citizens are eligible to vote in the upcoming regional and municipal elections on Sunday and in the general election due in December, making it a highly coveted vote for all political parties. Since the last...

Bulgaria’s chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev complained on Monday of intense political pressure for his resignation, while his office announced they were starting investigations against former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and ex-European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel, who is on the verge of...

Portugal can train Ukrainian pilots to use F-16 fighter jets but cannot send its aircraft for the time being, Foreign Minister João Gomes Cravinho said on Monday. “Portugal is open to that possibility. We have very good pilots and trainers,...

Slovakia has seen a rapid increase in employees coming from India in 2022, with numbers quadrupling to 1,350 as the IT and automotive sectors, particularly, are struggling with staff shortages. The Labour, Social Affairs and Family Office confirmed the spike,...

Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin’s appeal to impose sanctions on Poland and demand Warsaw repay for post-war Soviet investments are typical propaganda, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Monday. In a statement, Volodin, chairman of Russian parliament’s lower...

Finland’s population is divided on whether to keep the annual tax that pays for the country’s public broadcaster, the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, according to a recent study that comes as negotiations for a possible four-party government focus on ways...

To acknowledge the institutional failures that allowed children to suffer, a redress scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse will be launched, the Home Office announced on Monday. An Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse – that took place over seven...

Primary Food Processors are the energy-intensive part of the food supply chain. We need to decarbonise, and quickly. Energy efficiency, renewable energy and cutting upstream emissions all have a part to play. But we need the right policies to help get us there.

The Netherlands may not reach their housing construction goals due to migration, rising construction costs and a lack of available land, Housing and Spatial Planning Minister Hugo De Jonge (CDA/EPP) said in a progress report in parliament Monday. The Netherlands...

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo on Monday (22 May) criticised the idea of not growing the economy for environmental reasons, joining calls to stop environmental and health-related regulation to prevent overburdening companies.

The current governor of the Austrian state of Burgenland, Hans Peter Doskozil – a known hardliner on migration matters – is in the pole position to become the new leader of the Social Democrat Party (SPÖ), with over 33% of party...

On Monday, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne unveiled France’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets to meet the EU’s 55% reduction target by 2030. Until now, France had set the aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% between 1990 and...

Farmers signed a deal with the Serbian government representatives on Saturday, agreeing to higher subsidies, a milk premium, and a levy on imports, among other things, ending five days of road blockades and protests across the country. According to the...

The National Bureau of Investigation has filed criminal complaints against the Slovenian central bank’s governing board members, including former governor Boštjan Jazbec, who were involved in the 2013 bank bailout. The NBI, a special branch of the police which deals...

Every person working in Romania will have to retire at age 65 at the latest, Romanina Labour Minister Marius Budai announced Monday following his return from EU recovery plan discussions in Brussels. Budai attended a series of meetings last week...

The Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly on Monday, where 50 French National Assembly members and 50 Bundestag members meet bi-annually to foster cooperation between the countries, was overshadowed by their divides on nuclear energy. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and Germany...

A coalition of eight countries, led by Czechia, has come together to voice strong criticism against the proposed Euro 7 car emission standards. According to the European Commission, the Euro 7 standards rules bring emission limits for all motor vehicles,...

The Italian government is working to block Ireland’s new law requiring health labels on alcoholic products such as wine, a move that, according to one of the governing parties Forza Italia (EPP), breaks the internal market and generates unfounded alarm...

Turkey's third-place election candidate endorsed President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday (22 May), boosting the incumbent and intensifying the challenges for opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in a Sunday runoff vote.