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The French Parliament recently published the final report from a special inquiry committee looking into “the reasons for France’s loss of energy sovereignty and independence”. EURACTIV spoke to its lead rapporteur, centrist MP Antoine Armand.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell called on European navies to patrol the disputed Taiwan Strait, in a opinion piece in a French weekly published Sunday (22 April).

With virtually all the Kremlin's opponents already jailed or in exile, and liberal press outlets and human rights groups forced to shut down, it might have appeared that years of repression in Russia had achieved their objective.

The United States said it will soon start training Ukrainian troops to use its Abrams tank and Germany announced a deal to establish a Polish hub to repair tanks as the US hosted a meeting of allies on 21 April.

A senior US sanctions official is alerting European countries to Russian efforts to acquire certain sanctioned goods, as Washington seeks to root out sanctions evasion by Moscow.

Phase-out of cages in farming, shortening journeys of live animals, ban on mutilations, and limiting stocking density are some of the Commission's preferred measures in the forthcoming animal welfare legislation revision, a leaked impact assessment shows.

Some animals have mastered the art of faking their death when they can’t scout a way out from their predators – and the Commission took inspiration from this practice when handling some of the thorniest agri-food cases.

While it remains unclear how and when Russia’s war in Ukraine will end, EU member states seem to have returned to their usual bickering. The question, however, is at what cost? Ukrainian officials privately voice their anxiety that Europe’s focus...

The United Nations Cybercrime Convention is becoming a battleground between the EU and other Western countries on the one hand, China, Russia and other authoritarian regimes on the other.

As social media platforms have rewritten traditional media's operating playbook, the fundamental question the European Media Freedom Act must address is one of power imbalance, argues Maria Luisa Stasi.

The impending doom of climate change is expected to displace over 1.2 billion individuals within the next three decades, most of whom will originate from the Islamic world, which will become practically uninhabitable, writes Ibrahim Özdemir.

Europe needs to be better prepared for the coming autumn and winter seasons to avoid medicine shortages like those experienced this year, the EU's Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides warned.

Despite moving fast to contain disruptions to agricultural supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic, EU support was not sufficient in reaching the most affected farmers and food processors, a report by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) showed.

The founder of venture capital firm Lakestar, Klaus Hommels, believes European pension funds and insurance companies should be able to invest in private markets such as venture capital funds, to enable European startups to have more growth capital at their disposal.

Welcome to EURACTIV’s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU.

The far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) leader in the Swedish Parliament declared that the party could withdraw its support for the ruling centre-right coalition, which would risk a political crisis when the country is heading the Council of the European Union. 

With the European Commission having started work on the 11th Russia sanctions package since its invasion of Ukraine, Russia hardliners are reviving pressure to target the country's nuclear industry.

It is crunch time for chips in Europe, as a final deal was reached on April 18 on the continent’s Chips Act - the key will be how the billions of subsidies will be spent, writes Christopher Cytera.

EU lawmakers this week adopted new laws boosting Europe's climate change fight, but a parallel drive to restore nature and protect biodiversity in a separate bill to be finalised before the European Parliament elections next year looks to be on shakier ground.

Chile's President Gabriel Boric said on Thursday (20 April) he would nationalize the country's lithium industry, the world's second largest producer of the metal essential in electric vehicle batteries, to boost its economy and protect its environment.