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From co-designing urban spaces to crowdsourcing and permanent citizen assemblies, European cities, regions and institutions are experimenting with different forms of participation to give citizens a say on issues that affect them in decision-making processes. This EURACTIV special report looks...

Since 2019, the German-speaking community in Belgium has carried out a deliberative experiment involving citizens in decision-making processes, a model that, according to the former head of the region’s parliament, could be adapted to other government levels.

This week, EURACTIV’s Agrifood team brings you the latest from the European Council where UN Secretary-General António Guterres asked EU leaders to lift sanctions on Belarus fertiliser potash. We also talked about the Commission’s decision to trigger the agriculture reserve...

Donor fatigue is a political choice and a "tragic error" by Western leaders, and it is making the Global South feel "disappointed, frustrated and even betrayed", Achim Steiner, chief administrator of the UN development programme, told EURACTIV. 

Berlin voted Sunday (26 March) on making the city climate neutral by 2030, in a binding referendum that will force the new conservative local government to invest heavily in renewable energy, building efficiency and public transportation.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday (26 March) sacked Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, triggering mass protests, a day after Gallant broke ranks with the government and urged a halt to a highly contested plan to overhaul the judicial system.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the European Commission negotiating vaccine contracts as countries face overstocking problems, Prague welcoming the deal on e-fuels Germany struck with the Commission, and so much more.

The speed and format of Ukraine’s NATO integration is the critical factor for victory over Russia and the restoration of peace and order in Europe, writes Roman Rukomeda. Roman Rukomeda is a Ukrainian political analyst. This is his 79th account of Russia’s...

The ongoing dialogue with Serbia was high on the agenda as Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti met with Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama, Parliament Speaker Lindita Nikolla, President Bajram Begaj, and opposition leaders in Tirana over the weekend. In Brussels...

About 5,000 Slovenian farmers took to the streets in their tractors across nearly two dozen cities and towns Friday to protest conditions they say are making it near impossible to work with. Taking a page from the Dutch farmers’ book,...

The upcoming Bulgarian election in April is expected to have more vote-buying attempts even though it now costs €75 to buy one vote – a threefold increase compared to 2021- Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev said on Saturday. Vote-buying has impacted...

Huawei made an impact on this year’s WMC in Barcelona, where it presented its last technologies that will dominate the following year of the sector. 5G is here to stay and to improve the experiences of users and businesses. 5G...

The agreement reached between Germany and the European Commission that would leave space for e-fuels in the EU’s plans to phase out combustion engines from 2035 is a significant success, according to Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS, ECR). After...

Spain's first major wildfire of the year scorched more than 4,000 hectares of forest and forced 1,700 villagers to leave their homes in the Valencia and Aragon regions.

The Green Party is the only party in Finland considering the possibility of taking on new EU joint debt, a new survey commissioned by Helsingin Sanomat and carried out by research company Kantar Public reads. However, the rest of the...

London City Hall staff are no longer allowed to have TikTok on their devices over security concerns after the UK government banned ministers from using the video-sharing app on their work phones. The Greater London authority (GLA) said the rule...

The Netherlands calls for global water-related challenges to be addressed, Infrastructure Minister Mark Habers and Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Minister Liesje Schreinemacher said at the UN Water Conference in New York, where they pledged financial support to developing countries....

Russia and China are the main threat to Mediterranean security and strategic infrastructure – such as gas pipelines and undersea cables –, Senator Marco Dreosto (League/ID), Secretary of the Bureau of the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee, told EURACTIV.it. According...

In an unprecedented political initiative, five green parties from Western Balkan countries, plus Croatia, signed a declaration on Sunday about a cooperation platform, pledging to work together for peace and environment, and against corruption. The declaration was signed in Sarajevo,...

Rumours the centre-right ÖVP could break up the government and force an early election have been strongly denied by Chancellor Karl Nehammer in an interview with public broadcaster ORF on Sunday. Government coalitions in Austria have not been stable in...