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Belgium’s Green Party, including  Climate and Environment Minister Zakia Khattabi, criticised Prime Minister Alexander De Croo’s call for a regulatory break on EU climate that echoes French President Emmanuel Macron’s call, also condemned by national Greens.

Business associations have expressed concern over a proposed energy tax on fossil fuels in a letter to parliament claiming this could lead to a steep rise in costs due to a lack of alternative energy sources.

Austria does not have a clearly defined short-term plan to reduce Russian gas imports, the European Commission said as part of its European Semester review on Wednesday (24 May).

MPs of the largest Bulgarian party, GERB will vote “against” all requests to remove parliamentary immunities until the judicial reform bill is passed, effectively boycotting the prosecutor’s office, the party said after the prosecutor’s office filed a request to lift...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suffered a chaotic start to his 2024 presidential election race on Wednesday (24 May) when glitches marred an online forum hosted by Twitter owner Elon Musk that was meant to showcase DeSantis' fitness for the job.

The European Commission has asked Bulgaria to suspend the current scheme of state subsidies for the private sector to reduce the budget deficit and implement measures to reduce electricity consumption. As part of the 2023 European Semester Spring Package, the Commission...

The Italian government led by Giorgia Meloni (Fratelli d’Italia/ECR) continues to work for a greater presence on the African continent, with a particular focus on the Horn of Africa region, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani (Forza Italia/EPP)...

The ongoing row between members of Germany’s three-party coalition reached new heights on Wednesday (24 May), with the ruling Greens warning trust within the government is now severely damaged.

Slovakia’s parliament is debating whether to ask the European Commission to fire its Head of Representation in Slovakia, Vladimír Sucha, over comments about Slovakia’s DNA having broken chromosomes when it comes to gender equality. Sucha spoke at a conference promoting...

The European Commission sent Poland six formal notices to pay the outstanding daily fine for failing to comply with the EU Court of Justice’s decision obliging Poland to dismantle the newly-established and highly-criticised Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court, Polish...

Lobbyists and NGOs must be registered on the EU’s transparency register, before they can participate as invited guests or co-host events in the European Parliament, according to a decision adopted by the Parliament’s leadership earlier this week. 

Seven EU parliamentarians have formed a new group to steer institutional discussions on the therapeutic application of psychedelics. On Wednesday (24 May), an MEP Action Group for the Medical Use of Psychedelics was launched in combination with PAREA and PsychedelicsEUROPE, which...

European governments are set to discuss how the EU can better make its voice heard at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations telecom agency, and might request the EU executive and diplomatic branches provide a roadmap. The point...

With persistent upward pressure on prices, the European Commission has urged EU countries to reduce their public spending to avoid further fueling inflation, notably by phasing out energy aid granted to households.

Hungary is yet to lift its unilateral ban on imports of agricultural goods from Ukraine despite giving assurances it would in exchange for a second financial aid package, thus jeopardising funding for four other EU frontline countries. 

The clock is ticking for Ukraine: It will need to show whether it can reclaim Russian-occupied territories with Western weapons by autumn. After that, Western attention could start to falter.

The Chamber of Deputies adopted a draft bill to prevent the separation of children from their families on Wednesday despite the far-right party AUR falsely claiming the bill included provisions legalising child abduction. The draft law stipulates that a child...

North Macedonia has contradictory entry rules, said Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ivan Kondov in reaction to the recent refusal to let Bulgarian MEP Andrey Kovatchev (EPP) into the country. On Tuesday, North Macedonia’s Ambassador to Bulgaria, Agneza Rusi Popovska was summoned...

Low-cost economies in eastern and southern Europe are being increasingly favoured for investment as companies around the world revamp supply chains to make them more resilient and cost-efficient, a study by professional services group EY found.

Industrial production rose by 2.5% in March after a 4.7% decline in February, with the increase being driven by Slovakia’s key car manufacturing sector, the Slovak Statistics Office said. According to the figures, industry output rose year-on-year in March, despite...