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Italian technocrat Mario Draghi warned Europe's economic challenges have 'grown more acute' over the past year

Hungary and Slovakia continue to import Russian crude through a Soviet-era pipeline under an EU sanctions exemption

Small Polish towns are tackling energy poverty with an inclusive outreach strategy and energy data insights

The prosecution said all indicted face charges of "serious crimes against public safety" over the tragedy that killed 16 people last November

The EU must make good on its promise to support 30 GW of solar panel manufacturing capacity in the bloc, Brussels lobby groups argue ahead of a key industry summit. In 2022, internal market commissioner Thierry Breton launched the European Solar PV Industry Alliance (ESIA) aiming to bring back an industry increasingly dominated by Chinese […]

In today's edition: Biotech, Critical Medicines Act and German pharmacists awaiting reform.

The Commission welcomed Berlin’s decision to boost military expenditure and create a €500 billion infrastructure fund

The expulsion will cut Fico off from Europe’s mainstream left

The Commission of Inquiry concluded that Israeli authorities and forces had since October 2023 committed "four of the five genocidal acts" listed in the 1948 Genocide Convention

In today's edition: Commission eyes joined up research, Space Act "less is more"

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In today's edition: EUDR, animal welfare, EU-China

In today’s edition: a Belgian legal paper calls for more conservative judges and a stricter asylum stance, one year on Ursula von der Leyen shows little progress on Draghi’s competitiveness blueprint, and Friedrich Merz vows ‘war’ on antisemitism at a synagogue commemoration

Western oil and gas fields decline more rapidly than those of the Middle East and Russia without ongoing investment

To safeguard Europe's competitiveness and resilience, the bloc must deepen its drive toward decarbonisation. Adopting the EU’s 90% CO2 reduction target will ensure European companies thrive in global markets for decades to come.

A lack of decent reception for asylum seekers is not the same as whipping, a legal expert wrote

This year’s SOTEU was the perfect opportunity to launch a bold new vision for Europe. Instead, we were offered the status quo with a lick of fresh paint. No political vision, just a shopping list of policies

Tobacco, food and alcohol are three big industries pushing against the EU plan

Either way, the UK’s 81% pledge will make the bloc look bad

Brussels and Jakarta are expected to conclude a free trade agreement in Indonesia next week