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The EU should develop a water management tool similar to the one created for energy to safeguard agricultural production, Portugal’s Agriculture Minister Maria do Céu Antunes argued in Brussels. “We had the opportunity to say to the Commission that, as...

The Spanish economy will slow next year, fuelled by the international energy crisis and record high inflation levels resulting from the war in Ukraine, a study by the Spanish economic foundation Funcas predicts. However, short-term perspectives look more favourable for...

Die schwierigen Probleme in Bezug auf die Rechtsstaatlichkeit sollen laut der Europäischen Kommission in den EU-Beitrittsverhandlungen mit Albanien direkt angegangen werden, erklärte die EU-Exekutive am Dienstag (19. Juli). Das westliche Balkanland unternahm seinen ersten Schritt auf dem langen Weg zur EU-Mitgliedschaft.

Wildfires raged throughout Europe's south, while the Greek capital is surrounded by flames visible from all over the Attica basin as the fire in Penteli has reached unmanageable proportions.

Hungary aims to reach a deal with the EU Commission to unblock EU funds by the end of August, Reuters reported. The commission has been withholding its approval for EU's recovery fund over rule-of-law concerns, and delayed unlocking cash to be spent under the EU budget. "Hungary's objective is to close all outstanding issues in the budgetary conditionality by the end of August," Hungarian state secretary Janos Bóka said Tuesday.

After being grilled by the parliament’s Commerce Committee on Tuesday, the Ownership Steering minister Tytti Tuppurainen, from the Social Democratic Party, was adamant that the Finnish energy company Fortum will not inject more capital into its German subsidiary Uniper.  Read...

Portugal has reported more than 1,000 deaths due to the current heat wave, with the health chief warning on Tuesday (19 July) that the country must gear up to cope with the effects of climate change as temperatures continue to rise.

Dublin has tightened its immigration policy by temporarily blocking visa-free travel to the country for refugees arriving from 20 European states. Starting on Tuesday, Ireland suspended its participation in the European Agreement on the Abolition of Visas for Refugees for...

Three candidates remain in the Conservative party leadership race after Kemi Badenoch was the latest candidate to be eliminated, and the 357 Conservative MPs will decide on the final two on Wednesday, starting a six-week campaign for support from the...

Hot days are already getting hotter due to climate change, said Karin van der Wiel, climate scientist from the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Dutch media NL Times reported. The KMNI has issued a code orange across the centre and...

Several left-wing politicians called for the resignation of local government minister Caroline Cayeux on Tuesday after she allegedly made homophobic comments, for which she has apologised. When she was a senator in 2013, Cayeux said that opening marriage and adoption...

Intervention to achieve price reductions on basic foodstuffs is gaining political momentum as calls for uniform national measures to counter increasing inflation gain steam. This could be realised either with a reduction of the value-added tax (VAT) or a price...

Die liberale Momentum-Partei wird die Lehren aus dem vernichtenden Wahlsieg von Fidesz im April ziehen und härter für ein pro-europäisches Ungarn kämpfen, sagt Katalin Cseh, Momentum-Abgeordnete und Mitglied des Parteivorstands, in einem Interview mit EURACTIV. 

La Commission européenne a proposé aux Etats membres de débloquer « certains fonds » de banques russes gelés par les sanctions de l’UE pour aider la reprise du commerce des produits agricoles et alimentaires, y compris le blé et les engrais, selon...

Austria’s vehemence at the last meeting of the EU leaders to not leave Western Balkan club hopefuls behind as Brussels accepted Ukraine and Moldova’s candidacy bids has contributed to the positive momentum for the region long stuck in the bloc...

Szerda délután másodfokú figyelmeztetés lesz érvényben a hőség miatt az ország legtöbb megyéjében, kivéve Eperjes és Zsolna megyét: ezekre a területekre elsőfokú figyelmeztetést adtak ki a meteorológusok.

The Prime Minister of the German state of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, called for peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia and stated that the ongoing conflict should be “frozen”. Kretschmer said that the current public discussion is “one-sided” and stressed that...

Die Mehrheit der EU-Agrarminister:innen hat die Forderung nach mehr Flexibilität bei den Umweltmaßnahmen im EU-Agrarsubventionsprogramm bekräftigt, um die Produktion zu steigern und die durch den Ukrainekrieg entstandene Lücke zu schließen.

La délégation de la commission du contrôle budgétaire du Parlement européen (CONT) a entamé mardi 19 juillet une visite en Pologne pour s’assurer que le gouvernement polonais utilise correctement les fonds de l’UE avant que le pays ne reçoive la première tranche du fonds de relance.

Die französischen Energiegewerkschaften forderten, dass die finanziellen Kapazitäten des Energieriesen EDF im Zuge seiner Verstaatlichung geschützt werden müssen - ein Schritt, der ihrer Meinung nach nur mit einer EU-Bewertung der Tragfähigkeit der Strommarktreform möglich wäre.