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Le président français Emmanuel Macron a annoncé un projet de loi inscrivant la liberté des femmes de recourir à une interruption volontaire de grossesse dans la Constitution française, alors que ce droit fait l'objet d'attaques croissantes dans le monde entier.

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said the West wants to expand the conflict in the Ukraine to the Asia-Pacific region, Russian state media reported, citing comments made at a Beijing defence forum on Monday (30 October).

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the counries that abstained in a UN General Assembly vote calling for a humanitarian truce, Poland's PiS hunting for new opposition MPs to remain in power, and so much more.

Various Serbian opposition parties will join together at the 17 December elections following cooperation in the parliament and the protest organisation ‘Serbia against violence’. The opposition parties uniting include the Party of Freedom and Justice, the People’s Movement of Serbia,...

Slovenia has extended police checks at its border with Croatia and Hungary by another 20 days, until 19 November, citing concerns over terrorism and organised crime. Slovenia reinstated border checks on 21 October – the day Italy introduced checks at...

Romanian EU lawmaker Eugen Tomac (PMP/EPP) said he would appeal the EU Court of Justice’s decision rejecting his case against Austria’s Council veto on Romania and Bulgaria’s Schengen bid. Because the EU court also delved into the substantive aspects, Tomac...

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will support ‘brutal financial aid’ to Ukraine – despite his pro-Russian rhetoric – if he is given guarantees the money will not be misappropriated and some will be used to renew border infrastructure and support...

Palestinians in northern Gaza reported fierce air and artillery strikes early on Monday (30 October) as Israeli troops backed by tanks pressed into the enclave with a ground assault that prompted more international calls for civilians to be protected.

The French constitution will contain the right to abortion from next year, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday, making France the first country to have such a right guaranteed by the constitution. On  International Women’s Day on 8 March, Macron...

Banning the defacing of national flags following a huge spike in anti-Semitic behaviour in Austria recently is something being proposed by Chancellor Karl Nehammer. Reports of anti-Semitism have increased sharply in Austria recently, with a reported 300% increase from last...

Scientific innovation is key to develop and phase-in new alternative methodologies in the research and testing fields, reducing reliance on animal use. Sanofi and the wider EU pharmaceutical industry are committed to actively replacing animals wherever possible. Whereas industry sectors are subjects to various scientific purposes and regulatory requirements, collaborative platforms such as EPAA help support this goal.

Only two parliaments in the world have more than 50 percent female representation, Rwanda and Bolivia. This week's Nordic parliamentary meeting in Oslo will join that sadly select group, with 54 percent female participation.

Reuters visuals journalist Issam Abdallah was killed on 13 October in southern Lebanon by a "targeted" strike from the direction of the Israeli border, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Sunday (29 October), based on preliminary findings of its investigation.

Meeting at the margins of the G7 meeting in Osaka on Sunday (29 October), EU and Australian trade representatives failed to conclude negotiations on a free trade agreement due to persistent disagreements on agricultural market access. “Unfortunately, we have not...

Bulgaria’s pro-EU parties won convincingly in the country’s local elections, and the intrigue in the second round is between the two leading parliamentary forces – the coalition between We Continue the Change and Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) or GERB, the strongest...

The governments of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Greece have been criticised by MPs, mainly from the opposition, for abstaining on a UN resolution urging Israel to implement a humanitarian ceasefire without condemning Hamas. Infogram map of Europe votes The...

Pardoning Catalan separatists is the only way for Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez socialist PSOE party (S&D) to secure a majority to form a stable government, he insisted, indirectly admitting that passing an amnesty law for those involved in...

The conservative ruling nationalist Law and Justice party (PiS, ECR) is trying to rope in newly elected opposition lawmakers to secure a majority in parliament to form a future government after being left without a parliamentary majority following the general...

Czech political parties affiliated with the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) and right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) will form a joint candidate list for the 2024 European elections to counter populists and boost the chances of right-wing parties to...

Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters stormed an airport in Russia's predominantly Muslim Dagestan region on Sunday (29 October), where a plane from Israel had just arrived, forcing security forces to close the airport and remove the demonstrators.