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The Spitzenkandidat concept – which gives the winning group in the EU elections a chance to propose their lead candidate as European Commission president –  is quietly fading away, with even its initial backers becoming gradually less vocal about the...

Les groupes LIOT et PS ont annoncé le dépôt de deux propositions de loi visant à abroger la réforme des retraites, malgré sa validation par le Conseil constitutionnel et sa promulgation vendredi dernier.

2 352 cannettes de bière américaine portant l’inscription « The Champagne of Beers » ont été interceptées et détruites par les douanes belges pour atteinte aux règles de l'UE sur les appellations d'origine protégée.

Greece’s alternate foreign affairs minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis admitted that the New Democracy government (EPP) granted permission to export the illegal Predator spyware to Sudan, now facing a dramatic civil war. But speaking to Realfm, the minister insisted that “the export...

Selon le dernier rapport de l'UNICEF, la confiance à l'égard de la vaccination infantile a baissé de  plus de 10 % en France depuis 2020, notamment en raison de la pandémie de Covid-19 et de difficultés accrues d'accès aux soins.

Efforts to boost carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Europe are insufficient according to the biofuels industry, who say the United States offer better incentives.

Albanians are the most pessimistic of all Western Balkan citizens when it comes to the economic outlook following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with almost half believing the situation will not improve. The Regional Cooperation Council carried out a Regional Barometer...

With under a month until Albania heads to the polls to elect mayors and regional councillors, a total of 132 political parties are present in the country, with more than 24,000 candidates in the running. R The May 2023 municipal...

Le Sénat français exhorte les institutions et les pays de l'UE à rassembler des preuves du transfert forcé d'enfants ukrainiens vers la Russie et à sanctionner les fonctionnaires russes impliqués dans ces crimes, a indiqué le sénateur André Gattolin lors d'un entretien accordé à EURACTIV France mercredi (19 avril).

Serbia will not support Kosovo’s membership to the UN, President Aleksandar Vučić said in discussions with Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Blistrem on Wednesday. In the discussions, Vučić discussed the normalisation of relations with Pristina and emphasised that the EU expects...

German President Frank Walter Steinmeier asked for forgiveness of German crimes committed during World War II as he commemorated the 80th anniversary of the ghetto uprising alongside the presidents of Poland and Israel in Warsaw on Wednesday. On 19 April...

Spain’s two main parties, the ruling centre-left PSOE (S&D) and the centre-right Popular Party (PP/EPP) are both using the housing crisis as a way to gain votes ahead of elections set for later this year. The first to start the...

Upping birth rates and bringing more women into the labour force are the solutions the government is proposing to plug the current labour shortage of about one million, Labour Minister Marina Elvira Calderone and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recently said....

Budapest and Ankara should ratify Stockholm’s NATO application before the Alliance’s summit in Vilnius in July, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin said during an official visit to Sweden on Wednesday. In the first visit of a US Secretary of...

Le président allemand Frank Walter Steinmeier a demandé « pardon pour les crimes allemands » commis pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale lors de la commémoration du 80e anniversaire du soulèvement des ghettos, aux côtés des présidents polonais et israélien.

After days of speculation, the Japanese company Sega looks likely to finalise the acquisition of the Finnish company Rovio Entertainment known for its Angry Birds brand. Rovio’s board of directors supported the tender offer of €706 million by Sega, according...

The current state monopoly system would not function without regulatory changes, according to a report commissioned by the Interior Ministry that looks at the future of online gambling and recommends a switch to a licensing system. According to a report...

Opposition parties criticised the government for indecisiveness in handling the country’s ongoing nitrogen crisis while advocating for differing approaches as lawmakers in parliament debated potential financing methods for a nitrogen transition fund on Wednesday. The proposed fund, worth €24.3 billion,...

A five-point resilience plan that prioritises the safe supply of food and includes a call to reform the Food Management Act was unveiled by Agriculture Minister Norbert Totschnig on Wednesday. The food supply situation in Austria is currently secure, Totschnig...

The academic success of German children depends more on their parents’ education and income, as the education system gives varying outcomes, a report published by the Ifo Institute for Economic Research reads. German children with parents with high school diplomas...