Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said during a visit to Berlin on Friday (21 June) that Germany "no longer smelled and looked the same", saying it had turned into a "colourful, multicultural world" due to migration.

The EIB launched a new programme to "actively participate in the European Commission’s industrial alliances and initiatives" on net zero and strategic technologies, in its 2024-2027 strategic roadmap.

As negotiations on the EU parliament’s top jobs are due to heat up next week, the Liberals’ main lead candidate, German Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, has yet to find an office, her preferred post – chairing a new defence committee – is highly contested.

Sometime next month, former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi—“the guy who saved the euro”—will publish his much-anticipated report on the competitiveness of the European economy.

This week, the EU finally closed the chapter on the contentious Nature Restoration Law after months of political deadlock. This legislation has become a lightning rod for farming organisations opposing new sector regulations.

NATO members are looking to craft more than a political support package for Ukraine to deliver at the Washington summit in July, but a formal invitation for membership remains unlikely as they are divided over the timeline for Kyiv’s potential entry.

The European People’s Party (EPP) failed to show up at a court hearing in Brussels for a case in which the plaintiff is trying to have them remove Ursula von der Leyen as their top candidate for the European Commission presidency.

After months of stalemate over the rules for innovative biotech crops, EU ambassadors will next week discuss the latest compromise text, seen by Euractiv, with new proposals on patentability.

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The Hungarian government, which will take over the presidency of the Council of the EU next month, wants to address the EU’s currently sluggish economic development by mobilising “untapped labour potential” in the EU.

The EU is considering a range of measures, including sanctions on top government officials, cutting financial assistance and restricting visa-free travel, in response to the Georgian government’s controversial ‘foreign agents’ law, according to an internal document seen by Euractiv. EU...

It is fitting that the European Commission periodically reviews legislation to ensure that it is still delivering on its objectives in a cost-effective way. Sometimes, however, a ‘REFIT’ risks poking a hornets’ nest.

The Czech ANO movement announced on Friday (21 June) its departure from the liberal ALDE and the Renew group in the European Parliament, as its chairman Andrej Babiš, the former Czech prime minister, declared his party would not be able to fulfil its program in its current European political family.

Ministers gathering in Luxembourg today (21 June) for the final Health Council of the Belgian Presidency will grapple with one of the thorniest issues of the pharmaceutical package: incentives.

A closer monitoring of the consequences on European ports of the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme extension is needed, according to Spain's position expressed at Tuesday's (18 June) Transport Council.

A Russian-American woman arrested earlier this year while visiting family in Russia went on trial for alleged treason on Thursday (20 June) after authorities accused her of raising money to send to the Ukrainian army.

Europe has clocked a record number of hours of negative power prices this year due to a mismatch between demand and supply as solar power generation soars, potentially helping to shift investment to much needed storage solutions.

This year's International E-Fuels Dialogue organised by the German Federal Ministry of Transport focused on the use of e-fuels in aviation. For e-fuels to be part of a globally just energy transition, the implementation of sustainability criteria should also be a priority.

Ukraine can use US-supplied weapons to hit Russian forces that are firing on Ukrainian troops anywhere across the border into Russia and not just in Russian territory near Ukraine's Kharkiv region, the Pentagon said on Thursday (20 June).

The US and China resumed semi-official nuclear arms talks in March for the first time in five years, with Beijing's representatives telling US counterparts that they would not resort to atomic weapons over Taiwan.