Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez contacted Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, pledging Spain's "constructive efforts" to foster a richer and more balanced relationship between China and the European Union amid ongoing tariff disputes.

Political reactions following the publication of the Draghi report have been mixed in Italy, with Democratic Party MEP Giorgio Gori (S&D) suggesting that these reactions only serve to highlight the real "enemies of Europe".

Cohesion policy is essential for the competitiveness of the European Union and must not be seen as a "charity policy", the president of the European Committee of the Regions, Portugal's Vasco Cordeiro, warned on Monday.

Mario Draghi’s call for EU policymakers to reduce companies’ regulatory burden to boost the bloc's faltering competitiveness was praised by European business groups on Monday (9 September) but criticised by Europe’s largest trade union confederation.

Mario Draghi handed to Ursula von der Leyen the highly anticipated report on European competitiveness stressing the urgent need to boost productivity to achieve the EU’s political and economic goals.

A new conservative left-wing alliance is in the process of forming in the European Parliament, with the potential of officially being established within a year, Czech MEP Ondřej Dostál (non-attached) revealed in an interview for Euractiv.cz. 

The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is part of a broader initiative to combat deforestation and forest degradation, aligning with the European Green Deal, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, and the Farm to Fork Strategy, its task force is meeting this month in Brussels.

Mario Draghi’s long-awaited report on European competitiveness has been met by MEPs with both praise and reservations. Centrist politicians hope for a speedy correction of EU industrial policies, while conservatives fear accelerated spending and the far-left warns of monopolies. 

The Bulgarian government is considering the possibility of taking control of currently privately owned parking areas where heavy lorries have to park and pay a fee before crossing the border.

Belgium's migration chief has responded to the Hungarian government's threat to send busloads of illegal immigrants to Brussels, saying it "undermines solidarity and cooperation within the [European] Union."

French Rassemblement National (RN) sweetheart Jordan Bardella allegedly drafted falsified documents to prove he was working as a part-time MEP assistant while he was actually working for the party, an investigation by French daily Libération found.

Over 300 Russian soldiers who fought in Moscow’s war on Ukraine and ran as candidates from the ruling United Russia party have secured political office in Russia’s 2024 regional and local elections, state media reported Monday (9 September), citing a senior...

Following increased political pressure, German interior minister Nancy Faeser announced on Monday (9 September) that she will introduced checks at all border crossings and developed a model to refuse entry to irregular migrants.

Tech took center stage in Mario Draghi's long-awaited report on European competitiveness.

During the public presentation of his long-awaited report on the future of Europe’s competitiveness earlier on Monday (9 September), Mario Draghi said that the “essence” of the report could be summed up in just two words, “urgency and concreteness”.

The EU is developing a proposal to sanction Slovakia for its deteriorating democratic standards, which could lead to the suspension of EU funds allocated to Bratislava, according to a report from Bloomberg and Czech News Agency (ČTK).

Marta Kos, a Slovenian liberal politician and former diplomat, is the country's new nominee for European Commissioner, government sources confirmed on Monday (9 September).

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro must be "celebrating" Spain's decision to grant asylum to the opposition's widely recognised winner of the July 28 elections, leader of Spain's People's Party (Partido Popular/EPP) Alberto Núñez Feijóo said on Monday.

Following the recent state election results,  have politicians seen the "twilight" of the established German party system, writes Peter Hefele.

Mario Draghi’s long-awaited competitiveness report published this morning (9 September) calls for a fundamental re-think of the EU’s green growth drive. The former Italian Prime Minister stands by the bloc’s climate goals – but wants less ‘green’ and more ‘growth’.