Germany’s Justice Minister wants to reopen negotiations on the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) one day after Germany and 16 other EU countries, received a yellow card from the Commission for missing deadlines to transpose the rules.

The Centre for Monitoring of Racism and Xenophobic Behaviour (OMZRiK) is suing Polish President Andrzej Duda, a former PiS member, for his comments about a 2023 film depicting the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, where hundreds of migrants have been trying to enter Poland since mid-2021.

Italian President Sergio Mattarella and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who ended a three-day meeting with a ceremony commemorating a Nazi-fascist massacre, have sent a strong message to the far right.

Former French European Commissioner Thierry Breton shared his concerns about France's loss of influence within the EU in an interview with Le Monde on Sunday, criticising Germany's leading role.

An email sent to the European Commission and Parliament chiefs is expected to stir the waters ahead of the upcoming hearing of Greece’s commissioner candidate for the transport portfolio, Apostolos Tzitzikostas.

Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO) won the most votes in Sunday’s election, the first time it has topped the poll in post-war history, in line with forecasts. In this episode, host Giada Santana and politics reporter Nicoletta Ionta discuss the election results, the FPO’s platform, and the potential makeup of Austria’s next government.

Hopes of finding any of the 48 migrants missing since their boat sank near the Spanish island of El Hierro are diminishing, authorities said, in what threatens to be the deadliest such incident in 30 years of crossings from Africa to the Canary Islands.

As the EU’s multi-million lender still faces pressure to review its lending policy in the defence sector, Robert de Groot, vice-president for defence, calls for using available cash first.

Germany's centre-right CDU (EPP) has urged the European Commission, led by fellow CDU member Ursula von der Leyen, to fund fences at the borders of Greece and Poland as new German border controls increase the pressure on countries of first entry.

Israel killed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a powerful airstrike in Beirut on Friday (27 September), dealing a heavy blow to the Iran-backed group as it reels from an escalating campaign of Israeli attacks.

The vote was delayed to give Chinese and EU officials time to negotiate an alternative solution to the imposition of tariffs, whereby Chinese carmakers agree to offset state subsidies by selling their EVs at a minimum price.

As governments, private sector leaders and NGOs gather for New York Climate Week this month, one theme is likely to dominate: the urgent need for immediate climate action.

Olivér Várhelyi, Commissioners-designate for Health and Animal Welfare is not expected to get an easy ride at his European Parliament confirmation hearing. Still, if confirmed, Várhelyi has an opportunity to leave a generational diabetes legacy.

While the National Rally (RN) has never been as influential in France and Brussels, Marine Le Pen and 26 other individuals must answer for "embezzlement of European funds" in a trial that could determine the presidential ambitions of the far-right party leader.

If Friedrich Merz remains the frontrunner for Germany’s chancellery, the EU will get a decisively pro-European chancellor, insiders told Euractiv, but he is also likely to tip the balance further right.

Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) has surpassed Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) in the general election for the first time in the country’s history, according to Institut Foresight projections.  

The last meetings before the final adoption of an universal carbon pricing scheme for ships are kickstarting this week in London under the International Maritime Organization.

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Germany’s proposed revision of its Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) would allow automatic credit scoring, a common practice that is currently in legal muddy waters.

Israel killed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a powerful airstrike in Beirut, dealing a heavy blow to the Iran-backed group as it reels from an escalating campaign of Israeli attacks. The Israeli military said on Saturday it had eliminated Nasrallah in the strike...