Europeans citizens are showing a growing interest in EU elections, have a more positive outlook on the European Parliament than ever before, and speak favourably of enhanced EU defence policy, Eurobarometer’s latest figures, released on Wednesday (17 April), reveal.

The far-left separatist party EH-Bildu, favourite to win the Basque elections next Sunday, and the ruling socialist party PSOE (S&D) clashed on Tuesday after the former refused to describe the now defunct Basque group ETA as “terrorist”.

Spain will soon implement a mandatory distribution of immigrant minors to all the country's regions to relieve the great migratory pressure on the Canary Islands, with hundreds of people arriving every year from the coasts of West Africa.

New leadership must determine which policies can help Europe balance sustainability and competitiveness by reaping the benefits of innovation at a time of acute global challenges. The next mandate must ensure technology-driven businesses can thrive in Europe while upholding the Union's fundamental values.

The new Swedish Eurosceptic list for the European elections, Folklistan, led by MEP Sara Skyttedal (EPP), intends to push for an EU directive to ease sending convicts to serve their sentences in other EU countries’ prisons.

As many as 578 people, including opposition politicians and possibly prominent figures from the then-ruling camp were being monitored via the Pegasus spyware under the previous conservative government’s rule, Polish Justice Minister and Attorney General Adam Bodnar said on Tuesday.

The European Union will prepare to expand its sanctions on Iran in response to Tehran's attack on Israel, EU top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Tuesday (16 April) after an emergency video conference of the bloc's foreign ministers.

Italy is considering deploying its peacekeeping forces as part of its strategies to de-escalate the situation in Gaza and if a Palestinian state is created with the support of other nations, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (Forza Italia/EPP) said on Tuesday.

Europe's stock market are plagued by problems that prevent deep tech startups from getting the funding they need, Letta wrote.

Riot police in Georgia waded into demonstrators and cleared them from around part of the ex-Soviet state's parliament on Tuesday (16 April) as lawmakers debated a bill on "foreign agents" that the opposition denounces as authoritarian.

Spanish Vice-President and Ecological Transition Minister urged EU countries to save the beleaguered Nature Restoration Law, in an exclusive interview with Euractiv in Brussels on Friday 12 April.

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Making the rounds are rumours that France’s Macron may be preparing a new speech on the future of the EU, akin to his 2017 ‘Sorbonne speech’ – but no one knows for certain what it will contain.

With some EU member states and sectors likely to be exposed more than others by the European Union’s future enlargement rounds, a new fund is needed to compensate for imbalances, according to a draft report by former Italian prime minister...

The EU defence market must be more integrated, create champions, get access to cash and give the Commission overseeing powers, Enrico Letta’s audit says, going fiercely against member states’ protectorship.

Far-right leaders from across Europe will gather in Brussels today for the National Conservatism Conference after the event was evacuated by the police on Tuesday following a shut-down order by the socialist mayor of Saint Josse.

The EU’s markets watchdog should start taking on the supervision of the bloc's largest financial sector firms and oversee the creation of a pan-European IPO venue for small and medium businesses, Enrico Letta will tell EU leaders

The market for low-carbon fuel for aeroplanes is still nascent, but it is growing. As airlines try to sell themselves as greener than their competitor, how can claims about their fuels be verified?

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE)) unanimously adopted a resolution on Tuesday (16 April) calling for frozen Russian assets to be transferred to a new fund to reconstruct Ukraine and compensate victims.

The UK parliament is expected to vote in favour of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill on Tuesday (16 April), which sets the ambitious target of the UK achieving smoke-free status by 2030, a decade ahead of the EU target.