The European Parliament's ban on former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont from taking his seat after the previous EU elections in 2019 "violated the fundamental rights of European voters", Puigdemont said after the EU's Advocate-General said on Thursday that the access should have been granted.

The left faction of the pro-migration German Green party vented its frustration about the EU migration reform on Thursday, as militants previously failed to stop the party‘s leading figures from embracing it.

The Asylum and Migration Pact adopted by the European Parliament on Wednesday (10 April) will “weaken the right to asylum” and enshrine in law an ailing approach to migration policy, Eve Geddie, head of Amnesty International’s Brussels office, told Euractiv in an interview.

Russian missiles and drones destroyed a large electricity plant near Kyiv and hit power facilities in several regions of Ukraine on Thursday (11 April), officials said, ramping up pressure on the embattled energy system as Kyiv runs low on air defences.

The Polish parliament discussed on Thursday a draft bill that would liberalise the country’s strict abortion law, but differing views on how far the new law should go continue to divide the ruling coalition.

This June's EU elections would have given the German Greens their first chance to nominate a European Commissioner in over 20 years, but with Commission President von der Leyen seeking a second term, the party has largely lost appetite for the position.

The decision to open an anti-subsidy investigation against Chinese electric cars was not sufficiently coordinated with Berlin, the head of the German car industry association VDA said on Thursday (11 April), criticising von der Leyen’s solo effort.

Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, says he wants Greece to attract more investment from global pharmaceutical companies, to foster life science innovation and the creation of more Greek intellectual property.

The Swedish government is opposed to shortening the regulatory data protection period for new medicines, as currently proposed by the EU Commission in its pharma legislative overhaul. Swedish key stakeholders are demanding a stronger focus on patients.

Despite its significant potential, Europe trails North America and the Asian Pacific in Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product development and investment. Belgium however, boasts one of the highest densities of advanced therapy companies globally.

A European wealth tax could raise funds nearly 50% greater than the entire annual EU budget, Oxfam reported on Thursday (11 April), just as political support for the policy seems poised to retrench amid the bloc's anticipated shift to the right after June's European elections.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomed European Council President Charles Michel to Rome for a bilateral meeting on the topics to be discussed at the extraordinary April European Council meeting, including European competitiveness, migration and the European strategic agenda.

In this episode of our daily ‘Today in the EU’ podcast, we take a deep dive into the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

For the second time in two years, the Council of State has suspended a government decree banning the naming of meat for plant products, pending the decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ)

After the European Parliament adopted the Pharma Package by a landslide vote at first reading on Wednesday (10 April), it is now at the mercy of the Council and the next Commission - assuming there is a new one in the next six months - and a new Parliament. So what next?

The Council of the EU is preparing a call to implement the plethora of digital regulations passed during the last mandate, and to promote them on the international scene, according to a document seen by Euractiv.

The European Parliament adopted a new set of laws on Thursday (11 April) to transition Europe's gas markets and infrastructure to hydrogen and pave the way for the eventual creation of an independent hydrogen grid development body.

It often happens that news flying below the radar ends up being quite significant. Case in point: The announcement that two dozen German soldiers arrived in Vilnius on Monday, with a further 150 due to join them later this year, barely made headlines outside Lithuania.

Telecoms giant Orange has published a manifesto for the European elections, urging lawmakers to pursue a fully functioning Single Market in the Digital Decade. Orange explains how the EU can become the best place to live in the Digital Age.

The European Parliament adopted on Wednesday a revamp of their internal procedures post-June’s EU elections, and under the hundreds of amendments lays an enhanced scrutiny power over the Commission - and its President Ursula von der Leyen.