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...

Spanish far-right MEP Alvise Pérez admitted that he received €100,000 in undeclared cryptocurrencies from a businessman to partially finance his campaign for the  European elections, and called for a 'tax rebellion' against the Spanish state. 

The European Commission is now close to finalising the long-awaited EU definition of low-carbon hydrogen after announcing a final four-month public consultation on Friday (27 September). 

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The appointment of a dedicated European Commissioner for Circular Economy competitiveness within Jessica Roswal's portfolio is a critical step forward in the EU's commitment to accelerating the transition to a circular economy. This new role addresses a significant gap in previous policy frameworks, where circular economy initiatives were often fragmented across various commissioners.

Massimiliano Giansanti has been elected president of Copa, the influential EU umbrella organisation for farmers' unions, cementing Italians' presence in key positions of the EU agricultural bubble.

On Tuesday (24 September), the petition to change Italy's citizenship law hit its target of 500,000 signatures in under a month, paving the way for a national referendum, bypassing the Parliament.

When thinking about industrial policy and how to restore Europe’s economic stance in the world, Europe should secure funding for research and development (R&D), rather than subsidies, a Finnish government representative urged in Berlin this week.

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Meta had been storing millions of users' passwords in plaintext, without cryptographic protection, in an internal database, the firm found in 2019.

On 17 September in Strasbourg, Euractiv had the opportunity to bring together MEPs, APAs, and our newsroom to connect and share ideas on the priorities for the new European Parliament cycle.

Moldova is heading to the polls in October for presidential elections and an EU referendum, with pro-European incumbent President Maia Sandu seeking a second term but facing Kremlin-backed candidates and disinformation.

The ruling Georgian Dream party's campaign ahead of Georgia's parliamentary elections in October has been marred by fear-mongering and echoes of Russian-style propganda on the war in Ukraine.