The previous government of Portugal “wasted the opportunity” to use all the funds available to the country under the recovery plan, Portuguese Agriculture Minister José Manuel Fernandes said on Sunday, warning against what he called ‘green radicalism’ against farmers.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced on Sunda that she will be running in the European elections as the only candidate for her party Fratelli d’Italia, hoping that her candidacy will help the right wing in the European Parliament and relegate the left into opposition.

Ursula von der Leyen's performance as European Commission President was “extremely poor”, the lead candidate for the German and European liberals, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann said on Saturday (27 April), citing prescriptive climate policy and bad approval ratings among businesses.

Ukraine's top commander said on Sunday (28 April) Kyiv's outnumbered troops had fallen back to new positions west of three villages on the eastern front where Russia has concentrated significant forces in several locations.

French politicians slammed President Emmanuel Macron for proposing an open debate on a common European defence and defending the continent with nuclear weapons.

Supporters and members of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's party have called on him not to resign as he is expected to announce his decision on Monday, while rumours of him eyeing the role of European Council President continue to simmer.

As the European Commission prepares proposals for a further round of enlargement, the two decades since the 2004 ‘big bang’ enlargement show the ups and downs that could lie ahead. On Wednesday (1 May), the EU commemorates 20 years since the...

Some 20,000 Georgians staged a "March for Europe" Sunday (28 April), calling on the government to scrap a controversial "foreign influence" bill which the EU has warned would undermine Tbilisi's European aspirations.

European Parliament is pulling on historical heartstrings to increase voter turnout in June's European elections, with the launch of its campaign on Monday (28 April), which takes a look back at citizens' experiences with war and dictatorships.

In this episode of our daily podcast ‘Today in the EU, we are talking about Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who will announce today whether he will step down from office or continue to lead the country.

The German far-right AfD aims to dismantle the EU in its current form and transform it into a confederation of nation-states with limited power, the party stated during its EU election kick-off on Saturday (27 April).

German centre-right party CDU (EPP) would hide their lead candidate for the European elections, Ursula von der Leyen, FDP leader Christian Lindner said at a party convention in Berlin.

Senior US officials have advised Secretary of State Antony Blinken that they do not find "credible or reliable" Israel's assurances that it is using US-supplied weapons in accordance with international humanitarian law, according to an internal memo..

Authorities in Latvia called on residents to use Saturday's annual "Big Clean-up Day" to turn basements into air-raid shelters, with many in the Baltic country concerned they could be Russia's next target.

Italy on Saturday (27 April) summoned Russia's ambassador after Moscow announced it was putting a subsidiary of Italian heating firm Ariston Thermo Group under the "temporary management" of state energy giant Gazprom.

French President Emmanuel Macron is ready to "open the debate" about the role of nuclear weapons in a common European defence, he said in an interview published Saturday (27 April).

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian attack on his country's energy sector on Saturday (27 April) had targeted gas facilities important for supply to the European Union.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday (26 April) called for additional air defense systems to be sent to Kyiv to help protect against Russian strikes, adding that a pause in UK funding had helped Moscow seize the initiative.

Columbia University's embattled president came under renewed pressure on Friday (26 April) as a campus oversight panel sharply criticized her administration for clamping down on a pro-Palestinian protest at the Ivy League school.

Tensions flared in front of Paris' prestigious Sciences Po university over the war in Gaza on Friday (26 April) as pro-Israeli protesters came to challenge pro-Palestinian students occupying the building.