Between 6 – 9 June 2024, around 350 million people in the 27 member states of the European Union are eligible to cast their vote in the 10th European elections. Euractiv presents the groups taking part in the election.

The Polish government said Friday (31 May) that a false story stating that Poles would be mobilised to fight in Ukraine that appeared on the state news agency was likely a Russian cyberattack.

Six people were wounded in a knife attack at a far-right rally in Germany on Friday (31 May), including a prominent critic of Islam, drawing immediate condemnation from the nation's leaders.

Standard & Poor's cut its rating on France's sovereign debt on Friday (31 May), delivering a painful rebuke of the government's handling of the strained budget days before an EU parliamentary election.

US President Joe Biden laid out a three-phase Israeli proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza in return for the release of Israeli hostages, saying "it's time for this war to end" and winning a positive initial reaction from Hamas.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on Friday (31 May) for NATO members to spend together 'equitably', €40 billion a year for Ukraine, giving up on his original multi-year plan, nevertheless assuring this will provide a long-term perspective for Ukraine.

The Confédération des buralistes, which represents the interests of tobacco retailers in France, has come out against a Senate report that recommends raising the price of a pack of cigarettes to €25 by 2040.

The EU needs a new strategic agenda after June's election while the world is burning, the bloc’s future is at stake, and Hungary's Viktor Orbán is playing hardball – Weimar Triangle to the rescue?

Representatives of Malaysia’s indigenous peoples, along with climate and human rights NGOs, urged the European Commission to involve civil society in discussions about the EU’s anti-deforestation regulation (EUDR) during a visit to Brussels this week.

At the transport and energy Council yesterday (30 May), France, Germany and the Netherlands called the European Commission to launch controls in 3rd countries to reinforce the mesures against the import of fraudulent biofuels. 

Germany and the US have publicly backed Ukraine in targeting Russian territory with their home-made weapons, breaking an important taboo and secret surrounding the rules Kyiv must follow in repealing Moscow’s attack.

This week, DG CNECT announced its restructuring for the AI Office, while the file on fighting online child sexual abuse material finally seemed to make some headway.

For many who have been waiting impatiently for the one key European Central Bank announcement after a protracted period of high interest rates, fresh EU data released on Friday (31 May) may have just killed the mood.

The European Commission announced that online fashion retailer Temu has been designated as a “very large online platform” (VLOP) under the Digital Services Act (DSA) on Friday (31 May).

An initiative to secure EU mobility rights for British musicians is gaining traction after Labour's shadow economy minister spoke in favour on Tuesday (28 May).

During a visit to Stockholm for a summit with Nordic leaders on Friday (31 May), Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson signed a bilateral security deal as part of a series of Swedish commitments to Ukraine made in recent days.

France's regulator Arcep is not fully on board with the European Commission's 'one-size-fits-all' approach to deregulating its telecoms sector, said president Laure de la Raudière, in a speech.

Big Tech should be made accountable for their environmental footprint at an EU level, by being incentivised to design digital services in a sustainable way, said Arcep’s President Laure de la Raudière, in a speech.

Ahead of the European Elections in June 2024, EHPM calls on the EU to recognise food supplements as important allies for European citizens’ health, and to promote policies that empower consumers, and enable the continued growth of the European food supplement sector in the next mandate.

Although the centre-left Lithuanian Social Democratic Party is currently polling well ahead of the rest in the run-up to the European elections, the outcome will largely depend on voter turnout, which is currently expected to be among the lowest, that could favour the current ruling Homeland Union-Christian Democrats of Lithuania.