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The UNGA tour de farce 

Euractiv.com - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 06:00
While Russia seeks to demolish the multilateral world, China aims to take it over and reshape it to its own agenda of world leadership. President Trump is being incredibly helpful in this respect
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

‘Melonimania’: France eyes Italy’s right-wing experiment

Euractiv.com - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 06:00
The political stability of Meloni's governing coalition has not gone unnoticed in Paris, where it is being closely watched by an ever-divided French parliament
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Brussels’ spending stand-off pits Parliament vs Council … again

Euractiv.com - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 06:00
“They just don’t answer the phone,” said one MEP involved in the process said of the Council
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Moldova braces for high-stakes vote amid Russian disinformation blitz

Euractiv.com - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 06:00
A flood of online propaganda is swamping Moldovans ahead of a pivotal election
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Looming Russian gas ban splits countries on EU accession track

Euractiv.com - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 06:00
Disputes over whether to buy Russian gas threaten to tear the Energy Community apart
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

HARVEST: A ‘hot autumn’?

Euractiv.com - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 05:47
In today's edition: Food taxes, geographical indications, seeds
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Slovakia nears vote on constitution rewrite critics say undermines EU law

Euractiv.com - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 05:45
A planned constitutional rewrite has sparked alarm in Bratislava and Brussels alike, as critics warn a new sovereignty clause could let Slovakia sidestep EU law and international rulings
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Religion, politics collide over Poland’s new health education classes

Euractiv.com - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 05:40
A new health education course in Polish schools has triggered backlash from the Church and conservative politicians, with critics accusing it of liberal indoctrination despite a curriculum focused on mental health, diet, and digital safety
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Why a tiny island's fate could decide Seychelles' next president

BBC Africa - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 01:33
India, Qatari royals, China and ecologists have their own, very different, views on Assumption Island's future.
Categories: Africa, Swiss News

EPPO opens proceedings against Bulgarian prosecutor

Euractiv.com - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 19:41
Following anonymous tip-offs, the European Prosecutor's Office, which began an administrative inquiry in March, has now escalated the case further
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Kyiv called in to help Brussels build ‘drone wall’ along eastern flank

Euractiv.com - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 18:39
Ukraine is considered a leader when it comes to anti-drone technology because of its war against invading Russian forces
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Germany proposes EU unlock €140bn Ukraine loan from frozen Russia funds

Euractiv.com - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 18:22
Helping Ukraine in this way would "systematically and massively raise the costs of Russia's aggression," wrote German chancellor Friedrich Merz
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

ITRE-SANT power struggle reignites in Parliament over the Critical Medicines Act

Euractiv.com - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 18:05
The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy is trying to regain exclusive competence over several articles and shared competence for many others
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

MEPs press EU budget chief over anti-fraud watchdog turf war

Euractiv.com - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 17:59
"We would like to improve efficiency and coordination across the entire anti-fraud cycle," said Serafin, presenting the Commission's review of the EU's anti-fraud architecture in Parliament
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

The Brief – China’s empty promises on the road to Belém

Euractiv.com - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 17:16
When you parse the Paramount Leader’s video message to world leaders, any vestige of optimism begins to melt away
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

INTERVIEW: Germany must ‘walk the walk’ and recognise us, says former Palestinian PM

Euractiv.com - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 17:12
Mohammad Shtayyeh called on Berlin and other EU countries to formally recognise Palestine, arguing it would align with their support for a two-state solution
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Danish Presidency pushes for tougher rules on rare seed varieties

Euractiv.com - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 16:20
The compromise would ban conservation varieties from being cultivated outside their regions of origin
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Várhelyi says health ‘big winner’ of EU’s next long-term budget

Euractiv.com - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 16:18
Europe has a chance to catch up with the US through its Life Sciences Strategy and pharma overhaul, the health commissioner said
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Merkel says she misses nothing from German politics in interview

Euractiv.com - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 15:55
In a rare interview, Merkel defended her record on Russia, stood by her refugee policy, and praised long-time CDU rival turned Chancellor Friedrich Merz
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Europe can’t compete without water action, warns Danish firm

Euractiv.com - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 15:34
The Danish EU Presidency presents a timely opportunity to elevate water resilience on the agenda and capitalise on it as a competitive advantage
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

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