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Poland should legalise same-sex partnerships, Poland’s new Deputy Justice Minister Arkadiusz Myrcha said after a European Court of Human Rights ruling condemned Poland for failing to recognise and protect same-sex couples. On Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has denied plans to meet Carles Puidgemont, leader of the Catalan pro-independence party JxCat, to ‘normalise’ relations, despite the latter’s party saying on Thursday that such a meeting would be held. The announcement was made...

One in three Swedish elected officials say they experienced one form of threat, violence or damage from ordinary citizens and more frequent perpetrators dubbed “systemic threat actors” in the previous year, while one in 10 said systemic actors threaten or...

Denmark’s National Security and Intelligence Service detained three people suspected of planning terrorist attacks, Flemming Drejer, the body’s head of operations, announced at a press conference on Thursday. The operation, which began early on Thursday morning, was led by the...

Austria’s centre-left SPÖ wants to suspend the country’s carbon price to soften the blow of persistently high inflation, echoing a previous demand from the far-right.

French Green Party leader Marine Tondelier said on Thursday that many left-wing voters favour presenting a joint left-wing candidate for the 2027 presidential elections even though left-wing parties are now campaigning separately ahead of the EU elections in June next year.

Receiving foreign aid from Sweden will soon depend on whether the recipient country accepts the repatriation of its citizens, such as asylum seekers and migrants deemed a security risk, according to the centre-right government and its parliamentary ally, the far-right...

The US Senate will vote on military aid for Ukraine and Israel next week as negotiations continue over changes to US border security policy that would be tied to the funding, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on 14 December.

Pro-Russian parties Vazrazhdane and BSP blocked the work of the Bulgarian parliament on Thursday in protest at the dismantling of the Soviet Army Monument in Sofia. The leader of the far-right pro-Russian party Vazrazhdane, Kostadin Kostadinov, called on his colleagues...

The head of the European Defence Agency, Jiří Šedivý, backed the idea of a future European Commission that would include an EU Defence Commissioner, in an interview with Euractiv Czechia. According to Šedivý, the current set-up of the Commission does...

The German industry blasted the agreement on the EU’s new due diligence law and warned that the new corporate rules would undermine Europe’s competitiveness and stifle its economy.

President Vladimir Putin vowed on Thursday (14 December) to fight on in Ukraine until Moscow secures the country's "demilitarization", "denazification" and neutrality, unless Kyiv accepts a deal that achieves those goals.

The festive season means warmth and shelter in the cold, dark days of the year. Celebrating the best of the past and looking to a brighter future. As the EU prepares for new leaders to take up office next year, a new industry manifesto reflects on what one key sector needs to build a clean energy future. A sector that will be keeping homes warm all across Europe this Christmas.

Hungary's  Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday (15 December) blocked €50 billion in EU financial aid for Ukraine, throwing into doubt Europe’s ongoing support after the bloc's leaders side-stepped his opposition to agree to open accession talks with Kyiv.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties sent a report to the European Commission on Thursday (14 December), asking it to follow the Irish media regulator’s steps to turn off big tech’s algorithmic recommender systems. Recommender systems are the digital platforms’...

Increasing calls for Europe to boost its autonomy and decrease its dependence on others in strategic fields amid rising global competition have divided EU stakeholders.

The French Ministry of Culture announced on Wednesday (13 December) that streaming platforms' earnings will be taxed to promote the French music industry, prompting outrage from Spotify and Deezer.

The EU’s top court rejected on Thursday (14 December) a decision of the European Commission that, in 2017, ordered Amazon to pay back €250 million in unpaid taxes to Luxembourg. 

Quarterly sales figures of heat pumps in Europe are in a slump amid a 14% drop compared to last year’s quarter, which the industry says was caused by political uncertainty and dropping gas prices.

In a historic step, EU leaders agreed on Thursday (14 December) to open EU accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova and grant candidate status to Georgia, despite an earlier threat from Hungary to veto the deal.