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MEPs Ciarán Cuffe and Grace O’Sullivan will run again in the 2024 elections with a focus on social justice and improving the environment, the candidates told Euractiv on Monday. Cuffe and O’Sullivan were elected to the Parliament for the first...

The Brussels authorities are keen to encourage more non-Belgians to exercise their right to vote in municipal elections, a right most have not used since it was granted to them in 2006. This was announced in a press release published...

Belgium is committing €3 million to the Global Accelerator for Jobs and Social Protection and Just Transitions, Belgium’s Development Cooperation Minister Caroline Gennez announced, as Germany and Spain respectively committed €7 million and €10 million to the new fund ahead...

The problem with the import of Ukrainian grain into Bulgaria was created by Russian propaganda, Transport Minister Todor Gvozdeykov said on Monday after Bulgarian grain producers – who have been demanding a ban on the import of agricultural products from...

The EU Parliament has revised its Rules of Procedure to strengthen its integrity and transparency after the recent Qatargate corruption scandal, but Czech MEP Alexander Vondra warns that the new rules will make the work of the decent and honest...

The Catalan branch of the Spanish Socialist Party (PSC) urged on Monday all EU member states not to veto a proposal to make Catalan a new official language of the European bloc, as demanded by regional separatist forces on Monday...

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has threatened to take Austria to the EU Court of Justice if it fails to lift its veto on the country’s Schengen accession bid by December. The Austrian government has blocked the accession of Romania...

A Franco-German expert report on how to best reform the EU to prepare it for the accession of future members is expected to be submitted to European affairs ministers on Tuesday (19 September). The report, prepared by a group of...

EU foreign affairs ministers will meet in Ukraine’s war-torn capital Kyiv ‘soon’, the bloc’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell announced on Monday (18 September). Earlier this year, the EU side had already once visited the war-torn country for a meeting, including...

Ukraine has filed lawsuits at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against Poland, Slovakia and Hungary following their decision to unilaterally impose a ban on Ukrainian agricultural goods.

Georgia on Monday (19 September) accused a senior Ukrainian official of plotting to overthrow the Black Sea nation's government by organising mass unrest, in the latest episode of escalating tensions between the ex-Soviet countries.

The supreme leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, is on a protracted visit in Russia’s north, where he met President Vladimir Putin and was taken to visit a 'Disneyland' of military paraphernalia.

The EU and cities are preparing the ground to decarbonise Europe’s buildings but most Member States are missing in action 

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin travelled to Rome on Monday (18 September) to "help Italy hold its border" as the Italian island of Lampedusa faces a major influx of migrants.

The EU's General Affairs Council will discuss on 19 September whether Catalan should become an official language of the bloc. This is a great opportunity to correct the serious historical anomaly of millions of European citizens whose linguistic rights are still not guaranteed on equal terms, writes Pere Aragonès.

European Parliament lawmakers have cautiously welcomed the European Commission president's latest defence strategy announcement as a step in the right direction but stressed the need to have sufficient funding and member states on board.

MagRail offers a revolutionary change in rail transport, combining traditional high-speed rail systems with ultra high-speed visions inspired by the hyperloop. MagRail is set to redefine European transport, promising sustainability, efficiency and a modernised rail infrastructure for the 21st century.

The current marginal pricing system for electricity no longer works when moving from mostly fossil generation to mostly renewable generation, and is likely to cause price crashes, writes Mike Parr. Unfortunately, the expected conversion to Contracts for Difference (CfDs) will only make things worse, he argues.

The EU insisted on Friday (15 September) that its economy could survive any retaliation from China, after Beijing warned that Brussels' probe into Chinese electric car subsidies would harm trade relations.

The European Union presented Sunday (17 September) an emergency plan for Italy to help it handle migrant arrivals after a record number of people landed on its island of Lampedusa over the past week.