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Former Minister Marlène Schiappa – now secretary of state for the Social and Solidarity Economy – and her cabinet have ‘political responsibility’ in the mismanagement of a public fund aimed at fighting radicalism and separatism, according to the findings of...

Fewer solar panels and heat pumps are expected to be funded through EU funds in Slovakia in the future as the environmental ‘do no significant harm’ principle will be among the criteria to apply for state funding from July. The...

Ukraine has started serious discussions to purchase Bulgaria’s two Russian-made nuclear reactors with EU money so it can better deal with future power shortages, Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov said after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy paid his first visit to Bulgaria Thursday.

The Stockholm District Court sentenced a man to four and half years in prison and deportation for attempting to raise money for the terrorist-labelled PKK – a decision that comes less than a week before a critical Swedish-Turkish meeting on...

German officials defended the country’s renewable energy record after Paris criticised Berlin for importing nuclear energy from France following alleged shortages despite rejecting EU legislation on nuclear energy.

As the incentives of customs authorities and public prosecutors are not fully aligned, efforts will have to be made to improve collaboration to fight smuggling and illicit trade, Professor Vanessa Franssen from the University of Liège argued during a EURACTIV round table debate.

Sweden could still become a NATO member before next week's Vilnius summit, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday (6 July), following another round of talks to try to overcome Turkish objections holding up Stockholm's membership bid.

Political groups in the European Parliament are preparing their final push on the embattled EU Nature Restoration Law ahead of a decisive vote on Wednesday (12 July), with the right doubling down on its opposition and supporters attempting to win more votes.

On a one-day visit to Sofia on Thursday (6 July), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy entered into a direct clash with the pro-Russian narrative of Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, who said that Ukraine was shying away from a diplomatic solution to the conflict.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak could decide next week on whether to accept an arrangement that would finally see the UK obtain access to the €95 billion Horizon Europe research and development funding programme after two and a half years of delays.

What is behind Russia and Ukraine’s unprecedented mutual accusations over a possible explosion at the nuclear power plant of Zaporizhzhia – and the threat it would pose to Europe? The 1986 accident at the nuclear power plant of Chernobyl, also...

The caps on market revenues for the generation of electricity from inframarginal technologies introduced during the energy crisis as emergency measures have been implemented in different ways across members states which creates distortions and could delay investments necessary for the energy transition.

Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded, where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques will bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In this edition, Eleonora Vasques reports from the Ocean Viking close...

The main contention points in the European Parliament's debate about an EU broadband law are how to deal with tower companies and the rules for permits, while divisions over the senders-pay principle loom in the background.

Welcome to EURACTIV’s weekly Economy Brief. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. Italy is the only eurozone country that has not yet ratified the reformed European Stability Mechanism (ESM), voting to postpone the parliamentary debate on its -unavoidable –...

Central and Latin American countries threw cold water on the EU's efforts to rally the continent's support for Ukraine and called for colonial reparations in a counter-proposal of an upcoming EU summit draft declaration, seen by EURACTIV.

The French Senate published a highly-critical report on TikTok’s “strategic influence” in France on Thursday (6 July), making the case that the social media platform may amount to a “national security threat” and a ban should be considered.

The French government said on Thursday (6 July) that EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders had "no competence" to comment on policing in France, criticising his stance.

The European Commission proposed to adapt some outdated laws on seeds, trees, and other plant reproductive material to the goals of the EU's flagship environmental policy, the Green Deal.

The proposed reform of Germany's competition law, which expands the scope and powers of its national competition authority, could become a model for the EU, economy state secretary Sven Giegold (Greens) said.