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More than two years after being finalised by negotiators, the treaty that governs relations between the European Union and the 89 members of the African, Caribbean, and Pacific community remains unratified.

The newly launched unitary patent system adopted by 17 member states is expected to boost Europe’s competitiveness and support SMEs and startups, according to the European Patent Office, which hopes more countries will join the system in the coming year.

School’s almost out for the summer. After next week’s Strasbourg plenary session, EU lawmakers won’t have to make their monthly schlep to the Alsace for almost two months. The July Strasbourg session is typically a relaxed affair, the agenda kept to a minimum as MEPs wind down.  But not this year.

According to an old Greek Proverb, a society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.

European biofuel companies have reiterated calls for the European Commission to intervene to dampen the flood of Chinese biofuels entering the EU market, arguing that Chinese manufacturers are fraudulently exporting biodiesel made from restricted feedstocks.

EU governments are poised to shoot down plans aimed at making it easier for non-EU nationals to live and work across the bloc, according to a draft position the Council is going to adopt, obtained by Statewatch and EURACTIV.

Luxembourg will be exempt from reaching NATO's 2% GDP defence spending target to take into account national specificities in assessing its commitments, EURACTIV has learnt.

Austria and Switzerland officially joined the German-led European Sky Shield (ESSI) air defence programme as they signed a declaration of intent on Friday (7 July).

The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into the proposed Amazon acquisition of smart vacuum cleaner manufacturer iRobot, over concerns that it could restrict the competition in the product's market.

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Most EU member states’ national strategic plans for the reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) prioritise economically supporting farms at the expense of ambitious environmental measures, a study for the European Parliament found.

The European Commission's impact assessment and update on the EU's pesticide cuts plan sparked mixed reactions among stakeholders and lawmakers, sparking calls to stop stalling the reform and caveats about consequences for European agriculture.

The European Court of Auditors' (ECA) review of the digitalisation of the EU funds, published on Thursday (6 July), described the current landscape of the systems used by the European Commission to manage funds and planned developments.

European institutions agreed on Thursday (6 July) on the modalities to establish the fund to boost ammunition and missile production in the bloc, but postponed the negotiations on some regulatory waivers to a later stage.

After decades of conflict, three years of consecutive drought, and the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, Afghanistan remains one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises with over a third of its population acutely food insecure.

President Alexander Lukashenko said on 6 July that he would have a veto over any use of the tactical nuclear weapons that Russia is stationing in Belarus, and goaded the West's spies for missing the transport of the warheads.

The EU has been working on reporting obligations for private actors on actively exploited vulnerabilities and cybersecurity incidents in several legislative files while trying to establish mechanisms for sharing cyber threat intelligence, extremely sensitive information. We took stock of the...

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the continued increase in property prices in Croatia despite promises of a drop, Germany countering France's accusations of double standards with regard to nuclear, and so much more.

The “Serbia against violence” anti-government protests taking place since two fatal shootings in early May has motivated apolitical citizens who overwhelmingly support them, while support for the ruling party is on the decline, according to a poll by CRTA. The...

The Slovenian parliament adopted a bill Thursday that will turn supplementary health insurance – a flat-rate monthly payment required for most national health services – into a mandatory contribution attached to regular health insurance premiums. After private insurers announced considerable...