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Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) leader Caroline van der Plas criticised excessive polarisation concerning the migration debate within political circles in a parliamentary discussion on Wednesday and called for more realistic measures to be implemented. During the debate, lawmakers discussed a proposed...

Hungary's parliament will not ratify Sweden's NATO membership before the summer recess as it has not included the vote in the agenda of next week's session, Hungarian online media reported on Wednesday (28 June).

Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib is facing a no-confidence vote on Thursday after granting visas to Iranian and Russian delegations in the framework of a mayor’s convention earlier this month, but parties say they won’t vote for it as it could...

On Tuesday (June 27), the Cartel Panel of the German Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe was convened to rule on Amazon's complaint. The digital giant wanted to take action against the classification as “market-dominant.”

 A proposed crackdown on corruption, which would make the purchase of mandates in the national parliament, state parliaments and EU parliament a punishable offence, was discussed by the Austrian parliament’s justice committee on Wednesday. Starting 1 September, it will be...

President Emmanuel Macron called for calm on Wednesday following the death of a 17-year-old who was shot by a police officer on Tuesday, which led to clashes between the public and the police and has so far resulted in several...

Forming a steady European Parliament majority after the 2024 elections will be a tough equation, and the EU liberals are expected to play a determined role, but it still will not be enough to combat rising right-wing popularity, according to...

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has chosen a woman from her own political force, the EPP, to replace Mariya Gabriel until the end of the college term in late 2024. Iliana Ivanova, a member of the European Court...

Russia's most senior generals have dropped out of public view following a failed mercenary mutiny aimed at toppling the top brass, amid a drive by President Vladimir Putin to reassert his authority and unconfirmed reports of at least one arrest.

The new Bulgarian government has started negotiations with the European Commission to introduce the euro as a parallel currency to the Bulgarian lev as early as 2024, Finance Minister Asen Vasilev announced on Wednesday.

The Czech-US defence agreement was widely backed by parliament on Wednesday, surviving a pro-Russian disinformation campaign the Czech far-right Freedom and Direct Democracy Party (ID affiliated) stood behind. Following a long debate on Wednesday, the treaty for the Czech-US defence...

 The municipalities governed by the far-right Vox party on Wednesday refused to hang rainbow flags to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Day, Partido Popular exposed its divisions, and the left camp took advantage of the celebration to attack its rivals, ahead of...

While the EU Commission’s request for member states to contribute an additional €65.8 billion as a revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework was ignored by German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, discussions are not over, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s office said on...

Two French Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) said on Wednesday (28 June) that they want to kickstart a European regulation of online commercial influencers on the blueprint of legislation recently passed in France.

A man tore up and burned a Koran outside Stockholm's central mosque on Wednesday (28 June), an event that risks angering Turkey as Sweden bids to join NATO, after Swedish police granted permission for the protest to take place.

As someone who has attended several international conferences and witnessed the demands for military support by Ukraine being met with clarity and understanding, Olga Bielkova says she is surprised by the lack of specificity when it comes to strategic foreign investment in the energy field.

In a statement to the press on Wednesday (28 June), the French President said that support for Ukraine also involved giving it concrete prospects of joining NATO.

As a result of climate change, Europe is facing a massive increase of disease-carrying mosquitoes in countries that were previously not affected, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) warned on Wednesday (28 June). 

EU countries are in the process of setting up the competent authority to police Europe's ambitious new digital rules, with no shortage of challenges ahead.

The European Commission presented two proposals for updated rules on payment services, in a bid to combat fraud, increase transparency for consumers, improve the availability of cash, and level the playing field between banks and fintechs.