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France will reach the level of electricity consumption expected in 2050 as early as 2030-2035, according to the latest forecasts by RTE, the country's electricity network operator. However, many uncertainties remain.

Poland will attempt to block the migration and asylum pact that the Council of the EU adopted last week and build a coalition of opponents, conservative Law and Justice (PiS) government spokesman, Piotr Müller, told TVP Info on Sunday. During...

At a time of unprecedented geopolitical tensions, Kazakhstan offered a platform to renew and rebuild a common culture of multilateralism, a global system that works for everyone, and prosperity for the many, rather than for the few.

Montenegro's Europe Now Movement (PES) won 25.6% of votes in a snap election on Sunday, the Center for Monitoring and Research (CEMI) pollster said on the basis of a projection of results from a sample of polling stations.

Carbon dioxide emissions from energy use in the European Union fell by 2.8% last year, thanks to reduced use of natural gas following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Eurostat reported on Friday (9 June).

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While supporters of nuclear power in France have welcomed plans to scrap the two-tier approach to low-carbon technologies in the EU’s draft Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), they also condemn the lower status granted to atomic energy as “incoherent” with the bloc’s wider decarbonisation goals.

Old rifts resurfaced in Britain's ruling Conservative Party on Saturday (10 June) following former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's abrupt resignation from parliament, while the opposition Labour Party sensed opportunity ahead of a general election next year.

German investigators are examining evidence suggesting a sabotage team used Poland as an operating base to damage the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea in September, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday (10 June).

Montenegrins head to the polls on Sunday (11 June) for a snap election many hope will bring in a new government to implement economic reforms, improve infrastructure and take the NATO member state closer to European Union membership.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged on Saturday (10 June) that his military was engaged in "counter-offensive and defensive operations" a day after Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin said Kyiv's long-vaunted drive to retake territory was well under way.

Italy is unwilling to ratify the reform of the euro zone bailout fund without first knowing how European budget rules will change, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday (9 June).

The Net Zero Industry Act must accelerate the deployment of solar if the EU wants to reach its ambitious 2030 targets. However, the exact opposite will happen if current market access provisions are not changed. The EU needs to tear down market barriers, not raise new ones. We must enable solar to shine.

China is strategically far better prepared when it comes to the Green transition and has an edge of at least 15 years when it comes to the mining and processing of critical raw materials that will fuel the net-zero industry, according to an expert.

In Germany, the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is gaining popularity, with a recent poll putting it in second place - ahead of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's SPD.

France admitted it has "considerable scope for progress" in reaching EU waste recycling targets by 2025, after the European Commission warned 18 member states they were not on track to reach the EU-wide goals. 

EURACTIV spoke to former diplomats who gave a positive assessment of Kazakhstan’s cooperation potential with the EU and advised the Union against being overtaken by China, a much more assertive geopolitical player.

Thursday night's migration deal struck by EU home affairs ministers in Luxembourg is not ambitious. However, it was never going to be. 

The Council has reached a general approach on the anti-SLAPPs directive, another step towards a finalised approach on the initiative, which will tackle attempts to shut down the work of journalists, rights defenders and others. 

Recent discussions about whether or not to open a NATO liaison office in Japan showcase that the alliance is not united on how to respond to a more assertive China, writes Janne Leino.