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A legal definition of domestic violence, missing in the national legislation so far, was introduced into law in the Czech Republic on Tuesday. Despite alarming numbers, Czech legislation had no domestic violence definition, which brought significant uncertainty into police conduct...

Lasting solutions to challenges such as the war in Ukraine can only be found with dialogue, understanding, and consensus, Spain’s King Felipe VI said on Tuesday. The king was speaking at a ceremony in the Yuste monastery in the western...

The secretary of Sweden’s Liberal Party on Tuesday called on the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats to take action against one of its MPs over a highly controversial ‘culture wars’ remark following the party leader’s comments on drag queens. Sunday’s party...

US President Joe Biden's public approval was at 40% in recent days, close to the lowest level of his presidency, with Americans unhappy about his handling of immigration and inflation, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll showed.

The support for EU membership has remained strong and even increased since the start of the war in Ukraine, according to a survey published by a pro-market think-tank Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA), on Tuesday. Of the respondents, 64%...

A verbal altercation broke out in the Dutch parliament on Tuesday – Europe Day – after lawmakers attempted to give parliamentary speaker Vera Bergkamp (D66/Renew) an EU flag. Officially, a vote has to be conducted in order for a flag...

Civil Service, Public Enterprises, Telecommunications and Post Services Minister Petra De Sutter (Greens/EFA) had to explain herself before the Chamber on Tuesday regarding several controversies surrounding the links between the postal company Bpost and her cabinet. Two Bpost employees were...

Conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) MEPs have thrown their weight behind their European political family’s (EPP) push to abandon essential parts of the European Green Deal, which the EU centre-right launched at its party conference last week. Last week, the...

While German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s speech in the EU Parliament could have been one of the most memorable events of his time in office, what we got instead was a heated argument about the lack of ambition of the German...

An odd telecom industry term – “large traffic generators” – recently made it into the European Commission’s “fair share” consultation about EU network fees. This misleading framing ignores the fact that it is telcos’ own customers that request, and thereby generate, data.

The European Commission has finally acknowledged the absence of carbon capture and storage (CCS) from its emissions-reduction strategy but much remains to be done, writes Chris Davies.

A resolution calling on France and the EU to work towards listing the Wagner group as a terrorist organisation, which is reportedly guilty of multiple crimes in Ukraine and Africa, was adopted by the French National Assembly on Tuesday. The...

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party is reportedly considering nominating former Lombardy region governor Roberto Formigoni, a former politician convicted of corruption, in the upcoming 2024 European elections. According to rumours in the Italian press, Formigoni could be one of Fratelli...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama voiced strong support for incumbent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, just days before Turkish citizens will vote in presidential elections. Rama’s intervention indicates the geopolitical balances in the region, with neighbouring Greece carefully watching the...

The Slovak economy is the most vulnerable when it comes to Chinese car imports and could lose approximately 0.4% of its GDP if no action is taken, according to a new study by German insurer Allianz. Chinese-built electric vehicles pose...

It is impossible to stop the planned whaling this summer despite the country’s Food Authority’s conclusion that the hunt does not comply with the objectives of Icelandic animal welfare legislation, Fisheries and Agriculture Minister Svandís Svavarsdóttir said on Monday. The...

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP/Renew) has called for a tougher stance on China after a scheduled meeting with his Chinese counterpart was cancelled at the last minute. Lindner was scheduled to meet with Chinese Finance Minister Liu Kun on...

The European Parliament appears to have abandoned plans for an expensive expansion of its premises in Strasbourg, according to a note obtained by EURACTIV,  

The European Parliament adopted a report on Tuesday (9 May), on the implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), including criticism of the belated transposition from certain EU countries. 

A draft Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services, seen by EURACTIV, moved the requirement excluding non-European companies into a new subcategory.