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The digital euro is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to restore people’s access to public money and to realise a sovereign payment system in the digital age. Trilogue negotiators should not squander it by designing it in a way that serves the banking sector first and the public second.
For the past two days, the Socialists & Democrats have held their “Africa Days”, a space for dialogue and co-creation between politicians, civil society, youth leaders, women’s movements, trade unions from both regions, and members of the diaspora.
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With ATMs failing, transport halted and food rationed, families on the peninsula are being pushed into a survival mode that could define everyday life for months.
Bulgaria, once quietly funnelling Soviet-calibre shells that kept Ukraine from collapse, is now invoking war fatigue and religious loyalty to justify slamming the brakes on further aid and sanctions.
Norway's prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre has been vigorously touring the continent since the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran, telling everybody who wants to listen that Norway's Arctic oil and gas are crucial for Europe's energy security. But is it?
The European People's party wants authorities to map Islamist organisations networks, cut funding to civil society, and trigger more intelligence-gathering on the religion.
Petrol shortages in Crimea trigger complaints among locals against Russian authorities. While such shortages persist, Russia soldiers appear to be closing in on Kramatorsk, a city in Ukraine.
Conflict over Ukrainian Insurgent Army actions during World War Two recently escalated into biggest tension between Ukraine and Poland in decades. Now leaders of both nations keep returning each other's honours and medals.
MEPs want to make it easier for aerial spraying of pesticides, typically by drones, to be authorised by member states, and 15-year licences for approved pesticides, rising to 25 years for renewals.
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From Wednesday onwards, the European Union is introducing a new €3 customs duty on low-value parcels entering the bloc from outside the EU – will you end up paying for this?
Since Donald Trump's return, Europe has consistently failed to get into the rooms where straight answers exist. What Europe has not done is structurally engage enough with the one constituency that can actually give it clear eyes: the opposition.
Ukrainian drones reshape the war and expose Russian vulnerabilities but Europe’s disjointed weapons factories and looming US pull-back could leave its own cities unprotected in a future confrontation.
Geopolitical uncertainty has left many EU citizens wanting more of their union, new eurobarometer figures reveal.
For the next six months, Dublin will try to play neutral on defence and Middle East policy while simultaneously pushing for a contentious EU budget deal that many in Brussels still think could easily collapse.
Progressive MEPs visited an external detention centre in light of the recent Return regulation vote, but found unjustified limits to their inspections
China is set to face tougher restrictions on its steel exports to Europe under a new formula set out by the EU Commission.
Donald Trump has been granted even more powers after a Supreme Court ruling that undermines the independence of the Federal Trade Commission, which enforces privacy safeguards of a EU-US data transfer deal.
Nearly half of EU member states, oil and gas companies and the US administration claim the EU's methane regulation is unfinished, causes legal risks, and could disrupt Europe's gas supplies. But does it?