Rules requiring the EU's border agency Frontex to suspend operations in member states where rights are being violated "are not fit for purpose", said a European Commission official.
Around 35 million buildings will need renovation or demolition in the next decade. A task that will expose millions of workers to asbestos.
EU finance ministers meet in Stockholm to negotiate new spending rules, with frugal Germany expected to clash with France and Italy. Meanwhile the proposal has been criticised by economists for not leaving enough room for climate investment.
With 60 percent of African countries spending more on debt repayment than on national healthcare, the EU should use Global Gateway financing to address structural issues rather than conversations about finance.
Workers are ageing and there is a lack of young people to replace them — is the sector attractive enough right now? The Commission is already reviewing the regulation (and the obstacles).
The EU Commission has proposed an overhaul of its pharma-industry rules, aiming to cut medicine prices and even out access to new drugs across Europe.
The EU Commission's proposed new debt rules give capitals more power over their own spending, but still envisage tough fines for profligates.
Tests on using the EU budget to support defence research have delivered scarce results, says the EU's financial watchdog.
A recent World Bank report shows that, with appropriate social policies, the green transition could minimise the transitions' effects on wage differentials between university graduates and the rest and reduce regional inequalities across Europe.
Serbia is trying to block Kosovo's membership in the Council of Europe, putting in doubt an EU-brokered deal amid heightened tension in the region.
Prominent Iranian rights defenders are demanding the EU list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation.
Curiously, it is not easy to ascertain exactly why Sweden could not enter the alliance on the same day as Finland, given the submission of parallel bids, writes former Swedish ambassador to Ankara, Michael Sahlin, and Kjell Engelbrekt.
EU diplomats and civilians are fleeing Sudan amid concern Russian mercenaries will exploit the Western vacuum.
The Christian Democrat, Social Democrat, liberal and green groups, plus the smaller Left group, warned that the latest legislative developments in Hungary will further deteriorate the rule of law, fundamental rights and democracy.
China is distancing itself from comments made by its ambassador in Paris that appeared to question the independence of ex-USSR states — which would include the Baltic EU member states.
Our 2023 Media Freedom Report shows that withering media pluralism is one of the greatest threats facing Europe's media landscape.
During the week, the European Parliament special committee on foreign interference is set to adopt its proposals to fight foreign actors, particularly Russia and China, using information manipulation — which is likely to increase as the 2024 European elections approach.
High rates of unemployment and risk of poverty and social exclusion are rife among young Europeans. Yet, in some member states, they are excluded from the minimum income protection.
Italy's central bank chief Ignazio Visco in a lecture at the University College London warned the ECB against further raising interest rates to tackle eurozone inflation.
Poland is gunning for an EU crackdown on Russia's top gas bank, oil pipeline, and diamonds in upcoming sanctions.
Lithuania's parliament passed a controversial new law allowing volunteers from around Europe to join its national border guard force — while giving them the right to use violence against asylum seekers and migrants crossing in from Belarus.
The European Parliament approved a new law proposal outlawing products linked to deforestation, covering wood, cattle, palm oil, soy, cocoa, coffee and rubber and derivatives like chocolate, furniture and certain cosmetics.
The EU executive plans to limit Ukraine grain imports to neighbouring EU countries to transit and export purposes only, after Bulgaria became the latest country to temporarily ban the import of Ukrainian grain.
MEPs leading files on the EU asylum reform want binding relocations of asylum seekers in times of crisis, a contentious issue for member states. But some capitals will be pleased that most MEPs also endorsed EU funding for border fences.
Over 60 truck drivers, mostly from Georgia and Uzbekistan, have been striking for a month over abusive working conditions and unpaid wages by their Polish employer, who provides for global major brands.
EU countries have drawn up sanctions targeting Moldovan oligarchs trying to overturn the pro-Western government in Chișinău.While European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde warned that increasing rivalry between the US and China will add to inflation and slow growth, top EU officials in the European Parliament insisted on Europe's need to carve out its own place.
Internal discussions on a key EU asylum bill have led to a raft of opposition from member states that have yet to agree on numerous issues.
The European Parliament adopted a new emission-trading system that includes homes, cars, aviation and shipping; a carbon border levy on imported goods and an €87bn social fund to protect people against energy poverty and higher climate costs.
More than ever, national capitals are calling the shots in Brussels. The European Commission and the member states have both gained power in recent years — the power of the one does not come at the expense of the other.