EU states may drop their 2019 position on a bill on returning rejected migrants and instead put forward new ideas that include "innovative solutions" to work around illegal pushbacks.
Inter-institutional negotiations on the EU directive to combat violence against women have stalled over the inclusion of rape in the text — which member states such as Germany and France say is outside the EU's remit.
The EU has offered Turkey almost all it wanted in return for ratifying Sweden's Nato entry, amid signs the saga is drawing to its climax.
Finland's closure of its land border crossing points with Russia likely violates both international and EU asylum laws, warns the executive director of the Finnish Refugee Council.
More than two years after the EU Commission first proposed a law on forced labour, inter-institutional negotiations have not started because member states cannot reach agreement — risking the text's adoption before the 2024 European Parliament elections.
The European Commission says migrant smuggling has never been so profitable or so deadly — despite a decade of policies and so-called action plans to crush the trade.
After months of intense and often volatile debate, the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) is near completion. What are the key battlegrounds?
The platform workers directive, currently under negotiation, could create "ambiguity" on the processing of personal data by the platform and would also violate the GDPR by including the use of so-called robo-firing, research shows.
Ahead of the COP28 Summit, African leaders challenge CBAM, the EU carbon border tax, which comes into effect in early 2024.
The two-week UN climate talks (#COP28) will kick off on Thursday. Earlier this week, the EU Commission will unveil a proposal to improve passengers' rights and Nato foreign affairs ministers will meet in Brussels.
On one of its most profitable retail days of the year, Black Friday, online giant Amazon faces a wave of protests and demonstrations in more than 30 countries demanding better wages, fair tax payments and greater accountability for the planet.Asylum seekers arriving by land in Finland from Russia will now be required to lodge applications some 300km north of the Arctic Circle at the remote Raja-Jooseppi border post.
MEPs across the political spectrum united on Thursday to send a clear message: a robust directive on violence against women is needed — and the Council must unblock the negotiations before the end of the mandate.
In a controversial move, the European Commission has approved the release of €920m to Hungary under Budapest's recovery and resilience plan — despite concerns over the rule of law and democratic backsliding.
Luxembourg's spy chief has resigned amid bad publicity on Nato security fails, as well as prickly relations with the duchy's new leader.
The debate between MEPs in Strasbourg on Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez's controversial amnesty bill for Catalan separatists — attended by Carles Puigdemont himself — saw shouts, boos, applause, and even laughter.
Hungary's new sovereignty law has been criticised by the opposition as 'another dark milestone' for the country's democratic values and the rule of law — and it could bring yet another clash between Budapest and Brussels.
MEPs have adopted their position on new rules for packaging and packaging waste, which have been marked by strong interventions from industry and national interests.
A new report by the German think-tank Dezernat Zukunft shows that 50 percent of all inflation in 2022 was caused by higher fossil fuel costs driving up the price of energy.
The former Palestinian delegate to the EU Leila Shahid told EUobserver that she left diplomacy behind in order not to betray her people — and she is now furious with the EU's response to the Israel/Gaza conflict.
The EU's top institution didn't "bat an eyelid" over Orbán's latest antisemitic slur, in a sign of the Hungarian leader's shrinking relevance in Europe.
The Russian army is telling Syrians where to cross into Finland on bicycles, according to posts on a Telegram account with around 7,500 subscribers.