Russia has significantly worsened Europe and Sweden’s security policy, and its confrontational approach must be dealt with, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström noted in his foreign policy statement to the Swedish parliament on the occasion of Sweden’s recent accession to NATO.

The joint EU election list formed by the French Socialist Party and leftist “Place Publique” led by Raphaël Glucksmann scored 13% in polls published on Wednesday and could be a cause for concern within Macron’s Renaissance camp that their core voter base is shifting to the left.

Russia is illegally consolidating its control over occupied Ukrainian territory by creating a "climate of fear" with practices such as arbitrary detention, killings and torture, the head of a UN reporting mission in Ukraine said.

The policymakers behind the EU's AI Act, passed by the European Parliament with a large majority on 13 March, aimed to set a new global standard for regulating the technology, but not everyone agrees the impact will be as vast as promised.

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In this episode of our daily podcast Today in the EU, we are looking at EU leaders gathering in Brussels on 21-22 March

Facing a new sense of urgency, EU leaders are set to meet in Brussels on Thursday (21 March) to discuss making military support to Ukraine more sustainable while ramping up their own defences.

EU liberals kicked off their campaign for June's European election to a muted reception, amid internal divisions that have forced the multi-party alliance to agree on a joint electoral programme of the lowest common denominators. 

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, ramping up EU defence industry production has been on the agenda of member states' leaders, but it is only slowly beginning to gain traction.

Europe’s ever-challenged wind industry gathered in Bilbao, Spain, where the industry stressed its value to policymakers, celebrated legislative wins, and pointed to a less turbulent horizon.

Ahead of the European Parliament elections in June, business groups have presented their wish lists for the next legislative cycle, focussing on simplifying rules and paperwork but not calling to turn away from climate policy.

At the European Free Alliance (EFA) General Assembly, the party’s two Spitzenkandidaten, Maylis Roßberg and Raül Romeva, sat down with Euractiv’s Jennifer Baker to discuss their brand of politics and the 2024 campaign.

For health organisations, the EU Parliament’s public health committee’s (ENVI) agreed compromise on the revision of the EUs pharmaceutical legislation could go further.

The Parliament and the Council found a compromise to prolong the trade liberalisation until June 2025 ensuring an ‘emergency brake’ in case of excessive imports of certain food products from Kyiv, but the EU Ambassadors postponed their final decision while the European Parliament Trade Committee approved it.

One of the biggest obstacles to deploying energy efficiency solutions is the part of it you can’t see - the lack of data interoperability between various components. Europe is struggling to ensure smart energy efficiency is truly interconnected.

In a communication presented on Wednesday (20 March), the European Commission unveiled actions meant to drive Europe's biotechnology and biomanufacturing forward despite numerous challenges.

In a letter seen by Euractiv, agriculture ministers from five EU countries called on the Commission to propose draft legislation to limit the import of grains from Russia and Belarus, citing unfair competition and moral obligations.

EU initiatives against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine have always excluded the agricultural sector. This is meant to avoid side effects on global food security, as Russia is the world's largest exporter of wheat and a major player in the global fertiliser market.

Next time you go by a construction site, look carefully. You might be witnessing exploitation of workers. Urgent action is needed, and the European Commission cannot simply look away.

Water is essential to human life, to the health of our ecosystems and to European economies, yet it is under increasing stress due to overexploitation, rising demand and the effects of climate change.