In an unprecedented move, the Italian government released its Economic and Financial Document (DEF) without any programmatic targets on deficit and debt and excluding the impact of the measures the government plans for the budget law. 

Backed by more than 600,000 signatures and with the support of numerous NGOs, the Spanish parliament on Tuesday took the first legislative step towards approving a citizen’s initiative calling for the regularisation of half a million undocumented foreigners living in Spain.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will embark on a trip to rally European allies behind Madrid’s initiative to recognise the Palestinian state, with visits to Norway, Ireland, Belgium, and Slovenia, and a meeting in Madrid with Portugal’s new prime minister, Spanish government sources confirmed on Tuesday.

The head of the Czech Confederation of Industry told Euractiv.cz that he hopes the upcoming European Elections will “generate” politicians who prioritise easing the industry’s growing regulation burden.

Russia and Kazakhstan ordered more than 100,000 people to evacuate after swiftly melting snow swelled mighty rivers beyond bursting point in the worst flooding in the area for at least 70 years.

The head of the EU’s auditing body warned that there is “absolutely” a risk that recent news of the alleged embezzlement of hundreds of millions of euros from the bloc’s pandemic recovery fund could reoccur in future.

In this episode of our ‘Today in the EU’ podcast we’re looking into the vote of the controversial migration pact.

EU leaders are expected to put food security at the heart of bloc’s agricultural policy for the next five years, according to a leaked draft of the outline of the EU’s Strategic Agenda obtained by Euractiv.

Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton told Members of the European Parliament that the Commission will need "extra time" to present the European Space Law legislative proposal, possibly after June's EU elections.

EP votes on Wednesday (10 April) on the new pharmaceutical legislation, which the shadow rapporteur Kateřina Konečná (The Left) calls a “bloody compromise”, while Czech MEP Ondřej Knotek welcomed the ENVI outcome.

The European Parliament’s trade committee gave the green light on Tuesday (9 April) to a last-minute deal to extend trade liberalisation with Ukraine until 2025, which Kyiv’s trade minister said is key to sustaining the Ukrainian economy.

Given the continued investment needs into the green and digital transition, there was a need for a “permanent” EU-level fund, EU Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said at an event on Tuesday (9 April), highlighting that the “temporary nature” of the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) has prevented it from unleashing its full potential.

The end of the saga on the temporary liberalisation of Ukraine's imports to the EU could mark a new start in relations between Brussels and Kyiv.

The 'Weimar Triangle' of Germany, France, and Poland is looking to activate joint investment to prop up Moldova’s frail public finances amid increasing Russian pressure on the EU candidate country, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday.

With several EU member states facing the impacts of drought conditions and the bloc’s water ecosystems under pressure, experts have voiced the need for a “holistic approach” to increase Europe’s water resilience.

In a new era marked by climate disruptions, geopolitical conflicts and economic tensions, fundamental questions arise: do we still need industry in Europe? Or can the EU rely solely on fragmented value chains for its strategic autonomy?

The EU’s Single Market Commissioner Thierry Breton has expressed his support for the European solar charter, a new document designed to boost support for domestic solar manufacturers.

The ECT was created in 1994 as a way to foster cooperation between countries on energy matters as well as generate and protect investment in energy ventures in post-Soviet countries.

EU leaders are expected to stress the importance of making progress in the Cyprus settlement talks, according to draft conclusions, seen by Euractiv, for an EU summit on 17-18 April, amid new calls from Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar for a 'two-state solution' for the divided island.

Former Catalan president and leader of the right-wing separatist Together for Catalonia (JxCat), Carles Puigdemont, will quit politics if he does not win the snap regional elections on 12 May, he announced on Tuesday (9 April).