French far right National Rally (Rassemblement National) chief Jordan Bardella has vowed to work together with other anti-EU forces to create a blocking majority and essentially kill what he described as a “federalist coup d'état” pushed forward by Europhiles.

A new Delegated Regulation jeopardises the fish processing industry. To avert risks to food safety, quality, and industry competitiveness, Polish and Danish fish processing associations urge European policymakers to reject it, calling for prior consultation with EFSA.

Members of the former government of Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy (PP/EPP) used the national police to illegally investigate the political activities of several leaders of Catalan separatist forces for at least five years, using public funds, the newspapers La Vanguardia and Eldiario.es revealed on Monday.

The Israeli leadership is not united on how to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Czech President Petr Pavel said on Monday after he meets with Israeli authorities.

Yemen's Houthi movement will expand its targets in the Red Sea region to include US ships, an official from the Iran-allied group said on Monday (15 January), as it vowed to keep up attacks after US and British strikes on its sites in Yemen.

Portugal has made limited progress in preventing corruption among MPs, judges and prosecutors, the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body GRECO wrote in a report released Monday.

Democratic Party Secretary Elly Schlein has come under fire from within her own party for considering standing as the party’s lead candidate in all constituencies in the EU elections, with several leading party figures asking her to reconsider a strategy they say would disadvantage her female colleagues.

The import of Norwegian oil-laden wastewater is contrary to EU law, according to the Danish environmental authorities, contradicting earlier claims by Environment Minister Magnus Heunicke, backed up by a document from the Norwegian Environment Agency.

The European Parliament president on Monday (15 January) denounced Iran's jailing of Mahsa Amini's lawyer, after he accepted the EU's top rights award on behalf of her and the protest movement her death sparked.

The EU on Monday (15 January) condemned a North Korea ballistic missile launch, the first such firing by Pyongyang this year, and its first-ever test of a solid-fuel hypersonic intermediate-range projectile.

Switzerland agreed Monday (15 January) to a request by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to host a peace summit of world leaders on ending Russia's full-scale invasion -- but without inviting Moscow.

The German SPD announced on Monday evening (15 January) that it would support Nicolas Schmit as the Part of European Socialists (PES) lead candidate for the EU elections, making it all but certain that the Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights will become the primary challenger of current Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

The Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU has circulated a new draft text of the platform work directive, which should be the basis for technical negotiations among member states on Tuesday (16 January), amid persistent divisions about the directive's scope.

The recent US-UK strikes against Houthi positions in Yemen have received uneven support from EU countries, reviving memories of transatlantic divisions that were presumably a thing of the past.

The EU’s Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton warned on Monday (15 January) against far-left and far-right parties ahead of upcoming EU elections, saying they might be lacking consensus-based “governance culture” to the detriment of “European general interest”.

The European Union on Monday (15 January) expressed condolences over the death of dissident Russian poet Lev Rubinstein, who died at the weekend several days after being hit by a car.

Ukraine said on Monday (15 January) it had destroyed a Russian Beriev A-50 spy plane and an Ilyushin Il-22 airborne command post in the Sea of Azov area, dealing a blow to Russian military operations in occupied southern Ukraine.

The new Polish government has announced its ambition to become a green player in Europe, backing a 90% greenhouse gas reduction target for 2040 and looking to pull forward the country’s coal exit.

The United Nations said on Monday (15 January) it needs $4.2 billion this year to provide humanitarian aid in Ukraine and help millions who have fled, urging people not to forget the war-torn country's plight as the Gaza war dominates attention.

A recent spill of plastic pellets on the Spanish coast has highlighted the need for regulation at EU level, with environmental groups pushing for a zero tolerance approach to plastic pollution.