The European Council does not consider health to be a priority for the next five years, according to a leaked draft of the EU’s Strategic Agenda seen by Euractiv.
French far-right politicians elected to seat in Brussels are rushing back to Paris, campaigning to take seats in the next parliamentary assembly, with half of the EU elections list running once again.
Vladimir Putin promised to build trade and security systems with North Korea that are not controlled by the West and pledged his unwavering support in a letter published by North Korean state media on Tuesday (18 June) ahead of his planned visit to the country.
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Donald Tusk backing Ursula von der Leyen and Kaja Kallas for EU top jobs, the Commission condemning fascist symbolism without mentioning the youth wing of Meloni's party, and so much more.
Campaigning kicked off on Monday (17 June) for France's snap parliamentary election, which opinion polls suggest the far-right National Rally will win ahead of a left-wing alliance, with President Emmanuel Macron's centrist group trailing in third.
Former prime minister and centre-right GERB leader Boyko Borissov, whose party won the latest elections, will be allowed to name key officials, although his party will have to govern in coalition with two other parties.
Spain granted asylum to 12% of applicants last year, the lowest rate among EU countries, putting the country 30 points below the EU average and at the bottom of the table in terms of the rate of asylum granted, a report by the Spanish NGO Commission for Refugee Aid (CEAR) warned on Monday.
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, leader of the right-wing separatist JxCat party, accused Rassemblement National figurehead Marine Le Pen of acting as a "puppet of the Francoists” of Spain’s far-right VOX party, reacting to an interview where she put into doubt his stay in the south of France.
European Commission spokesperson Eric Mamer condemned on Monday the use of fascist symbolism, but he avoided mentioning the ongoing investigation into the youth movement of the hard-right party Fratelli d’Italia of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a likely ally to Ursula von der Leyen in her quest to for a second term as Commission president.
As the Swedish parliament is expected to vote on a defence cooperation agreement that will give the US access to several Swedish military bases, the opposition and civil society have expressed concern about the deal’s vague wording on nuclear weapons that could be hosted on Swedish soil.
The GetVoting.org initiative, spearheaded by Best for Britain activist organisation, launched a tool on Monday to show British voters how best to defeat the ruling Conservatives and Nigel Farage's Reform UK party.
Eleven people died and more than 60 were missing, including 26 children, following two migrant shipwrecks off Italy's southern shores, aid groups, coastguard officials and UN agencies said on Monday (17 June).
Russia's espionage trial of detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who denies charges of collecting secrets for the US CIA, will be held behind closed doors, the trial court said on Monday (16 June).
While many economists have long advocated introducing a 'climate dividend' to avoid social tensions caused by carbon pricing, a group around Nobel-prize winner Joseph Stiglitz questioned this approach in a paper released on Monday (17 June) in Nature Climate Change.
Euractiv's Transport Brief brings you the latest on the transport sector in Europe.
Ukraine has not been able to reach an agreement with a group of bondholders over restructuring some $20 billion of international debt during formal talks, it said on Monday (17 June), raising the spectre that the war-torn country might slip into default.
Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP/EPP) opted against dissolving the government after environment minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) voted in favour of the EU nature restoration law in spite of his party’s rejection of the initiative.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war cabinet, an Israeli official said on Monday (17 June), in a widely expected move following the departure from government of centrist former general Benny Gantz.
European Union member state leaders were not able to seal a preliminary deal for a trio of top job positions for the next five years when they met on Monday, despite earlier hopes there could be a swift agreement.
Launching the Trans-Caspian Corridor Coordination Platform strengthens vital trade routes linking Central Asia to Europe. Euractiv spoke with the European Commission’s Henrik Hololei, Hors Classe Adviser, DG for International Partnerships, about the road ahead.
As EU leaders descended on Brussels on Monday (17 June) for an informal EU top job dinner that could see an early political deal on the issue, some asked for clarification as to the Portuguese top job candidate António Costa's …
EU member states reached a common position on the bloc’s first law for soils during a meeting of the Environment Council (ENV) on Monday (17 June), granting countries greater flexibility in implementing the rules.
On Monday 17 June, The EU ministers of environment agreed on a common position aimed at revising the directive on food and textile waste, following the targets proposed by the Commission but falling short on the European Parliament ambition.
European environment ministers adopted their first formal position on the Green Claims Directive in Luxembourg on Monday (17 June), with environmental NGOs arguing that the text had been watered down.
