Thursday
16th Nov 2023
Tesla is facing combined opposition from its Swedish employees, trade unions and even companies in the industry itself. A small industrial dispute over the rejection of a collective agreement has snowballed in little over a month.
As the current legislative term nears its end and the next European elections draw closer, political groups are already busy working on their electoral agenda. But what do young MEPs think?
EU legislators are just weeks away from enabling racial profiling and unlawful de facto detention across Europe's external-border member states.
In an unprecedented move, a new Polish MEP, Włodzimierz Karpiński, will come to Brussels directly from a prison cell.
Ahead of the European elections next year, the European People's Party are pitching themselves as the 'farmers' representatives' in Brussels. But they are making misleading claims when they oppose nature-friendly laws in the name of farmers, say critics.
As Nato's 75 spy chiefs meet in Brussels, the alliance's smallest member, Luxembourg, stands accused of years-long security failures.
Germany's constitutional court struck down a €60bn off-budget government climate fund on Wednesday (15 November), putting the country's legal commitment to limit climate change at serious risk.
The report focused on attitudes towards the West in the so-called 'middle powers' — including India, Turkey, Brazil, South Korea, Indonesia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Russia.
The EU Commission has proposed a platform that would bring together EU employers and non-EU workers. The aim? To address the pressing labour shortages facing the EU-27, but also to boost competitiveness — and discourage illegal migration.
In the wake of emerging litigation and regulation on so-called forever chemicals, there are growing worries among investors that PFAS could be the 'new asbestos.'
While the EU makes efforts to reduce emissions at home, progress is dwarfed by the EU's financial sector's climate-harming, profit-seeking investments outside of its own borders, write the directors of Climate Action Network, Friends of the Earth, and Action Aid.
As war rages in and above Gaza, many Palestinians have found themselves trapped in Egypt, awaiting to be finally able to cross the Rafah crossing to be reunited with their families.
MEPs agreed on new rules for online service and hosting providers to improve the protection of children online, but also to ensure the privacy of internet users — a balance that was missing from the EU Commission's proposal.
The lack of EU common ground on ending Gaza's intolerable tragedy makes it essential that member states which want a ceasefire break free of the EU institutional straitjacket and take urgent action on a national level.
The European Investment Bank is one of 22 of the world's 50 most important multilateral organisations which have never been led by a woman, writes ex-PM of New Zealand Helen Clark.
The EU has backed Israel in saying its unprecedented killing of civilians in Gaza is partly due to terrorists' use of "human shields", amid intense debate on the morality of the war.
What remains baffling, to Ukrainians fighting for their country and environmental NGOs fighting to save the planet, is that terminals in Belgium and France continue to serve as transshipment points for Russian LNG cargoes destined for India and China.
The Party of the European Socialists met in Málaga this weekend to discuss next year's election priorities — but some of the most fundamental issues remained unresolved.
PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński has rallied against the EU treaty, dubbed Donald Tusk's opposition a "German party," and warned of Poland's independence being at risk. Meanwhile, the pro-democratic coalition has unveiled its 24-point programme, which lacks concrete detail.
The controversial 'mass surveillance' bill aimed at preventing online child sexual abuse will be voted on by the parliament's civil liberties committee on Tuesday. A day later, the EU Commission is expected to unveil its Talent Mobility Package.
A Greek administrative watchdog has launched an investigation in the Pylos shipwreck that likely killed hundreds of people off the Greek coast in mid-June.
MEPs and EU member states have reached a deal on the Nature Restoration Law — one of the most controversial initiatives of the EU's green agenda. Why does it matter?
Even amid the horror in Gaza, some EU member states have been busy doing business with Israel approving lucrative arms deliveries, in the full knowledge that they will be used against a civilian population under siege.
The Socialists & Democrats are gathering in Málaga to prepare their manifesto for the 2024 European elections. With house prices doubling in countries like Latvia, Luxembourg, Czechia, and Austria, the S&D is calling for affordable housing for young Europeans.
The European Parliament has lifted the immunity of four rightwing Polish MEPs over alleged crimes to incite hatred against Muslim immigrants during a 2018 municipal electoral campaign.
The European Court of Justice has dismissed Chemours' appeal challenging the classification of so-called 'GenX' chemicals as a "substance of very high concern" by the EU chemical agency.
After noisy protests and prolonged negotiations, Spain's centre-left leader Pedro Sánchez has reached a deal with pro-independence Catalans in exchange for their parliamentary support. A Catalan amnesty bill and an investiture vote are expected next week.
Over the last month, moves by several European governments to curb expression and protest in response to the unprecedented violence in Israel and Gaza/West Bank appear designed stifle dissent, deny collective grief, and create a 'chilling effect', writes Amnesty International.
The EU won't be blackmailed by a possible Hungarian veto over additional funds for Ukraine, said the European Commission.
The EU is preparing to open accession talks with Ukraine in December in a morale-booster after 623 days of full-scale Russian aggression.
I am uncomfortable with historical analogies to describe periodic spikes in antisemitism — but images of mobs storming an airport in Dagestan in search of Jews, crowds yelling "Gas the Jews!" in Sydney come 85 years after the Nazi 'Kristallnacht'.
According to a new UN-backed report, governments plan to produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than a 1.5 degrees Celsius limit allows
Sweden has called for an EU immigration crackdown to stop terrorism, with a right-wing slant on Muslims that risks sharpening division.
