Ukraine education law does not harm minorities

Credible legal opinions effectively address contrary arguments. The EU Council's opinion on Nord Stream 2 did not even attempt to do so.

The sheer number of plastics and pesticides containing hormone disruptors makes some MEPs suspicious the Commission does not have the backbone to act on the issue.

Ukraine's new law obligating all secondary schools to teach in the Ukrainian language runs the risk of inflaming nationalist passions.

Has the long decline of Austria's mainstream parties finally come to an end? The centre-right People's Party seems to have successfully reinvented itself...or has it simply stolen the far-right Freedom Party's clothes?

A state that uses violence on its own citizens who are in the process of enacting their democratic rights raises the urgent and difficult question of whether it still may call itself democratic.

The Trump administration's cut to refugee resettlement numbers could lead to a 'race to the bottom' with the EU.

Emmanuel Macron's speech was delivered with an eloquence only French politicians can muster. Its content, however, was also very 'French' - and that's the crux of the matter.

Germany has many challenges to face - at home and abroad - but EU enlargement for the Western Balkans should remain a top priority for Angela Merkel.

With eight EU alumni, the EU integration expertise of the Balkan states, and an HQ in Brussels, the Cefta club is the perfect incubator for Ukraine's EU aspirations.

Western demands for Ukraine to implement utopian reforms at lightning speed, at the same time as defending itself against Russia's war, serve only to weaken the Ukrainian government.

EU social and urban policies should be more linked together and involve local authorities, in order to help people find affordable homes.

In Florence, the prime minister confirmed a slower - if not softer - Brexit. This might at least give the British people time to draw breath, and perhaps to rethink.