A confrontation between MEPs and Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán is likely in Strasbourg as he presents his controversial EU Council presidency programme. On Tuesday, the list of new commissioner nominees is set to be unveiled and Mario Draghi will present his competitiveness report to the parliament. 

The EU’s (probable) new foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas comes to Brussels with what many view as excellent credentials. She is tough on Russia and an ardent supporter of Ukraine. The bad news is that Kallas has so far shown little interest or knowledge of the Global South but the good news is that on Gaza, unlike her new boss Ursula von der Leyen, she hasn’t shown an unflinching pro-Israel bias

Slovenia's presumptive candidate for European Commissioner Marta Kos says she is not a lobbyist despite working for a major consultancy firm in Brussels.

In a new paper, two economists argue that the EU needs a system of price controls and buffer stocks to prevent future inflation and shouldn't just leave it to the ECB to fight price rises through interest rates after the fact.

In an effort to save money, the EU hopes private financiers will foot "most" of the climate bill. But a new report dispels these hopes, calling them "wishful thinking."

EU leaders stuck by US president Joe Biden despite his striking gaffes in Washington, but behind the scenes diplomats fear he'll be forced to step aside.