Competitiveness Deal draft calls on EU leaders to โurgentlyโ integrate capital, telecoms and energy markets
The document, seen by Euractiv, echoes Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi’s proposals.
The document, seen by Euractiv, echoes Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi’s proposals.
Viktor Orbรกn and Ursula von der Leyen clash at the Strasbourg plenary, after he presented Hungary’s EU Council Presidency initiatives.
Hungarian prime minister faces off with the press before his debate with EU leaders and national opposition in European Parliament.
Thousands died in wartime massacres and Warsaw wants Kyiv to admit responsibility and allow for exhumations and reburial of the victims.
Once every five years the European Parliament gets to pick off a nominee or two โ and rarely fails to do so.
At the first Informal Health Council of the Hungarian EU Council Presidency on Thursday (25 July), State Secretary Pรฉter Takรกcs promised โcreative thinkingโ on the pending pharmaceutical package.
EU Council presidency holder Hungary claims progress in its push for an EU action plan on cardiovascular health and a potentially contentious plan to boost organ donation despite a diplomatic ruckus over the actions of its nationalist prime minister.
Reprisal of Hungarian prime minister was included in a resolution to reaffirm strong support for Ukraine.
Although geothermal energy plays a small part of the EUโs renewable energy mix, it has significant potential as a stable and local source in the Unions quest for energy independence.
EU ambassadors met yesterday (July 10th) to prepare a joint response after President Viktor Orbรกnโs unexpected visit to negotiate peace with Putin. The amicable nature of the dialogue between the two leaders in Moscow upset EU ambassadors, as Hungary u…
Last Thursday and Friday (4 and 5 July), officials outlined Hungary’s priorities for its upcoming presidency of the Council of the EU, promising an “honest broker” role amid concerns over its impartiality, focusing on peace, migration, family policies,…
In this edition, host Mรฉabh Mc Mahon asks what difference a Hungary-led EU Council presidency could make, and hears why Vienna’s the place to be.
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Bulgaria warning North Macedonia that it is straying further from its EU path, the Polish government saying it aims to revise EU green policies during its upcoming EU Council presidency, and so mu…
The Polish government may use its position at the helm of the EU Council presidency in the first half of 2025 to revise some key green EU policies, including the ETS2 system, according to Polish media reports.
Victor Orbรกn briefed Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni on Hungary’s upcoming EU Council presidency program, which focuses on illegal migration, Europe’s competitiveness, and declining birth rates.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn has railed against Western aid to Ukraine while spending big on defense at home.
The first round of talks between the EU and Ukraine will take place on 25 June, after member states endorsed the overall framework for negotiations.
Hungary is set to place food security at the forefront of its agenda as it takes over the EU Council presidency for the next six months starting on 1 July.
European environment ministers will gather in Luxembourg this morning (17 June) for the final Environment Council meeting of Belgium’s EU Council Presidency, aiming to progress several outstanding Green Deal files.
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Even before the European elections, maneuvering is under way for top jobs in Brussels.
The Belgian EU Council Presidency’s latest compromise text of the draft law on detecting and preventing online child sexual abuse material further clarifies risk categorisation thresholds and lays out service providers’ obligation for data retention.
Hungary will use its veto power if necessary once it assumes the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU.
The much-controversial steady deployment of partnerships with countries of origin and transit is next in the EU leadersโ plan to reduce migration influxes, now that the European Parliament has ratified a large-scale reform on how the bloc will deal wit…
Poland and Finland have resisted pressure to support the divisive Nature Restoration Law and instead switched to becoming explicit opponents, seriously limiting the Belgian EU Council Presidencyโs options for moving the file forward.
A new document written by the Belgian EU Council presidency and seen by Euractiv outlines key details for the risk assessment that will form the backbone of a draft law to detect and remove online child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
Greenpeace activists disrupted the one-day Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels on Thursday (21 March), attended by some 40 delegations from across the world to explore the role of nuclear power.
EU member states do not seem to consider as a priority the Belgian EU Council Presidency’s compromise proposal to revise the EU’s Energy Taxation Directive, meaning it may not be finalised before the EU elections in June.
Introduced into the EU debate by the French EU Council presidency in 2022, the concept of ‘mirror clauses’ – or โmeasuresโ – has become ubiquitous in all discussions of EU trade, agricultural, and environmental policy.
Hungarian leader took swift action to contain a domestic scandal, but the ruthlessness against two loyalists raises eyebrows even among supporters.
Law to determine whether riders and drivers are employees or contractors falls short of its mark.
Belgian finance minister Vincent Van Peteghem has said that developing an ‘Industrial Deal’ will be one of the key priorities of his countryโs EU Council presidency, adding that โcutting red tapeโ and improving the blocโs general investment climate are…
Renzi brought Draghi to power in Italy in 2021. Now he wants to do the same for Europe.
As Belgium takes over the EU Council presidency, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib say Belgium’s experience with national political hurdles will guide the bloc through the many challenges of the upcoming six-month-long …
Belgium’s EU Council presidency will hold a scientific symposium in April on the controversial nutritional labelling of food to โshare experiencesโ on the system, reopening the debate between member states that use it and those opposing its adoption at…
Returning from the Christmas holidays, the Belgian EU Council presidency will host its first informal council and the European Parliament’s committees willย resume theirย work in Brussels.
France again voted against incorporating rape into the EU directive on combating violence against women during inter-institutional trilogue talks between the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament on Wednesday (13 December).
Hungarian prime minister reiterates his strong opposition to opening EU accession talks with Kyiv.
Holding the EU Council presidency has given Spain the perfect opportunity to shine and demonstrate its leadership – at least, thatโs what Prime Minister Pedro Sรกnchez said. But today, that ambition looks grim.
While the Spanish EU Council Presidency reaffirmed its commitment to address gender-based violence, the European Parliamentโs rapporteurs are not so confident and do not expect an agreement this year.
An editorial word: What’s to come on health for the Spanish EU presidency By Amalie Holmgaard Mersh With just over two months left of the Spanish EU Council presidency, Spanish health minister, Joseฬ Manuel Minฬones Conde, visited the members of….
SNEAK PEEK โ Ukrainian forces fired American-supplied ATACMS missiles, striking a Russian airfield in occupied Ukraine and marking the first known use of the long-range weapon. โ Multinational military exercises kicked off in Spain this week, in what is the first time the EU has led and organized wargames independently of NATO. โ An underwater [โฆ]
French opposition members have hit out at the government’s efforts to rein in electricity prices as part of EU talks to reform the bloc’s power market, saying the executive will be judged during the 2024 European elections.
Minors are especially vulnerable to manipulation by terrorist organisations and more action is needed to respond quickly to this growing threat, according to a document by the Spanish EU Council Presidency, dated 10 October and seen by Euractiv.
Amid growing threats, Belgium has to place a strong focus on ensuring the continuation of the European Green Deal and the protection of LGBTIQ+ rights during its EU Council presidency in the first half of next year, Deputy Prime Minister…
Belgium is aiming for a new migration pact to be ratified before its EU Council presidency stint ends, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said in a speech to the UN General Assembly Thursday. In his speech, De Croo (Open…
It is high time Spain imposed itself as a leading EU country instead of staying “at the periphery,” Prime Minister Pedro Sรกnchez told the national employers association on Friday (15 September), as the Spanish EU Council presidency publishe…
Belgium should use its upcoming Council Presidency to focus on policy coherence for key areas such as development, trade, and migration, according to the 2023 Belgian development cooperation report published by CNCD-11.11.11 โ an NGO โ which was presen…
A new EU Council presidency compromise text about the regulation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse material online, seen by EURACTIV, puts focus on the role of a planned new expert hub called the EU Centre.
Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib is on a two-day trip to Moldova and Romania, with Moldova hoping Belgium will use its EU Council presidency stint at the start in January 2024 to request Belgium help open Moldova’s path to EU…
Six ministers will make their first round of appearances at the EU Parliament on Thursday to present Spainโs EU Council Presidency, and Prime Minister Pedro Sรกnchez is expected to do the same in October, official sources reported. The presentation of…..
Spain, the current holder of the EU Council presidency, has been accused of undermining the adoption of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Europe following the circulation of a discussion paper that questions the EU’s approach.
The negotiators of the European Parliament and member states agreed on some points about corporate accountability rules this week, and the Spanish EU Council Presidency is expected to push on the talks starting in September in order to strike a deal be…
The group of ‘nuclear alliance’ states will meet with the European Commission on the fringes of the informal EU energy ministers’ meeting on Tuesday (11 July) to seek guarantees on the inclusion of nuclear power in the EU’s energy transition.
The Spanish EU Council presidency has signed sponsorship deals with Volkswagen and Renault โ despite long-standing calls to end the controversial practice.