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The head of the upcoming COP28 climate summit, who also is the chief executive of the UAE's national oil company, acknowledged Thursday (8 June) that a reduction in the use of fossil fuels is inescapable.

In a last-minute strategic move to defuse internal controversies, left-wing party Unidas Podemos (EU Left) decided to consult its members about a sensitive coalition agreement with the new platform Sumar with less than 24 hours before the official deadline for...

Several local Social Democratic leaders have expressed views on who they would like to see as Denmark’s potential future leader on Thursday while Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen continues to dispel rumours that she is being considered for the NATO...

The EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola and political group leaders’ visit to Madrid, which was scheduled for 26 June on the occasion of the Spanish EU Council presidency inauguration, was indefinitely postponed on Thursday after Sánchez announced snap elections on...

Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto will run for president with the help of a constituency association, he announced on Thursday during a press conference. The announcement came as no surprise as Haavisto has been leading the polls for months to succeed...

The government will extend the Horizon Europe guarantee scheme – which provides funding to researchers and innovators unable to receive their Horizon Europe funding – until the end of September 2023, according to a press release published by the Science,...

With many of Russia's EU lawyers based in Brussels, Belgian bar chief Plasschaert explains why he'd work on an anti-sanctions case: "There are no good or bad clients, the only duty of a lawyer is to defend their client".

Energy, economic, and defence security: These are the three pillars that should become the determinant of the EU's political doctrine, writes Mateusz Morawiecki.

Dutch opposition parties asked the cabinet to tackle poverty rates in the country more urgently during a Thursday parliamentary debate, demanding a ‘robust, social package’ before the summer. The parliamentary debate covered the preliminary annual budget (‘Voorjaarsnota’), which was presented...

French nuclear power is "an absolute red line" and non-negotiable, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Thursday (8 June), following Franco-German disagreements over the role of nuclear energy in Europe.

Slovakia still has to spend over 30% of its cohesion funds – a total of €4.3 billion – but with less than seven months before the deadline, €800 million, or 5% of the overall sum, is set to be lost....

It is not possible to ally with the European People’s Party (EPP) and the Identity and Democracy (ID) group, said Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (Forza Italia) during EPP leader Manfred Weber’s trip to Rome. On Thursday, the two leaders spoke...

Left-wing MPs denounced an ‘undemocratic coup de force’ after the attempt to repeal the pension reform failed on Thursday before further announcing that they will be tabling a motion of no confidence towards the government. The independent group, LIOT of...

A new agreement between EU member states to tighten migration rules, and levy charges of €20,000 for each migrant a state refuses to accept was met with disappointment in Germany, with parts of the governing Greens and the SPD opposing...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has drawn up a draft for the Association of Serb Municipalities in Kosovo, which he sent to French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, while the European Commission, US, France, and Germany remain...

The French Senate questioned two French senior managers of the successful social network TikTok, who repeatedly admitted that they were unable to answer the questions put to them.

EU home affairs ministers reached a migration deal described as ‘historic’ by officials that would see EU states pay €20,000 for each migrant that they refuse to host.  

EU lawmakers raised concerns regarding the proposed 2024 budget, which looks to slash funding for the administration of EU institutions, while Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn bids on EU long-term budget review as a way to avoid cuts.

Google Ireland and Others
Freedom of establishment
According to Advocate General Szpunar, platforms like Google, Meta Platforms and Tik Tok may not have additional obligations imposed on them in a Member State other than the one in which they have their registered office, except by measures taken on a case-by-case basis

The European Parliament's rapporteur on a draft EU law to fight child sexual abuse tabled new compromise amendments, honing in risk assessment obligations of communications services.