Ursula von der Leyen

The voting taking place in 27 member states from June 6 to 9 will be decisive for the future of the European project at a turbulent time in history

An investigation by EL PAÍS with Lighthouse Reports reveals how Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia use European financing to detain and forcibly displace migrants and refugees. The victims are primarily Black people. The objective: prevent them from reaching Europe

In an interview with EL PAÍS, the president of the European Council says he anticipates Russian interference in the European elections but plays down polls forecasting the rise of the extreme right

The 27 member states have lately taken significant steps on military and economic security matters, but the nature of the organization and internal discrepancies continue to slow down the push for a more ambitious union

The aid package includes both grants and loans over the next three years for the Arab world’s most populous country, according to the EU’s mission in Cairo

The Commission proposed to further loosen rules imposed on agriculture which it said, not so long ago, were instrumental to the bloc’s strategy to become climate neutral by 2050

The memberships of six nations from the region have been stalled for years. But after Russia’s war on Ukraine, EU officials are more keen on trying to lure them away from the Kremlin’s influence

The European elections in June will determine if conservatives and Christian Democrats align with the far-right or stick with their long-standing coalition of social democrats and liberals

Cyprus and Israel in December announced a humanitarian sea route to the Strip but it failed to materialize despite a successful trial run that shipped 90 tons of aid to Egypt last Christmas

The Israeli army prevented the first U.N. World Food Program convoy in three weeks from entering the northern Gaza Strip; it ended up looted by a hungry crowd

The EU is going through a metamorphosis that seeks to dissuade Putin from undertaking new aggression and guarantee its autonomy in a turbulent world

Under the plan, member states would have to meet restoration targets for specific habitats and species, with the aim of covering at least 20% of the region’s land and sea areas by 2030

The EU High Representative for Foreign Policy calls on member states to increase and accelerate aid to Ukraine

Western leaders are showing their support for Zelenskiy in Kyiv, but without major economic or military aid announcements. Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, continues to praise the Ukrainian military: ‘You saved your country, you saved all of Europe’

The German Christian Democrat politician, who wishes to continue as head of the EU executive body, wants to bring a defense commissioner onto her team

Protests continued in many EU nations. Farmers across Spain staged tractor protests, blocking highways and causing traffic jams to demand changes in EU policies and funds to combat production cost increases

Concern has mounted that public support to keep pouring money into Ukraine has started to wane, even though a Russian victory could threaten security across Europe

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has endorsed the deal as an important initiative and the fruit of necessary ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking to address the migration issue

The EU Commission is setting out a plan to guarantee European economic security with an eye on China and the Middle East

The process for the six Western Balkan nations that have been seeking EU entry was stalled for years but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has rekindled the prospects

The European Parlament tasked its legal department to prepare the groundwork for a possible challenge at the EU’s highest court

Senior representatives from Washington, Beijing and Brussels present their approaches to a period that, according to the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen, represents the ‘greatest risk to the global order since the postwar era’

The new government aims to restore democratic norms eroded by Law and Justice and mend relations with foreign allies that were also strained

Brussels sought to address the $431 billion trade deficit and called on China to influence Russia to stop the war in Ukraine

Criticism over the position towards Israel undermines the ability of the US and the EU to project their values and interests in emerging and developing countries