The European Commission approved France’s reviewed Recovery and Resilience Plan on Monday, which includes an extra €2.8 billion from the REPowerEU plan to help finance France’s thermal renovation of ailing buildings. The new subsidy brings France’s total from the Recovery…
Austrian Energy Minister Leonore Gewessler called on domestic suppliers to speed up the process of decoupling from Russian gas at a meeting with energy companies on Monday. At the meeting with energy companies, Gewessler discussed gas supply diversification plans as,…
As the Wagner mutiny unfolded in Russia over the weekend, Ukrainian social media was flooded with memes about popcorn as millions of Ukrainians settled down to enjoy the spectacle. This gleeful reaction was perhaps predictable, given the unimaginable horror and…
The sale of sexual services, which unlike the purchase of such services is legal in Sweden, is to be taxed like any other service, the Swedish Tax Agency said in a statement on Monday. In Sweden, it is legal to…
Portugal’s far-right party Chega! (ID) is expected to enter the European Parliament next year with a projected 13.2% of national votes, but a recent report highlighted the party’s rhetoric fuelled by anti-LGBTQ+, anti-immigration, anti-women and pro-conspiracy discourse. In Portugal, Chega!…
The Maltese government toning down changes to the country’s abortion laws has sparked disappointment among local activists who have campaigned for change after one woman was denied life-saving care and had to be medically evacuated, and another was charged for…
The French government published a summary, which patently ignored the criticisms and calls from several Global South leaders on the process and the lack of ambition from Global North countries (Photo: consilium.europa.eu) French President Emmanuel Macron had hoped that last…
The ANO party wants to remain a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) after the 20
Almost 7,000 kilometres of non-productive areas – four times the length of Slovakia’s national borders – have been created in Slovakia since the start of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform. From 20
A law to eliminate the special pensions of parliamentarians, adopted in 2015, was voted on by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, as special pensions are an important target in the national recovery plan. In October 20