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UK prime minister Keir Starmer is “very interested” in copying Italy’s arrangement to process asylum applications at offshore centres in Albania, Giorgia Meloni told reporters on Monday.

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

Thousands of workers in Belgium took to the streets on Monday, disrupting traffic and public transport, in solidarity with workers at an Audi factory in Brussels that is facing imminent closure.

Ursula von der Leyen's already-delayed formation of her next team of EU commissioners has come under increased scrutiny, after the shock resignation of France's commissioner, Thierry Breton, on Monday (16 September) — in protest at the commission president's “questionable governance”.

The pharmaceutical industry pours €110m into patient-advocacy organisations across the continent, new research by Investigate Europe reveals. Critics argue that funding threatens the independence of the sector — claims rejected by the groups.

What sets German chancellor Olaf Scholz's latest decision apart is not the act itself — but its magnitude in the absence of an immediate border crisis. This time, it reveals a more structural issue within Germany’s approach to integration and migration. If left unaddressed, this policy shift could put the entire European project at risk.

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 name Patriots for Europe will easily go down in the history of the EU as the greatest misnomer ever. The name suggests an unlimited love for their home country Europe but its manifesto emphasises the national sovereignty of the nation-states on the continent.

Ukraine has the legal right and military need to strike inside Russia with long-range Western missiles, Nato military chiefs have said despite Kremlin threats.

Adopted by lawmakers with a wide majority in the European Parliament, the EU’s deforestation regulation was the culmination of years of campaigning by politicians and activists for the EU to move towards more responsible business practices. Set to come in from January 2025, some are now getting cold feet.