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Exclusive: Roberta Metsola warns ‘pushing the can down the road’ will fuel nationalism and the far right

Thousands of desperate people have arrived, yet hostile Italian and EU leaders offer no help – to them or to islanders, writes former mayor of Lampedusa Giusi Nicolini

Commission says it is ‘cracking down’ on smuggling networks as NGOs say more assistance is needed from Europe’s leaders

The European Commission has proposed to renew the use of the controversial herbicide glyphosate in the EU for 10 years after a report has found no reason to discontinue its use.

The European Commission is demanding Poland give "clarifications" within the next two weeks over allegations the country's consulates and contractors issued Schengen visas for bribes, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

The United Nations chief says Earth is facing a hellish problem in climate change and its leaders still aren’t doing nearly enough to curb carbon emissions that’s causing it

In her State of the Union address on 13 September, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced a new anti-subsidy investigation into electric vehicles (EVs) from China, claiming that the market is being flooded by cheap imports at prices that are kept artificially low by “huge state subsidies”. The…

When she took to the floor to give her State of the Union speech on 13 September, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen largely stood by the script. Describing her vision of an economically buoyant and sustainable Europe in the era of climate change, she called on the EU…

Prime minister says Italy ‘under incredible pressure’ from large number of arrivals from north Africa

Last week, almost 10,000 people arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa.

EU chief empahsises need for surveillance via sea and land as Italian island of Lampedusa reports record arrivals.