President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said Portugal’s official position on the Palestinian question is changing, reminding protesting students that Portugal had recently adopted an official position in favour of Palestine's entry into the UN as a full member.
Spain's controversial amnesty law, pardoning Catalan separatists responsible for illegal actions between 2011 and 2023, officially came into force on Tuesday, but the expected return of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont to Spain remains uncertain, as on the same day a Spanish judge announced that an arrest warrant for the separatist leader remains in force.
The outcome of the European election results in Italy could be a signal of moderation for the ruling right-wing alliance led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, according to the political analyst Lorenzo Pregliasco.
Although Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's support may no longer be needed after the EU elections, with a clear pro-European majority likely to back Ursula von der Leyen (EPP) for a second term as European Commission president, experts say Meloni could still play a crucial role for the EPP in defining its positions.
The Partido Popular (PP/EPP), the main opposition party, received the most votes, 34.19% of the ballots cast, giving them 22 seats, while the socialist party of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE/S&D) came second with 30.18%, 20 seats, and the far-right VOX party, third with 9.62%, six seats.
A 25-year-old independent candidate who became known as an influencer on YouTube and TikTok was the big surprise of the EU elections in Cyprus as he managed to rank third and become elected as an MEP.
Greece’s centre-right ruling New Democracy party (EPP) won the elections but lost more than one million votes compared to the national elections last year, while the opposition could not catch up.
The Portuguese centre-right party (S&D) and the Liberal party (Renew) were the winners of Sunday's European elections in Portugal, which, unlike most other EU countries, saw the defeat of the far-right Chega party (ID).
Unlike in other European countries like France, Austria, and Germany, where the sweeping gains of far-right parties shook the grounds of incumbent governments, Italy’s leader Giorgia Meloni remained comfortably in the driver’s seat - with Fratelli d’Italia (ECR) bagging 28.87% of the votes as of 06:15 CET, when over 95% of the ballots had been screened.
Malta’s ruling Labour Party (PL, S&D) is coming to terms with the decimation of its decade-plus-long supermajority, while Nationalist Party (PN, EPP) MEP candidate and incumbent European Parliament President Roberta Metsola makes history.
Spain will join South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip to help restore peace in the region, in a diplomatic move that comes days after Madrid recognised Palestinian statehood.
Russia is trying to influence European elections and divide the West, Italy's Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani warned on Thursday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed hope to focus on restoring relations with Italy once the situation in Ukraine is "normalised".
Respect for European values is the absolute "red line" of the conservative Partido Popular (EPP), the main opposition force in Spain, for any future alliance in the European Parliament after Sunday's elections, the party's main candidate in the European elections Dolors Montserrat told Euractiv's partner EFE in an interview.
The deal to have the asylum applications of thousands of migrants picked up at sea by Italy processed in Albania should be replicated at the EU level, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said, adding that it could be part of a structural solution for the EU.
A Spanish judge on Tuesday summoned the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE/S&D), Begoña Gómez, to appear in court on 5 July as a 'person under investigation' for alleged corruption and influence peddling in the private sector, following an earlier complaint by a controversial civil servants' union linked to the far right.
As right-wing parties surge in the polls ahead of the EU elections, Italian Prime Minister and ECR leader Giorgia Meloni appears to be on her way to claiming the role of queenmaker in the next EU Parliament with her party’s "Italy changes Europe" slogan, but internal party rifts may end up blowing up in her face.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday that he would likely be the EU centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) main negotiator after the European elections on 9 June.
Italian Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti (Lega/ID) and EU Affairs Minister Raffaele Fitto (Fratelli d'Italia/ECR) have dismissed rumours they are in the running to become the next commissioner for Italy.
The far-right VOX party will not support a second term for European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (CDU/EPP), Jorge Buxadé, the lead candidate of the Spanish 'ultra' party, told Spanish public media RNE on Monday, adding her group in the European Parliament almost always sides with the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) on key EU issues.
The European campaign in Spain has been driven by sensitive national issues: Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's ruling Socialists warn of the dangerous rise of the Spanish far-right, while opposition Partido Popular (EPP) attacks what it calls the Socialists' “surrender” to the Catalan separatists.
Italian President Sergio Mattarella stressed the importance of close ties between Italy and Europe on the 78th anniversary of Italy’s Republic Day on Sunday, prompting Lega, the far-right party of Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, to call for his resignation.
Portugal’s Securities Market Commission (CMV) has fined Alpac Capital, the owner of Euronews and Nascer do Sol newspapers, and two managers more than €100,000 for failing to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.
Nearly one in ten of Italian youth live in poverty with 60% believing a job will do little to lift them out of it according to a new report that starkly contrasts with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s remarks that her party has reduced the risk of poverty.
A controversial amnesty law passed by the Spanish parliament on Thursday may have to overcome the hurdle of the EU Court of Justice, as well as other legal barriers before Spain's Supreme Court and Constitutional Court, to which Partido Popular (EPP), the main opposition force, will appeal to try to stop it.
