Poland will spend 4.7% of its GDP on defence in 2025, up 0.6 percentage points from this year's spending plans, according to plans for the new budget seen by Polish media

In today's fast-evolving global economy, the urgency for sustainable growth that integrates social and environmental protection has never been greater.

Euractiv’s Green Brief brings you a roundup of energy and environment news of the week from across Europe.

A controversy erupted over the weekend after an investigation by Repubblica and Domani revealed that a foundation linked to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's party had donated €30,000 to buy a property symbolic of neo-fascism.

The Italian government is expected to announce its pick for EU Commissioner on Friday, the deadline set by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will discuss a landmark economic and defence accord with German leaders on Wednesday (28 August), hoping to use a visit to pursue a "once-in-a-generation opportunity" to reset relations with the rest of Europe.

Spain's right-wing Partido Popular, the far-right VOX and the far-right SALF, led by controversial agitator Alvise Pérez, want an "explosion of racism" in Spain like the one that took place in the UK in early August, the secretary general of the far-left Podemos party said on Tuesday.

A political earthquake is on the horizon in the German state of Thuringia, where a right-wing extremist is poised to win this Sunday’s election and is eying the position of prime minister amid growing dissatisfaction with the established parties.

As Europe grapples with a resurgence of border controls, an updated Schengen legal framework and political support from affected countries could halt what appears to be the gradual erosion of the free travel zone.

Donald Trump faced a revised federal indictment on Tuesday (27 August) accusing him of illegally trying to overturn his 2020 election loss.

Divisions and frustrations are growing within France's Socialist Party as it struggles to agree on whether to take part in future coalition talks in the hope of entering government, an approach that risks bringing down the left-wing union that got them elected.

Brussels will see less climate policymaking post Green Deal, but activists are drawing upon new legislation and case law to keeping pushing for greater ambition, in Europe’s fight against climate change.

A plethora of NGOs and NGO coalitions have announced they will each sue the European Commission over its environmental policies, alleging that the Commission lacks scientific evidence to support its decisions.

NGOs are bringing the Commission in front of the European Court of Justice on two separate accounts. The cases are part of a sweeping trend that sees activists bringing governments to court over the respect of environmental pledges.

The EU’s highest Court is faced with a legal case that could potentially reshape climate action in the EU by 2030, writes Romain Didi and Gerry Liston.

The Netherlands should increase the maximum price of generic medicines sold to Dutch patients to help combat drug shortages, Dutch bank ABN AMRO said in a recent report.

Romania's Social Democrats (PSD) have firmly rejected the possibility of governing alongside the far-right AUR party, Prime Minister and PSD leader Marcel Ciolacu said after Social Democrat MEP Mihai Tudose suggested this could be considered after the upcoming national elections.

Bulgaria's largest party, GERB (EPP), has nominated former Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, who is almost certain to be officially appointed by the caretaker government of Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, a former MP from the party.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz urged the government to enforce the Dublin Regulation after meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday (27 August) and suggested declaring a state of national emergency if the rules cannot be enforced.

Sweden will increase the proportion of biofuels blended with fossil fuels to meet the EU's 2030 climate targets, the government announced on Tuesday (27 August), reversing its previous policy.