On Tuesday, March 11, the European Parliament held debates on the EU's defense capabilities and support for Ukraine. During the session, European Council President António Costa emphasized that Europe's security is inseparably linked to Ukraine's security,

The European parliament approved the establishment of new offices in Moldova and Albania on Monday, 10 March, in an attempt to boost its presence in Eastern Europe. View on euronews

The plenary sessions in Brussels will be temporarily divided between two rooms connected via videoconference during renovation works.

European Union countries must purchase military equipment made in Europe under a new loan program meant to help the continent provide for its own security, a top EU official said Tuesday, even though most of its defense materiel currently comes from U.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has urged the European parliament to ramp up defence spending, as leaders mobilise to find common ground on the military future of the continent.

The European Parliament has lifted restrictions on lawmakers meeting some Chinese officials, in a fresh indication of a potential thaw in EU-China ties. The recommendations were introduced in April 2023 as a follow up to a sanctioning blitz in 2021,

At least five European leaders issued the same exact pro-Ukraine social media post that critics have slammed on social media.

The new measures from the European Commission, the EU executive arm that proposes laws, were criticised by Amnesty International as a “new low” in Europe’s treatment of migrants. The reforms aim to stop someone whose asylum claim has been rejected in one EU state from travelling to another EU state to lodge a second claim.

European leaders including Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof last week hailed proposals to give EU member states fiscal flexibility on defence spending, and to jointly borrow up to 150 billion euros ($160 billion) to lend to EU governments to spend on their militaries.

A narrow majority of parliamentarians signaled they do not support the Dutch Cabinet's willingness to take part in the European Commission’s bid to raise European Union defense spending by 800 billion euros.

Serbia’s parliament descended into chaos on Tuesday as opposition lawmakers threw smoke grenades and tear gas inside the chamber to protest against the government and support demonstrating students.

It began when the center-right European People’s Party’s claimed the Commission had paid NGOs to lobby the Parliament in favor of the Green Deal, through the so-called LIFE funding program. The Commission later revised its contracts with the NGOs concerned.