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MPs have lambasted the UK government for “failing to set out any substantive proposals on long-term migration between the UK and the EU” after Brexit.

The Council added six entities to the EU's sanctions list over actions undermining Ukraine's territorial integrity.

Despite growing calls for a new referendum, political conditions are not yet there to reverse the Brexit process.

Cohesion Policy supports the development of regions that are lagging behind and helps in fostering innovation and enterprise in more advanced areas of the European Union.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused the opposition today (31 July) of exploiting one of the country’s worst ever natural disasters for saying ministers should resign over the deaths of at least 91 people in a fire.

The European Commission published on Tuesday (31 July) its annual report on trade defence measures, which informed of 46 ongoing investigations for unfair commercial practices in 2017.

If the EU finds Poland in violation of their obligations to respect the rule of law, then extraditions under the European Arrest Warrant must cease altogether.

Belgium has introduced an unprecedented fee of €50 months per semester for the security check of journalists attending EU summits. Moreover, the fee discriminates against journalists permanently residing in Belgium and those from abroad, who don’t need to pay the fee.

The Polish Senate approved the amendments to the Polish electoral law for the European elections in 2019 – an issue that could become another flashpoint in the rule of law dispute between Warsaw and Brussels. EURACTIV Poland reports.

Migration is to be the key topic of the European elections and the "1968 elite" must be voted out of office: these demands were made by Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the Hungarian minority in Romania's annual Tusványos Festival. Commentators see Orbán's words as groundbreaking. For some this is good news, for others it is bad.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has criticised Italy for the growing number of attacks on migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, and Italian citizens of foreign origin. In the most recent case, discus thrower Daisy Osakue was hit by an egg hurled at her from a passing car. Italy's press believes Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is mainly to blame for the recent spate of attacks.

More refugees are now arriving in Spain than in the past twelve years, and the number has for the first time exceeded those arriving in Italy. Commentators discuss what is behind the increase in refugee flows between Morocco and Spain.