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A widening political dispute is emerging over the EU's foreign diplomacy powers, as a handful of MEPs call for the resignation of Hungary's EU commissioner Oliver Varhelyi, amid a confused Brussels' response on Israel.

In a new report, the International Energy Agency urges governments to start planning now, because by 2040, the world needs 80m km of power grid to meet climate targets. "Plan early and do it right," said IEA director Fatih Birol.

Russia will try — and is already trying — to benefit from the Israeli-Hamas conflict, which has an unfortunate potential to develop into a regional conflict.

UNRWA declared this week that it can no longer assist those in need. Its shelters in Gaza are no longer safe, nor have the capacity to shelter more people. So far, the UN agency has lost at least 14 staff.

Two Swedish people were shot dead in Brussels on Monday by an Islamist gunman, who was "neutralised" on Tuesday morning.

French and German negotiators will attempt to agree on a compromise for the EU electricity market reform on Tuesday.

If innovators and legislators listen to each other, the EU's pharmaceutical reforms will transform patient care and improve the bloc's global competitiveness.

Donald Tusk now faces the biggest challenge of his career: restoring the rule of law, safeguarding media freedom, keeping up election promises, and addressing the national debt.

Repeated policy flip-flops and competing messaging by top EU officials over the last 10 days have already dealt a huge, possibly fatal, blow to the bloc's foreign policy credentials.

Poland's nationalist-populist rulers lost twice over — in elections and in an anti-migrant referendum — on Sunday.

Considering the many missed opportunities to hold Israel accountable for its violations and pursue a real peace process, the ongoing events should be a wakeup call for the EU to adherence to core values of human rights and democracy.

The European Free Alliance (EFA) chose Raül Romeva, 52, and Maylis Roßberg, 23, as its leading candidates for the 2024 EU elections. EUobserver sat down with both to discuss the Europe they envision for the next mandate.

In the wake of the terrorist attack of Hamas in Israel and the Israeli brutal response in Gaza, EU leaders will hold an emergency meeting via video conference this week. The EU-US summit will take place on Friday.

The European Free Alliance political party has chosen its top two candidates for the EU elections, aiming to speak up for "all" regions, minorities, and citizens.

Tunisia's public services — starting with healthcare — are imploding due to a lack of financing. On Facebook groups of Tunisians abroad or Europeans living in Tunisia, requests for medicines are increasingly common.

After the French troop withdrawal, European partners can and should still play a supporting role in Niger. But it's crucial that this role is characterised by humility and inclusivity.

EU leaders are to hold emergency talks by video-link, as EU commission said it was tripling Palestine's humanitarian aid.

Over one million people cannot in reality leave Gaza City overnight in line with Israel's order, the EU's top diplomat has said.

The fact that three of Iran's enemies — the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia —would form an alliance will have set off alarm bells in Tehran. For Hamas, too, such an agreement goes against everything it stands for.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan paved the way for a new clash between Brussels and Ankara by challenging the authority of the European Court of Human Rights, after a landmark ruling against the detention of a teacher imprisoned after the 2016 coup.