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Islanders lament how little has changed despite the crackdown promises of politicians – whom cynics accuse of chasing votes

Refining the metal, which is essential for electric car batteries, in Europe would ease the EU’s precarious reliance on China

Thousands of desperate people have arrived, yet hostile Italian and EU leaders offer no help – to them or to islanders, writes former mayor of Lampedusa Giusi Nicolini

The European Union is set to ‘swiftly’ disburse 127 million euros as part of a July deal to halt irregular migration.

Commission says it is ‘cracking down’ on smuggling networks as NGOs say more assistance is needed from Europe’s leaders

Across the EU, once-taboo ideas are becoming mainstream, as refugees and Muslims are demonised. But change is still possible, says Brussels-based commentator Shada Islam

After almost a year in power critics of Italy’s PM say nobody should be fooled: those giving her plaudits have forgotten her past

In her State of the Union address on 13 September, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced a new anti-subsidy investigation into electric vehicles (EVs) from China, claiming that the market is being flooded by cheap imports at prices that are kept artificially low by “huge state subsidies”. The…

When she took to the floor to give her State of the Union speech on 13 September, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen largely stood by the script. Describing her vision of an economically buoyant and sustainable Europe in the era of climate change, she called on the EU…

Prime minister says Italy ‘under incredible pressure’ from large number of arrivals from north Africa

More than 11,000 people have landed on the island in recent days – a decade on from when hundreds were killed in a shipwreck