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Ireland’s healthcare quality has been boosted by rising hospital doctor numbers, up 61.3%, and the number of nurses and midwives, up 34.9% in ten years.

From rule maker to rule breaker.

The EU’s trade chief proposes to work with the US to keep Chinese steel from flooding both sensitive markets as an alternative to a tariff-fuelled trade war.

Security is the new competitiveness for the Polish presidency.

EU countries are pushing for the pending Critical Medicines Act to detail incentives offered for companies to produce treatments that will be ready in a crisis.

The text pits agriculture against the environment.

As Sweden grapples with rising gang violence, the government wants to give police tools to tackle gang recruitment online.

Leading CDU/CSU agricultural politicians had already expressed their preference for an alliance with the SPD.

It also proposed a “decarbonisation bank” for energy intensive industry and a regular communications on Europe’s CO2 price trajectory.

Even authorities deem the existing standards insufficient and outdated.

A just energy transition in Europe depends on collaboration at all levels—from policymakers to local communities. Yet, energy poverty remains a pressing issue, affecting 40 million EU citizens due to high costs, poor housing, and limited access to energy-efficient solutions.

Euractiv got its hands on a draft of the Second Omnibus package on investment simplification. The plan aims to streamline InvestEU and the European Fund for Strategic Investments while cutting red tape on reporting.

To fully reap the “benefits of having neighbours,” EU countries “need to better implement legislation that we already have.”

Ukraine is on the menu of the great powers and Europe doesn’t yet have a seat at the table. Read our liveblog for updates as they come in.

Haddad did not confirm Trump's claims that Macron would fly out as early as Monday.

The Slovak government has been in crisis since autumn, witnessing defections from coalition partners.

In today's edition of the Capitals, read about Spain’s Sánchez who slams Trump’s Gaza expulsion plan as ‘immoral’, Polish government 'shock' by EU’s anti-fraud office’s ruling on Ukraine aid generators, and so much more.

The statements come in response to US pressure to allow the candidacy of pro-Russian and anti-EU politician.

Defence Minister stressed that current discussions about military involvement are “very premature.

Poland must return €90 million for violations in previous government's delivery of power generators to Ukraine.