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Liberté toujours? As France sets its sights on a tobacco-free generation from 2032, it's not unreasonable to critique the strategy for weaning people off the death sticks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has spent years dismantling independent media, tightening control over information.

Four MEPs expressed concern over Slovak backsliding during a trip to Bratislava.

The EU will target imports treated with banned pesticides and push for tougher animal welfare rules, as farm chief Hansen warns against “greenwashing.”

Billions of euros spent by NATO allies to buy military gear for Ukraine would count as "defence-related" spending under higher new spending commitments, sources told Euractiv.

Bulgaria sends mixed signals on cancer care, launching a screening programme while delaying access to vital diagnostic testing.

The attack scuppers a vital Russian logistics route into the occupied Ukrainian peninsula.

The agriculture and food sector plays a central role in ensuring food security in Europe. Securing its future is essential to building resilient, sustainable and competitive systems that empower farmers and support rural areas.

Labour groups say current EU rules are allowing construction companies to abuse subcontracted workers. Swedish centre-left MEP Johan Danielsson is urging the Commission to present a reform proposal.

Nearly 400,000 people are living with cancer in Denmark. Up to 50 per cent of all cancer cases are considered to be preventable by reducing risks, according to the new cancer plan.

In its previous report in March, the OECD had forecast growth of 3.1% for 2025 and 3.0% for 2026.

Allegations of surveillance and political intimidation by the Slovak government have rocked an EU mission probing the use of European funds.

Karol Nawrocki's victory in Sunday's Polish presidential election jeapordises Tusk's pro-EU reform agenda.

Sweden’s Social Democrats seek to ban placing asylum seekers in vulnerable areas to fight segregation - sparking sharp backlash over what critics call forced social engineering.

Far-right leader Geert Wilders had issued an ultimatum over migration policy.

Spain’s Constitutional Court mostly backs the controversial Amnesty Law pardoning Catalan separatists, sparking fierce condemnation from conservative opposition.

All parties except PSD have ruled out appointing a technocrat as prime minister or reshuffling the current leadership.

In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about Macron in Rome seeking Italy’s support for the ‘Coalition of the Willing’, a German court ruling that asylum-seeker rejections at the border are unlawful, and so much more.

Sonoco, a leading sustainable packaging producer in Europe, urges policymakers to harmonise packaging rules. Regulatory coherence would cut costs, boost innovation, and enable scalable circularity—turning climate ambition into action and strengthening Europe’s packaging sector for a competitive green transition.

Macron visits Rome to repair strained ties with Meloni and push for Italian support in Europe’s future security guarantees for Ukraine — potentially including troop deployments.