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The Romanian Constitutional Court upheld Nicușor Dan's win in Sunday's presidential election.

In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about Denmark discovering suspicious components in imported green tech, the EU throwing Radio Free Europe a €5.5 million lifeline after Trump’s cuts, and so much more.

Bureaucracy threatens Europe’s economy, social systems, and green transformation. To secure prosperity, freedom, and creativity, the “Stop Bureaucracy” initiative calls for smart, proportionate, and business-friendly rules that empower citizens, support trust, and keep Europe open, competitive, and future-ready.

Czechia is ready to back a 5% of GDP defence target at June’s NATO summit, President Petr Pavel said.

Finland has finished the first 35 km of a 4.5-metre-high border fence with Russia to block migrant crossings through the wilderness, its Border Guard announced Wednesday.

The exact circumstances remain unclear, with both sides offering conflicting accounts.

But with shaky ground beneath it and cracks in the military logic, critics fear it’s more spin than steel.

The British press decried Monday’s ’reset’ as the end of Brexit. So why do pro-EU protests – and Morris dancing – continue?

Norway's Espen Barthe Eide predicts a growing NATO presence in the far north, and discusses expanded NATO defence spending targets.

Keeping the far-right AfD out of key parliamentary posts has gotten harder after their surge in Germany's most recent election.

Sector-specific considerations will be needed to successfully electrify industry, experts say, and Europe’s climate goals will be impossible without them.

Paris also asks the Commission to set minimum made-in-EU requirements in key clean automotive policies.

The Commission promises action but remains vague on fixed deadlines, instead tying reforms to future Omnibus packages and national cooperation. 

The grant, however, is far from enough to end doubts on the Prague-based broadcaster's future.

The Parliament's president named Italian centre-right Fulvio Martusciello and Giusi Princi, in addition to the three MEPs already publicly identified this week.

Von der Leyen's detractors have a long list of complaints. The outcome of the formal review is sure to trigger further accusations of bias on her part.

Katharina Reiche will try to balance German energy policy between boosting industry and sticking with net-zero climate targets.

Friendly fire hits the Commission as the EPP turns on new proposals in the next MFF.

Rassemblement National leader Jordan Bardella has already called for an investigation into alleged French interference in Romania’s presidential election.

The proposal comes as part of a broader EU offer to avoid Donald Trump’s sweeping duties on European exports.