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The first half of 2024 has been a period of stocktaking for the EU. Last year former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta and former President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi were tasked with drawing up comprehensive reports on the functioning of the Single Market.

Over the next 5 years, the ‘financing transition’ will play an integral role in shaping the future of the EU economy and structural infrastructure. This financing transition will be key in implementing EU priorities such as the green and digital...

Europe's Socialists and Democrats are set to double down on their calls for social guarantees and solid public support to tackle ongoing economic challenges, proposing in their draft action plan a batch of additional revenue streams for the bloc's funding resources.

In this Policy Triangle, supported by Humane Society International/Europe, we delve into the state of farm animal welfare in the EU.

Renewables developer Luxcara sealed a contract on Tuesday (2 July), which will see 16 Chinese wind turbines installed in Germany for the first time, adding fuel to EU industry fears of being overtaken by competition from abroad.

One day before the preliminary application of tariffs on electric cars from China, due on Thursday (4 July), Germany’s main car industry lobby VDA called on the EU to pull back on the tariffs, arguing that they will do more harm than good.

Only four days into their Presidency, Hungary will host a conference of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the idea is to start early in order to agree an action plan over the next six months.

The European People’s Party would be wrong to weaken the rule that is driving the EU car sector’s climate and industrial transitions

Ukraine is not ready to compromise with Russia and give up any territory to end the war, a senior Ukrainian official said on Tuesday (2 July) when asked about US presidential candidate Donald Trump's declaration that he could quickly end the conflict.

Britain's Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak on Wednesday (3 July) kicked off the last day of campaigning before polls open in a national election, each warning voters of dire economic consequences if the other man wins.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Czechia’s Babiš facing criticism over his alleged alignment with pro-Russian forces, Italia Viva and Azione MPs aiming to reforge a centrist alliance, and so much more.

A week after the European Union launched membership talks with Moldova, the country's separatist region of Transnistria complained on Tuesday (2 July) that central authorities had ignored its proposals to settle their long-running dispute and imposed a "banking blockade".

EU candidate countries from the continent's South and East are meeting in Bosnia and Herzegovina today, 3 July, to reinforce efforts to integrate with the bloc’s energy markets to avoid potential tariffs on power exports to the EU.

The European Commission has issued a positive opinion on the technical and nuclear safety aspects of the project for units 3 and 4 of Romania's only nuclear power plant, the Romanian Energy Ministry announced on Tuesday.

The rapid collapse of the pro-Russian radical party Greatness will likely determine the successful formation of a regular Bulgarian government after the country headed to polls for its sixth parliamentary election in three years earlier last month.

The Commission has approved the fourth instalment of Slovakia's recovery plan in a preliminary decision, in which it also gave the green light to an outdated calculation of the spending limit and failed to use one of its options to pressure the Slovak government to uphold the rule of law.

Some elected Democrats loyal to President Joe Biden raised fresh questions on Tuesday (2 July) about his 2024 re-election bid, with one calling for him to step aside, a shift after many defended him in the wake of last week's shaky debate performance.

President Andrzej Duda took aim at Prime Minister Donald Tusk for saying Poland had given up on war reparations claims against Germany launched by the previous conservative PiS government during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Warsaw on Tuesday.

Former Czech prime minister and leader of the opposition ANO party, Andrej Babiš, has come under fire for recent political manoeuvres that critics say align him with pro-Russian interests.

Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the right-wing Partido Popular (EPP), criticised Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez following the Supreme Court's decision not to apply the new amnesty law to former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont.