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Austria's 'road to serfdom' should should serve as a warning to the rest of the continent.

Brussels started the week smarting after the Polish presidential elections. On Tuesday Geert Wilders torpedoed the Dutch government. Meanwhile France is doing battle with Big Porn. Here are highlights from a lively week.

The case dates back to 2021, when funding for a regional university was awarded by a member of its own board of trustees. 

Use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) exploded after Pornhub and two other major porn platforms blocked French users but the law is the law, says Clara Chappaz.

"The current EU regulation is not enough", acknowledged the Danish minister.

Her response comes after a request from the Parliament’s anti-corruption group, urging the Commission to fast-track the EU's transparency register review.

Schoof will continue to lead a caretaker government until a new coalition is formed following the October vote.

Ireland's government and pharmaceutical sector have broadly welcomed the European Council's 'pharma package' agreement, but opposition remains in Dublin over potential delays to affordable drugs.

In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about the EU potentially banning kids from social media, the Commission wanting Emiratis off money laundering list, the Slovak parliament backing an anti-Russian sanctions stance – by accident, and so much more.

Czech officials are keen to avoid a repeat of the situation in Romania, where TikTok played a role in amplifying the pro-Kremlin candidate Calin Georgescu.

Low turnout could sink five Italian referendums – and the government may not mind.

Hilary Benn did not give a timeline for a final sanitary and phytosanitary deal to ease trade frictions.

A surprise pro-Russia resolution passed Slovakia’s parliament with just 51 votes—after the opposition accidentally helped it through by walking out too soon.

Switzerland’s glacier collapse is a chilling sign of Europe’s warming crisis – and a warning for alpine communities.

“What certainly is not happening is that the EU will say: ‘Oh, it’s too bad that it's not working with the US, we're just going to switch to China',” Trade Minister Michał Baranowski told Euractiv.

There had been tense anticipation in Berlin about Merz's first visit to Washington.

EU countries backed a deal to gut flight delay compensation in a move that sparked outrage from consumer groups and MEPs.

"We need to focus on the main issue: how to rebalance the burden-sharing on European defence,” Costa told reporters in Brussels.

In the face of existential challenges, keeping the Eurosceptic tally at two, not three, can prove crucial. For this, Brussels could sooner suffer Nawrocki’s victory in Poland than Simion's in Romania.

Tensions between Georgia and the EU have steadily escalated since the Georgian Dream party claimed victory in the 2023 parliamentary elections.