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A coalition of 15 EU countries is set to demand an increase of “de minimis” state aid for the agricultural sector, according to a note circulated among member states that will be discussed in a ministerial meeting on Monday (29 April).
Welcome to Euractiv’s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU.
A WHO Europe report into adolescent health and well-being paints an alarming picture for substance use in Europe. The survey of schools found that 32% of 15-year-olds surveyed had used an e-cigarette and 20% had used these products in the last 30 days. E-cigarette use now surpasses cigarette smoking.
"Europe could die," French President Emmanuel Macron warned in a much-awaited speech on the future of the EU at Sorbonne University on Thursday (25 April), stressing the importance of an industry 'Made in Europe', particularly in sectors like energy and digital.
The EU’s Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) will make little difference for its target to produce more of the technologies needed for the energy transition by itself, experts told Euractiv, arguing that a new large-scale initiative was needed after the EU elections.
The threat of deportation to Rwanda is causing migrants to head for Ireland instead of staying in Britain, Ireland's deputy prime minister told a British newspaper on Friday (26 April).
Germany's far-right AfD is in deep crisis mode ahead of its election campaign kick-off on Saturday, with its two leading candidates for the European elections embroiled in scandals over spying for China and catering to Russian influence attempts.
China on Friday (26 April) passed a law leaving its biggest trade partners in no doubt that it can hit back should they put tariffs on the exports of the world's No.2 economy as Washington and Brussels take aim at Beijing over excess industrial capacity.
In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Poland's foreign minister saying Poland needs to maintain close relations with the US, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez mulling his resignation resulting in additional speculation, and so much more.
Together with Andrea Renda, Senior Research Fellow and Head of the CEPS Unit on Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and the Digital Economy, we break down the Letta report's key technological insights.
European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová called for the respect of media freedom in Slovakia during her meeting with Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová and other Slovak government officials on Thursday, a day after the government approved the new draft law to overhaul public broadcaster RTVS.
India began voting on Friday (26 April) in the second phase of the world's biggest election, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his rivals raise the pitch of the campaign by focusing on hot-button issues such as religious discrimination, affirmative action and taxes.
The Czech economy has benefited from joining the European Union 20 years ago, as accessing the European market boosted Czech exports and helped the country’s GDP, Marek Rojicek, chairman of the Czech Statistical Office (CSU), said on Thursday.
Poland must maintain close ties with the US, and the Franco-German-Polish Weimar Triangle must be urgently revived, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski told parliament on Thursday, noting that NATO as a defensive mechanism would withstand a Russian attack on its members and result in defeat.
The Swedish government will send a small battalion to the NATO Multinational Force in Latvia as part of the country’s contribution to the transatlantic alliance, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced on Thursday.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz‘s ailing SPD bets on fears of a looming far-right shift to turn around underwhelming ratings and deliver a much-needed boost to Europe’s socialists, even though polls suggest otherwise and analysts remain unconvinced.
The United States hopes its new deliveries of weaponry will help Ukraine rebuild defenses and refit its forces as it recovers from a gap in US assistance, but it does not expect Kyiv to launch large-scale offensive operations against Russian forces in the near term.
Following espionage and foreign influence scandals involving Germany’s far-right party AfD, Marine Le Pen’s party said on Thursday (25 April) they would be "vigilant" and reassess ties with the party after the June elections.
Romania's Orthodox Church says it will keep welcoming priests bolting from Moldova's Russian-linked Orthodox Church to join a growing rival body subordinate to Bucharest as it believes the ex-Soviet state's future lies with Europe.
Political turmoil that started in Spain following Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s announcement he may step down has spread to Brussels, with the EU Socialists accusing the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) of supporting “fascist tactics” to discredit the opposition.
A Palestinian civil defence team on Thursday (25 April) called on the United Nations to investigate what it said were war crimes at a Gaza hospital, saying nearly 400 bodies were recovered from mass graves after Israeli soldiers departed the complex.
Italy, with backing from European leaders, needs to secure a robust commitment from the G7 to raise its collective target to a tripling of renewables capacity by 2030.
In this episode of our daily podcast ‘Today in the EU’, we talk about espionage in Europe as more and more politicians have been accused of having ties with foreign governments in the past month.
After delays, the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) party approved their manifesto for June's EU elections on Tuesday (23 April), but failed to agree on a Spitzenkandidat amid emerging internal splits.
