European Council President Charles Michel said on Friday (26 January) that he has decided to withdraw his candidacy for the European election in June and is planning to complete his mandate.

To defuse farmers' anger, the government announced on Friday (26 January) that it would step up controls and impose penalties on manufacturers and distributors who fail to comply with the national laws protecting farmers' incomes.

If you follow the EU’s, say, transport policy, there is one term you will hear over and over again: Technology neutrality.

Israel must take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Friday (26 January) but stopped short of ordering a ceasefire as requested by South Africa.

The European Commission is due to table a 90% climate target for 2040, according to a leaked draft, while a coalition of 11 EU countries including France and Germany have issued a letter calling for ambitious targets.

Let’s dive straight into a tour of the EU, dedicated to how the CAP and national policies support farmers coping with the damages caused by extreme weather events.

The EU's Platform Workers Directive is on life-support and might be split in two after European governments voted down a provisional agreement found in December. “Better no deal than a bad deal,” sources told Euractiv.

As the EU has presented its shiny new economic security package this week, it will now need to square the circle between security and prosperity.

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Belarusian propaganda positions the EU as its main enemy, but several other features make it a unique case among its European neighbours.

Germany has uncovered a major "pro-Russian disinformation campaign" using thousands of fake accounts on X to try and stir anger at Berlin's support for Ukraine, a media report said on Friday (26 January).

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Friday (26 January) he would "not negotiate" with Hungary over Sweden's NATO bid despite Budapest now the sole holdout after Turkey's ratification.

The In Vitro Diagnostic Devices Regulation follows the path of its “sister” regulation on medical devices as the European Commission has extended the implementation guidelines for both legislations due to the delays in compliance which can lead to shortages.

As the AI Act’s text is finally consolidate, we tried to put the landmark law in a broader perspective with Luciano Floridi, leading expert in AI ethics and Founding Director of Yale’s Digital Ethics Center.

Germany's support for a law requiring firms in the European Union to take action if they find their supply chains in violation of human rights was thrown into doubt after one of its ruling parties sided with business groups opposing the proposal.

Industrial pollution costs the equivalent of  2% of the European Union's economic output each year, though the impact has declined over the past decade, the bloc's environmental agency said Thursday (25 January).

Bipartisan US Senate talks on a border security deal that some have set as a condition for further Ukraine aid have hit a critical point, lawmakers said on Thursday (25 January), though the chamber's top Democrat said the negotiators would continue to push forward.

Donald Trump leads Democratic President Joe Biden by six percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed Americans are unhappy about an election rematch that came into sharper focus this week.

The EU and US slammed Belarus Thursday (25 January) for a series of political raids this week, as rights groups said more than 150 people were detained or interrogated by the KGB security service in a single day.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about French far-right leader Marine Le Pen questioning her alliance with German far-right party AfD, Poland's ruling parties divided on abortion law, and so much more.