The Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU is taking a stronger position on the accountability of influencers for content shared online, according to a draft document dated 13 March and seen by Euractiv.

On Monday 18 March, the Council adopted a new law to protect wholesale energy markets from manipulation. The new regulation aims to strengthen market surveillance and guarantee open and fair competition in the European Union.

The rapid rise in artificial intelligence led to the first-ever legal framework on AI at the end of 2023, the EU's AI Act. This report explores the role of media in today's new AI landscape.

Despite the rapid rise in Artificial Intelligence and large social media platforms, the President of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) Maria João Rodrigues believes that quality journalism still has a clear role in Europe.

French President Emmanuel Macron's closest ally in Brussels, Valérie Hayer, has been confirmed as the third Spitzenkandidat of a Franco-German team that will guide the EU liberals throughout the campaign for June's EU elections.

EU national governments agreed on Friday (15 March) to a new regime of packaging waste rules, following a dramatic few weeks during which the European Commission threatened to veto an agreement reached between governments and the European Parliament.

The war in Ukraine is laying the ground for a divide between “war” and “peace” camps at the national and European level which may replace the usual political division between left and right.

The Council of the EU gave its final approval on Monday (18 March) for a strategy to secure a sustainable supply of raw materials critical for the green transition, digital industries, and defence sectors, it said in a press release.

Polish farmers blocked two major border crossings with Germany on Monday in a protest against farm imports from outside the European Union and the bloc's environmental red tape.

Despite the passing of the Critical Raw Materials Act in 2023, Europe's reliance on importing critical raw materials remains a concern. In this series, Euractiv explores the EU's different routes to close the competitiveness gap in raw materials and decrease reliance on unpredictable suppliers.

As she closes out her first term, Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission has seen industrial competitiveness come into sharp focus with new initiatives to better connect industry to the European Green Deal, but what effect will they have?

On International Women's Day, the European Commission released its 2024 Report on Gender Equality in the EU, offering insights into the advancements made in implementing the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. This report looks at women's rights and gender equality in the EU.

Heralding a manifesto steeped in diversity and regional representation, the European Free Alliance (EFA) General Assembly 2024, held on International Women’s Day in Brussels was presented by co-spitzenkandidaten, Maylis Roßberg, and Raül Romeva.

The promoters of the citizens’ initiative ‘End the Cage Age’ on Monday (18 March) filed a case at the European Court of Justice against the EU executive for failing to deliver a promised proposal to phase out cages for farm animals by the end of 2023.

Europe is way off track to meet its target of halving road deaths by 2030 (versus 2019), a new European Court of Auditors (ECA) analysis has concluded. Instead fatalities are projected to fall by just -25%, compromising Europe’s ultimate goal of close-to-zero road deaths by 2050.

Is the race for the future already run & lost? Find out at the launch of the latest edition of ERT’s bi-annual Competitiveness and Industry Benchmarking Report.

As Europe faces the biggest security challenge since the Second World War, it must build its defence readiness, writes Charles Michel.

The European Commission presented a set of ideas aimed at bolstering farmers in the food supply chain in a document shared with EU member states, responding to demands growers voiced in recent protests for fairer compensation for their work.

South Ossetia, a region that broke away from Georgia and calls itself an independent state, has discussed becoming part of Russia with Moscow officials, Russian news agency RIA cited the head of South Ossetia's parliament as saying on Sunday (17 March).

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the German coalition splitting over the country's Ukraine policy, the European Commission bemoaning Kosovo and Serbia for lack of progress on EU integration, and so much more.