The Critical Medicines Alliance, launched in Brussels on Wednesday (April 24), is the sign of a "wake-up call" towards a stronger pharmaceutical industry in the EU, French Minister for Industry and Energy Roland Lescure told Euractiv. 

“Partnerships” between big tech firms and AI startups are under the regulatory microscope. The likes of Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have rushed to build strong collaborations with the rising stars of the AI world, such as OpenAI, Mistral AI, and Stability AI.

Last week the European Parliament gave its final nod to a package meant to make the Common Agricultural Policy rules easier to apply for farmers and national administrations. But it is not the end of the CAP ‘simplification’ debate. It is just the beginning.

A Belgian court will hold a hearing on 17 May where it will be decided whether Belgian or EU prosecutors are competent to continue the 'Pfizergate' probe involving European Commission boss Ursula von der Leyen, according to a document seen by Euractiv.

The EU’s recent spate of investigations into Chinese firms’ state subsidies and procurement practices is not meant to send a message to Beijing but rather shows that the Commission will protect the interests of European businesses, the bloc's competition chief Margrethe Vestager said on Friday (26 April).

The spectre of deindustrialisation keeps European business managers and policymakers pondering and theorising.

The European Commission designated online fashion retailer Shein as a "very large online platform" under the Digital Services Act on Friday (26 April).

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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.

Greek conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (EPP) has once again ruled out any scenario of seeking an EU top job after the European elections in June, saying his only objective is to lead his country.

As cocoa prices surge to record highs and Central and West African growers grapple with the impact of climate change, the cocoa sector is rushing to adapt its production to the EU anti-deforestation regulation (EUDR), which will take effect from January 2025.

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).

After the working parties on Thursday (April 25) between representatives of the Member States, no serious progress is expected on revision of the energy taxation directive during the Belgium presidency of the EU council. 

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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.