The EU defence market must be more integrated, create champions, get access to cash and give the Commission overseeing powers, Enrico Letta’s audit says, going fiercely against member states’ protectorship.

Far-right leaders from across Europe will gather in Brussels today for the National Conservatism Conference after the event was evacuated by the police on Tuesday following a shut-down order by the socialist mayor of Saint Josse.

The EU’s markets watchdog should start taking on the supervision of the bloc's largest financial sector firms and oversee the creation of a pan-European IPO venue for small and medium businesses, Enrico Letta will tell EU leaders

The market for low-carbon fuel for aeroplanes is still nascent, but it is growing. As airlines try to sell themselves as greener than their competitor, how can claims about their fuels be verified?

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE)) unanimously adopted a resolution on Tuesday (16 April) calling for frozen Russian assets to be transferred to a new fund to reconstruct Ukraine and compensate victims.

The UK parliament is expected to vote in favour of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill on Tuesday (16 April), which sets the ambitious target of the UK achieving smoke-free status by 2030, a decade ahead of the EU target. 

The EU's telecoms standards institute will have a new leader who will have to navigate the body's relationship with the Commission.

Addressing the Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, the European Commission announced that it wants to develop the European legal framework on organic wines and labelling to give more producers the possibility to enter the new low-alcohol wine market.

EIT Food recently announced the creation of the Regenerative Innovation Portfolio to improve regenerative agricultural practices in Europe. Euractiv spoke with EIT Food CEO Richard Zaltzman, to discover how the funds will be used.

Deepfakes of young women allegedly members of the Le Pen family promoting French far-right parties went viral online, escalating the debate around the effectiveness of content moderation ahead of the EU elections in June.

NATO’s Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, says Sweden needs to increase its health capacity to respond to a crisis or war. As NATO-focused plans are prepared, cutbacks and a lack of healthcare staff could limit national preparedness.

Poland's emergency contraception bill ignites tense constitutional standoff, following the Polish health ministry's response to President Duda's veto.

“Others are no longer playing by the rules, and are actively pursuing policies to enhance their competitive positions... What I’m proposing in the report… is radical change.”

It’s a political conundrum that’s been plaguing Europe for a decade, and Croatia is getting a taste of it this week: A parliamentary election in the newest EU member pits a conservative party entrenched in power for almost a decade against a host of fragmented contenders, led by the fledgling Social Democrats.

Patients with rare diseases are clear beneficiaries of the European Parliament’s vote on the EU Pharma Package, says Belgian MEP Frédérique Ries. The revised package will also embed a European solidarity mechanism.

Experts identified extreme weather as a primary challenge to food supply in Europe in an assessment of EU food security released by the European Commission on 16 April.

The Green Deal is a comprehensive plan that sets ambitious targets to transform economies towards sustainability, yet there is a long way to go to achieve these goals. Time is running out as the impact of climate change continues to worsen, and urgent action is needed. The S&Ds have already achieved significant progress in promoting sustainable policies, such as improving energy efficiency, supporting renewable energy, and reducing carbon emissions – and all of this with a red heart!

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Germany’s Finance Minister Christian Lindner has defended the country’s constitutional ‘debt brake’ against criticism from his coalition partners after a ruling by the constitutional court last year aggravated the government’s budgetary constraints.

Online platforms have gaping holes in their transparency ahead of the June European Parliament elections, according to a report released on Tuesday (16 April) by the Mozilla Foundation, the non-profit organisation behind the Firefox browser.