Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday (13 March) yet again cited the need for the involvement of German soldiers as an obstacle to the delivery of long-range missiles to Ukraine, amid growing question marks about the motivation behind his objection.

The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), a landmark legislation to protect journalists and media freedom, though concerns remain over the use of spyware to monitor media.

The European Parliament voted on Tuesday (12 March) to extend a rule that leaves the door open to keep sidelining Irish Gaelic and Maltese from the institution’s translation and interpretation services until the end of the next mandate

Copenhagen intends to pass a bill to extend and equalise conscription to have more women conscripted in the military, as part of a plan to strengthen the Danish defence, the country’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced on Wednesday (13 March).

As the Commission prepares to unveil a package to cut red tape for farmers on Friday (15 March), EU leaders meeting at the European Council next week will urge the EU executive and agriculture ministers to act "without delay" on multiple fronts, such as trade and food chain, according to draft conclusions seen by Euractiv.

The AI Act has been a long time coming. Whilst it’s a landmark piece of legislation, unfortunately, it fails to meet the bar on human rights protections, writes Laura Lazaro Cabrera.

The EU's AI Act, three years in the making, finally passed. The road to implementation will be complex.

The European Parliament and member states reached a deal Tuesday night (12 March) to enforce punishments for cross-border traffic offences, including flouting controversial regulations in urban areas prohibiting vehicle traffic.

The EU emits more methane from coal than other fossil fuels combined, owing to continued mining operations in Europe with insufficient measures in place – and a legacy of abandoned mines.

Borrowing on the market or taking from national budgets are the best ways to give Ukraine what it needs to win the war, according to Estonia, looking for more than €100 billion to achieve that goal.

Lawmakers in the European Parliament have urged EU countries to ratify the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) convention 190 on violence and harassment, an important step for health workers, who are experiencing a significant rise in violence and harrassment.

The German government is kicking off a race for €23 billion in industrial decarbonisation subsidies for company bids, officially launching the unprecedented flagship policy.

As the German government ramps up pressure at EU level to cut red tape for businesses, it faces obstacles to achieving the same goal at home.

Amid this week's flurry of talks on AI regulation in Strasbourg, a new study found YouTube to have boosted the far right in Finland's national elections.

Last year was the hottest in recorded human history. The necessity of action is becoming a worldwide consensus, with the EU hoping to be a beacon showing the world its best-in-class climate policy. There is just one problem: citizens hate it.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the growing calls for increased defence spending in Sweden, Duda and Tusk visiting the US together despite conflict at home, and so much more.

EU countries systematically underestimate the speed at which renewables will be added to grids in their development plans – making the investment gap larger than thought, new research made available to Euractiv has shown. 

The US State Department’s Special Representative to the Western Balkans, Gabriel Escobar, stated that the US is committed to continuing dialogue on normalisation of Kosovo-Serbia relations ahead of his visit to Pristina.

Croatian MEP Željana Zovko, who was Bosnia’s ambassador to Italy, France, and Spain, believes that the European Council will make a positive decision on Bosnia’s desire to join the EU, he told Euractiv ahead of the European Council’s meeting next week.

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announced on Tuesday his decision to enter the race for the role of NATO secretary-general, adding that Romania needs to take on “even greater responsibility” within the alliance.