Spanish socialist Teresa Ribera is set to become the next European competition commissioner. European telecom operators count on her.

Finland’s Henna Virkkunen will be leading European tech policy for the next five years – expect a change in direction.

Nearly 200 nations agreed a number of crucial ground rules for setting a market in motion after nearly a decade of complex discussions.

The controls are set to last six months, part of a wider crackdown on migration proposed by the right-wing coalition led by the anti-Muslim nationalist PVV party of Geert Wilders.

Tuesday’s hold-ups might give the Socialists more leverage as they fear a tough voting stance on Fitto could spark backlash against Ribera, who is last in line to be grilled this afternoon. 

In an unusual move, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that no phonecall between Putin and Trump had taken place, contradicting reports by The Washington Post and by Reuters.

A key issue EU lawmakers might raise is the bloc’s inter-institutional power struggle on foreign policy issues.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Borissov now saying he wants to be prime minister, Spain's Partido Popular trying to torpedo Ribera's Commission spot, and so much more. 

State actors potentially involved include Russia, Iran, China and North Korea.

Marco Rubio was one of 15 Republican senators to vote against a $95 billion military aid package for Ukraine, passed in April.

"Borissov to be prime minister? Please, let's talk seriously."

Korčok wants "to help make Slovakia a modern, European nation”.

Some see Poland as capable of taking a political lead in the EU.

The escalating fighting along a more than 1,000-km front line is stretching Ukraine's already outnumbered troops at a critical moment after Donald Trump won the US election, raising the prospect of possible talks with Russia.

The court ruled that the government's decree could not override EU law.

“Ribera's disappearance in this crisis has undoubtedly caught our attention.”

“He won’t represent the interests of the French government, as you know," a French official reassured Brussels.

Join host Giada Santana as she talks with Euractiv’s climate, energy, and transport editor, Donagh Cagney, and climate reporter Paul Messad to discuss COP29.

Mario Draghi says that "for some technologies, like solar panels, foreign producers are so far ahead that attempting to capture production in Europe would only slow decarbonization”.

This leaves room for European companies such as  Dutch company Koppert Cress, based in Monster near The Hague.