National centre-right parties used the European People’s Party’s (EPP) congress on Wednesday (6 March) as a platform to air grievances on national issues and rebel against the party line, as many feel the squeeze of home voters' swing to the far-right.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is set to visit Cyprus this week for talks on a maritime aid corridor from the island to Gaza, officials said Wednesday (6 April).

Italian centre-right party Forza Italia wants right-wing Prime Minister Georgia Meloni’s party joining the European People’s Party (EPP) to strengthen Italy’s influence in the European Parliament, MEP Salvatore De Meo told Euractiv. 

Concerns about a defeat in the EU election are looming large for the German government, which is currently facing a decline in the polls and internal discord, while the conservatives are actively preparing for its collapse.

The European Parliament Trade Committee will vote tomorrow (7 March) whether to add new limits to trade benefits to Kyiv to appease EU farmers, or to approve the new rules with no changes to speed up their adoption in help of the country in war.

In a fresh nod to EU farmers who have been protesting across the bloc for weeks, the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council included a political message in support of farmers in its draft compromise on the controversial EU corporate due diligence law, seen by Euractiv.

The European Union is poised to agree on a joint exit from a controversial energy investment protection agreement that activists say is a roadblock on the bloc’s path to climate neutrality.

“No one,” Plato’s Socrates once famously declared, “who either knows or believes that there is another course of action, better than the one he is following, will ever continue on his present course.”

France is preparing to regain its and Europe's food sovereignty, Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau told Parliament's National Defence Committee on Tuesday (5 March), stressing that food has become "a weapon" and the EU must "overcome its naivety".

French President Emmanuel Macron lobbied at a Franco-Czech Energy Forum in Prague on Tuesday (5 March) for the state-owned energy giant EDF's bid to build new nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic.

Eurelectric, a Europe-wide electricity trade association, released a report today (6 March) calling for data sharing between car manufacturers, electricity grid operators, electric vehicle charge point operators (CPOs) and consumers to facilitate wider adoption of electric vehicles.

The EU's new defence industrial strategy and subsidy programme are set to face tough negotiations with the bloc's member states and the European Parliament over the next few months.

The EU Council and the European Parliament agreed on Tuesday (5 March) evening on a revision of the bloc’s plant health law, simplifying rules and setting up an EU task force to combat pests.

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will not be able to serve a second term if the far-right euroskeptic Sweden Democrats party is not in government after the next election, Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson said on Tuesday. 

In a report published on Tuesday (5 March), the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) warned of the ever-increasing availability of drugs in Europe, voicing fears of an opioid crisis on the continent.

The EU border agency Frontex is drawing up 'potential scenarios' to assess how it might provide additional support, if needed, at the borders with the Gaza Strip, its executive director, Hans Leijtens, told a group of media, including Euractiv.

Incumbent US President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump swept to victory in statewide nominating contests across the country on Tuesday (5 March), setting up a historic rematch in November's election

Reminiscent of late 2022, natural gas has crept its way back up the political agenda ahead of a solidarity fight between Germany and its neighbouring countries – and growing pressure to ditch all Russian gas. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign intelligence chief has said French President Emmanuel Macron's refusal to rule out sending European troops to fight Russian soldiers in Ukraine was extremely dangerous and irresponsible.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Swedish far-right leader saying his party must be in government if the PM expects to serve a second term, Hungary opposing Dutch PM Rutte’s NATO candidacy, and so much more.