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Germany wants to start deporting migrants who commit crimes on its territory to their home countries, including Afghanistan, following a suspected Islamist knife attack in late May, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday (6 June) as parties rush to quash security concerns ahead of the EU elections. 

Nina Skočak's TikTok videos get hundreds of thousands of views and the young makeup and vintage fashion expert hopes her popularity will win her a seat in the European Parliament on Sunday (9 June).

When asked about Vladimir Putin's non-invitation to the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, several French far-right leaders expressed divergent positions, while National Rally long-standing leader Marine Le Pen evaded the question.

Enlargement to the East, and to the Western Balkans, is a geostrategic imperative and will require reforms on both sides, writes Paulo Rangel.

As the election campaign ends, the "Use your vote" film, highlighting the importance of voting and safeguarding democracy, has been viewed more than 504 million times.

Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

As the election campaign ends, the "Use your vote" film, highlighting the importance of voting and safeguarding democracy, has been viewed more than 504 million times.

Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

French police have arrested a 26-year-old Ukrainian-Russian man after he blew himself up with explosive materials in a hotel room north of Paris, a source at the French PNAT anti-terrorism prosecutors office said on Wednesday (5 June).

Hamas has seen about half its forces wiped out in eight months of war and is relying on hit-and-run insurgent tactics to frustrate Israel's attempts to take control of Gaza, US and Israeli officials said.

Veterans and world leaders meet in Normandy on Thursday (6 June) to mark the 80th anniversary of 1944 D-Day landings, when more than 150,000 Allied soldiers arrived in France by sea and air to drive out the forces of Nazi Germany.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday (5 June) that Russia could provide long-range weapons to third countries to strike Western targets in response to NATO allies allowing Ukraine to use their arms to attack Russian territory.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about German businesses warning against 'Dexit', Meloni calls for EU migration policy to be based on Italy-Albania deal, and so much more.

The top national delegations will reshape the Parliament's balance of powers while feeding new priorities into the legislative work, and with voting set to start on Thursday (6 June), Europe Elects' final projections for Euractiv lay out what could lie ahead.

Prosecutors are investigating George Simion, leader of Romania's far-right AUR party, for allegedly orchestrating the falsification of thousands of signatures needed for Silvestru Șoșoacă's candidacy as an independent in the EU elections, something AUR denies.

The Bulgarian army is struggling to shake off the pre-election wave of disinformation that soldiers are about to be sent to fight in Ukraine, despite pro-Russian far-right political forces and President Rumen Radev continuing to say this is in the works.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who survived an assassination attempt, posted a video on Facebook in which he said he did not believe the attack on him had been carried out by a "lone madman", blaming the media and the opposition.

Respect for European values is the absolute "red line" of the conservative Partido Popular (EPP), the main opposition force in Spain, for any future alliance in the European Parliament after Sunday's elections, the party's main candidate in the European elections Dolors Montserrat told Euractiv's partner EFE in an interview.

The deal to have the asylum applications of thousands of migrants picked up at sea by Italy processed in Albania should be replicated at the EU level, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said, adding that it could be part of a structural solution for the EU.