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The ruling comes just a day after another Spanish court said Sánchez’s brother, David, would also face trial on charges of malfeasance and influence peddling

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A Big Bang for defence journalism as the EU goes through a Big Bang for defence policy, the Defence Commissioner told attendees to Euractiv's FIREPOWER launch party

Written by Sebastian Clapp and Martin Höflmayr with Falk Vambrie.

The European defence industry is highly fragmented, with limited collaborative investment and procurement, divergent national regulations, and protectionist tendencies that undermine efficiency, interoperability and competitiveness. The Letta report makes the case for a concerted effort to advance towards the development of a ‘Common Market for the Security and Defence Industry’, which focuses on regulatory simplification, pooled procurement, and cross-border industrial integration. While the Draghi report puts its finger on the EU defence sector’s fragmentation, under-investment, and external dependencies, it urges coordinated action to strengthen the industrial base, boost joint innovation, and align national efforts through common policies and incentives. According to the White Paper for European Defence, a truly integrated EU defence market would be among the largest globally, strengthening competitiveness, readiness and industrial scale. It would enable firms from the European defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB) to expand across the Union and stimulate cross-border cooperation, mergers and new ventures, increasing the availability of EU-made defence products.

The new Defence Readiness Omnibus aims to remove procedural bottlenecks and facilitate up to €800 billion in defence investment under the Rearm Europe/Readiness 2030 plan, combining streamlined procurement rules, simplified intra-EU transfers, and revised financial instruments. Achieving readiness and autonomy requires predictable joint planning, harmonised standards, and public-private coordination. Without genuine market reform, Europe’s rising defence spending risks being absorbed by inefficiencies rather than delivering real capability gains. A functioning common defence market is therefore essential not only for competitiveness, but also for deterrence, resilience and strategic sovereignty in an increasingly volatile geopolitical environment.

The European Parliament advocates a fully integrated internal market for defence to overcome fragmentation, urging regulatory reform, joint procurement, and cross-border industrial cooperation as essential steps towards greater efficiency, competitiveness, and strategic autonomy.

Read the complete briefing on ‘Building a common market for European defence‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

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In today’s edition: the EU is accused of stalling the anti-deforestation law to appease the US, Belgium’s Molenbeek competes to become the 2030 Capital of Culture, eight candidates vie to replace Kövesi as the EU’s top prosecutor, and the Commission attempts to repackage its role in the Gaza conflict

Eni has always been at the forefront of industrial advancement, using cutting-edge technologies to unlock new frontiers. This unwavering dedication to R&D is what has allowed us to consistently anticipate the future of energy, a sector that is constantly evolving.

Gaza protests spilled into Italy’s parliament as lawmakers traded accusations over police clashes, foreign policy, and the government’s silence on calls to recognise a Palestinian state

Relatives want to know if they buried their own children, as well as to check the remains to learn how they died

Germany’s 2026 budget promises a record investment push but comes with a stark warning: a looming €30 billion deficit in 2027 that’s already fuelling debate over welfare cuts and economic reform

Frederiksen’s move comes as US interest in Greenland sharpens old tensions between Copenhagen and Nuuk

Gaza has become a case study in how EU foreign policy is shaped less by values and more by power dynamics between member states, the Commission, and Washington

EU-US trade statement commits Brussels to address US producers' concerns

Kubilius added that Europe needs to copy Ukraine's military which has deployed acoustic sensors to detect incoming unmanned aerial vehicles

Novartis' CEO said his company was working with the US 'on eliminating the price gap between the US and other industrialised countries'

Le Collège des Bernardins invite le photographe Wandrille Potez à exposer douze vues de la vallée du Drino. Sise au sud de l'Albanie, elle abrite une constellation de monastères orthodoxes - trésors oubliés d'architecture byzantine et mémoire vivante de la minorité chrétienne. En attirant notre regard sur cette région mal connue des Balkans, les images nous disent l'urgence qu'il y a d'admirer, de protéger un paysage si rare et menacé.

- Agenda / Albanie, Région parisienne

The US president dismissed Russia as a "paper tiger" in economic peril