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Europe needs to take immediate action to address the rapidly increasing climate challenges, the EU's environment agency said in its first European Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA), published on Monday (11 March), which identified 36 major risks.

EU countries finally adopted the platform work directive at a meeting of EU labour ministers on Monday (11 March), after Estonia and Greece, which had abstained in the past, voted in favour “in the spirit of compromise”.

French President Emmanuel Macron has postponed for the third time his visit to Ukraine. We can only speculate that one possible reason was because of security issues.

Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU is continuing to push to reverse the controversial phase-out of internal combustion engine cars by 2035, despite the demand being dropped from the European People’s Party election manifesto. 

A 'French-style' bill on assisted dying will be presented to France's Council of Ministers in April, President Emmanuel Macron confirmed in an interview on Sunday (10 March), underlining that it will function differently to similar laws in other EU countries.

EU negotiators went back to the drawing board over the weekend to bulletproof the text of the bloc's corporate due diligence law (CSDDD) in the hope of securing a final deal by Friday (15 March) at the latest, Euractiv understands.

Two years after Sweden applied to join NATO, its flag was raised at the military alliance's headquarters on Monday (11 March), with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson saying "We have come home".

The European liberals’ three-person lead candidate team will include the German defence policy expert Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann on behalf of ALDE, her party has announced.

Former US leader Donald Trump will not give money to help Ukraine fight Russia if he wins the presidency again and that will hasten an end to the war, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Sunday (10 March) after meeting him.

The European Commission violated data protection rules in its use of Microsoft 365, leading to the imposition of corrective measures by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), the watchdog announced on Monday (11 March).

The EU’s controversial green buildings law will be voted on in the European Parliament on Tuesday (12 March), but its adoption is far from guaranteed, given opposition from German centre-right lawmakers.

The British government on Monday pledged 117 million pounds (€137 million) towards protecting Muslim communities amid a rise in Islamophobia as it promises more action to tackle extremism.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Macron’s party kicking off its EU election campaign, Bulgaria's pro-European parties leading polls ahead of the EU elections, and so much more.

President Aleksandar Vučić announced Belgrade elections and called for the government to be formed by April 1st, as the favourite for prime minister Marko Djuric was pictured in a restaurant with the man wanted in connection with the EU-dubbed 'terrorist attack' in north Kosovo.

Romania has won a case brought by Gabriel Resources Ltd and Gabriel Resources (Jersey) seeking €4 billion after Romania announced it was withdrawing funds for a gold and silver mining project – an announcement that caused outrage towards several politicians, including the prime minister, who had previously indicated that Romania was likely to lose the case.

The Croatian parliament, the Sabor, will be dissolved on 14 March, and parliamentary elections will be held in April or May, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković announced on Friday.

A visit by President Emmanuel Macron to Ukraine should take place in the coming weeks, the French Presidency said on Sunday (10 March), the third time a planned trip to the country has been postponed since February.

The recovery money for Poland under the Recovery and Resilience Plan – an estimated €35 billion to €49 billion –  may be endangered due to delays in launching payments by the European Commission, according to estimations by the CRIDO business consulting company.

Bulgaria’s two main pro-European political formations are comfortably ahead in the polls ahead of the European elections in June, an opinion poll by the Market Links polling agency has found.

NATO troops could carry out support activities directly on Ukrainian territory as this would not violate any international rules, Czech President Petr Pavel said in an interview for Czech Television.