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Labour groups say current EU rules are allowing construction companies to abuse subcontracted workers. Swedish centre-left MEP Johan Danielsson is urging the Commission to present a reform proposal.

Nearly 400,000 people are living with cancer in Denmark. Up to 50 per cent of all cancer cases are considered to be preventable by reducing risks, according to the new cancer plan.

In its previous report in March, the OECD had forecast growth of 3.1% for 2025 and 3.0% for 2026.

Allegations of surveillance and political intimidation by the Slovak government have rocked an EU mission probing the use of European funds.

Karol Nawrocki's victory in Sunday's Polish presidential election jeapordises Tusk's pro-EU reform agenda.

Sweden’s Social Democrats seek to ban placing asylum seekers in vulnerable areas to fight segregation - sparking sharp backlash over what critics call forced social engineering.

Far-right leader Geert Wilders had issued an ultimatum over migration policy.

Spain’s Constitutional Court mostly backs the controversial Amnesty Law pardoning Catalan separatists, sparking fierce condemnation from conservative opposition.

All parties except PSD have ruled out appointing a technocrat as prime minister or reshuffling the current leadership.

In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about Macron in Rome seeking Italy’s support for the ‘Coalition of the Willing’, a German court ruling that asylum-seeker rejections at the border are unlawful, and so much more.

Sonoco, a leading sustainable packaging producer in Europe, urges policymakers to harmonise packaging rules. Regulatory coherence would cut costs, boost innovation, and enable scalable circularity—turning climate ambition into action and strengthening Europe’s packaging sector for a competitive green transition.

Macron visits Rome to repair strained ties with Meloni and push for Italian support in Europe’s future security guarantees for Ukraine — potentially including troop deployments.

French MPs back assisted dying – but with a right-wing Senate ahead, this life-or-death law is far from its final breath.

More than a million EU citizens are pressuring the Commission to ban conversion therapies – but the path to a ban is anything but straight.

Overexploitation of the EU water resources is impacting sanitation and sustainable agriculture. As Europe maps a path to water resilience, hard choices must be made.

With five years left for the EU to hit its 2030 energy milestones, the European Commission is urging member states to urgently step up their ambitions and implementation efforts to reach their energy efficiency targets.

As the Great Powers falter and a new world order emerges, ‘middle powers’ are evolving with new influence, offering strategic investment opportunities.

Germany strives to reshape its development aid program into a system of mutual benefit deals amidst societal backlash, while it urgently needs development aid for its own goals.

The proposal includes major boosts to military investment, signalling shifting priorities amid growing security concerns.

In today’s Poland, outrage is currency, grievance is gospel, and anyone preaching compromise might as well be speaking a foreign language.