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The Czech Freedom and Direct Democracy Party (SPD/ID) said on Wednesday (22 May) it would not share the same European political group with the Alternative for Germany party (AfD), following the same move by the French Rassemblement National. 

Loss of fuel duty could cost governments billions in tax revenues. William Todts, executive director at T&E, explains why, even as an environmentalist, we should be taxing electric cars

The first article of the national agricultural orientation law has been voted through French parliament, removing the targets of 15% of farmland for organic agriculture and 8% for legumes.

EU-India relations face an important year. 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of strategic partnership between the two. And both have elections. With the second round of the EU-India TTC due in July and talks continuing on a EU-India FTA, 2024 provides an opportunity to build on the positive work already achieved.

Shortly after last week's assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, Meta took down the Facebook account of the shooter, the tech giant confirmed to Euractiv on Wednesday (22 May).

The German far-right AfD has barred their lead EU candidate, Maximilian Krah, from any further campaign events amid mounting pressure to suspend his membership in AfD's next EU delegation in the wake of a series of scandals that rattled the party in recent months.

The June EU election results will jeopardise the implementation of the Green Deal, according to a majority of experts questioned by the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP).

Governments wield considerable influence in the cyber realm and must face accountability for their actions, argues CDT's Silvia Lorenzo Perez.

The European Commission has given green light for a €1.7 billion German subsidy scheme to support shorter freight trains in competition with road transport, which is expected to mainly benefit state-owned DB Cargo.

For Europeans to survive and thrive in a world of contestation will require greater realism, more agility and a capacity to put together a policy package to ‘win friends and influence people’, writes Steven Everts.

With the European elections around the corner, Europe is confronted with challenges that demand a united front and bold action. But Ursula von der Leyen's promises for swift and decisive action have fallen flat: After five long years, all we have got are sluggish responses that left us wanting more, writes Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann.

Israel will recall its envoys from Norway and Ireland and possibly other European countries, Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday (22 May) after several EU countries announced in a historic move the recognition of a Palestinian state.

The European Commission will present its update of the ‘European Health Union: a Europe that prepares, prevents and protects' on Wednesday (22 May). Like the Belgian motto, ‘L’Union fait la force’ [Unity makes strength], the Health Union's aim is to create a more resilient Europe.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Brussels stepping towards withdrawing the Article 7 procedure against Poland, Czech lawmakers warning about Russian operations threatening the EU elections, and so much more.

Russian influence and disinformation campaigns in the EU pose a significant threat to the integrity of the upcoming European Parliament elections, according to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Committee of the Czech Senate.

Tens of thousands of Iranians flocked to the streets of Tehran Wednesday (22 May) to join the funeral processions of president Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday.

Leaked wiretaps of leading politicians from the liberal Renew Europe-linked Bulgarian party “We Continue the Change”, in which one is heard saying that the party has a lot of money available in cash, have shaken the campaign ahead of Bulgaria's early parliamentary and EU elections, scheduled for the same day.

The parties in Slovakia's parliament have unanimously adopted a coalition resolution condemning the recent assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico and urging people not to spread hatred.

Ukrainian servicemen operating a howitzer in Kharkiv region near the Russian border work around the clock to stop an incursion by Moscow's troops, and they are finally getting the shells to do it.

European Commission Vice-President Věra Jourová has said she would recommend that the EU executive withdraw the Article 7 procedure against Poland, launched in 2017, following discussions on the issue among EU ministers at the General Affairs Council on Tuesday.