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In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Poland's conservative PiS MEPs picking Meloni over Orbán, the EU Left admitting Italy's M5S on a probationary basis2, and so much more.

France captain Kylian Mbappé said gains by the far-right National Rally party in last weekend’s first round of French parliamentary elections were catastrophic and on Thursday urged French voters to come out against them.

A new poll broadcast on Thursday evening showed that an all-time high abstention rate in the recent EU elections was not a coincidence, as Greek citizens feel increasingly disappointed or indifferent about the Mediterranean country’s political system.

China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin pressed their case on Thursday (4 July) for closer security, political and economic cooperation between countries of the vast Eurasian region as a counterweight to Western alliances.

The defence and space industry is set to voice concerns about an EU-wide cloud cybersecurity certification scheme (EUCS) in a position paper to be published, calling for data localisation and contractual assurances.

Romania's governing coalition concluded discussions on the electoral calendar for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections on Thursday, according to a press release from the Social Democrats and Liberals.

The Bulgarian government decided on Thursday to compensate natural gas traders who helped fill the state-owned Chiren gas storage facility with  278 million leva (€142 million) after the sudden cut-off of Russian gas supplies in late April 2022.

Portugal's government is moving ahead with a minimum 15% taxation mechanism for multinational and national groups, according to the package of measures approved at Thursday's cabinet meeting.

The Spanish government should curb the massive influx of illegal migrants with all the means at its disposal, including the deployment of the military and navy to better control its borders, Miguel Tellado, parliamentary spokesman for Partido Popular (PP/EPP) has said.

Italy’s Five Star Movement (M5S) has officially joined the European left-wing group, but total acceptance in the group will depend on a six-month probation period of “mutual engagement”.

Poland's PiS MEPs have turned down an offer from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to join his new Patriots of Europe group, deciding instead to accept Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's offer to remain in her hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR).

A duo of Russian pranksters who often target and compromise people the Russian state is interested in have been given a top state award in the Kremlin, the RIA state news agency reported on Thursday (4 July).

With the Rassemblement national (RN) inching closer than ever towards taking power in France, many French diplomats fear what having to serve under a far-right government might bring.

EU governments' efforts to harmonise rail rules across the EU have been slow and uneven, according to a new report by the EU agency for railways (ERA), resulting in cross-border incompatibilities that are hampering rail use.

More migrants and refugees are embarking on dangerous journeys across Africa towards the southern shores of the Mediterranean Sea where they face growing risk of abuse such as kidnapping and organ theft, a UN-backed report said on Friday (5 July).

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Joe Biden on Thursday (4 July) he has decided to send a delegation to resume stalled negotiations on a hostage release deal with Hamas, their administrations said.

Despite the EU’s attempts to keep up with AI updates’ breakneck speed, NGOs fear the union is taking a step back in the demanding fight to regulate the technology.

The Chinese government urged the European Union to “meet China halfway” to resolve the ongoing trade dispute over electric vehicles on Thursday (4 July), as Beijing steps up its efforts to ensure that the provisional tariffs on China-made EVs that will enter into force on Friday do not become permanent.

Keir Starmer has a daunting in-tray when his Labour party gets to work governing Britain after almost a decade and a half in opposition.

The first month of a Keir Starmer premiership will be a whirlwind of international diplomacy including meetings with US President Joe Biden and European leaders.