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"Before reopening the legislation, we need guarantees from the EPP on how they plan to approach the issue," a Renew MEP told Euractiv.

In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about Finland’s Social Democrats surging in local elections amid a far-right decline, Czechia fearing an influx of Ukrainian war veterans poses a security risk, and so much more.

EU foreign ministers are expected to discuss an updated Kallas' plan again on Monday, with focus on ammunition.

Far-right candidate claimed that Conservatives’ pick dodged a direct clash by timing the debates to ensure that he would miss both debates.

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the move is a direct response to “legitimate” calls from the United States to increase defence spending.

For MEPs of different political groups in the European Parliament, the Commission has the duty to act, as the announced bear killing spree is deemed to breach the EU’s Habitats Directive.

"Some of them could find work in organised crime," Ladislav Šticha, a spokesperson for the country's intelligence services, told Euractiv Czechia. 

“If we were at war, these topics would no longer be relevant”, said Eurenco CEO.

In first sit-down interviews since securing a deal to form the next German government, Merz lays out his foreign policy priorities.

Is Spain positioning itself as a possible mediator between China and the EU? Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Beijing visit was about more than pork exports.

Subcontracting in the construction sector risks driving illegal migration, but it also puts migrants in dangerous situations. This special report looks at how the EU can improve construction workers' rights.

Lawmakers are struggling to find a regulatory structure that incentivises companies to build the capacity mechanisms needed to handle increasing loads of variable renewables on the grid.

The EU has committed €77 million to strengthen European Reference Networks (ERNs) for rare disease patients.

Tripartite agreements are the backbone of the Clean Industrial Deal - linking offshore wind to investment certainty, lower energy costs, and a competitive European industry.

Brussels has wildly misinterpreted the US president’s reciprocal tariff “pause”.

Russian gas flows had surged in 2024, but US LNG is back behind Norway in second place.

All toys sold in the EU will be slapped with a QR code 'passport', and a whole slew of toxic chemicals will be banned under the rules.

Euractiv's Friday review of the week in the news, where you decide which is which.

A credit trading scheme was also adopted under the new mechanism.

In a separate deal, Spanish cherries also secured export approval from China.