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The kids will be alright, according to big tech's new rollouts on protecting minors online.

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In today's edition of The Capitals, read about Portugal’s Prime Minister calling for a confidence vote amid uncertain parliamentary support, Romania's Foreign Ministry rejecting Russian secret service interference, and so much more.

The transport proposal requires radical thinking and ambition from co-legislators. We should not let them off the hook.

The reaction comes after an unusual SVR move to publicly defend former presidential candidate Georgescu.

And a parliamentary debate on Italy's spyware scandal got sabotaged.

The two heads of state addressed bilateral relations that have negatively been affected by Fico.

Montenegro asserted that “early elections are not desirable.”

Can Germany's centrist parties move as far and as fast as announcement seeks to portray?

Macron proposed opening a "strategic debate" to extend France’s nuclear arsenal to European allies, echoing the historic call from Germany’s likely future chancellor, Friedrich Merz.

The new automotive plan signals that the EU is further rolling back its zero-emission policy for road transport.

Rollback or compromise?

EU diplomats are willing to work around Hungary in favour of a strong summit text on Ukraine to send a message to Trump.

It is the latest step in the EU proposals to help countries purchase more arms and other defence gear, and for the industry to ramp up its production, or secure its ability to do so.

Jordan’s arch-conservative instincts – and his background as an undefeated wrestler in his youth – go some way to explaining his contempt for EU tech regulation.

Parts of the plan have been the subject of heavy debate since late fall, and are already being criticised for supposed its lack of ambition.

Euractiv had learned earlier that the Commission had been consulting member states to accelerate the review to March instead of June.

A former American ambassador to Berlin described Germany as a country that could go for decades stubbornly resisting change, only to suddenly change course and embrace a monumental shift overnight.

The letter asks the Commission to urgently open probes against Google's search engine.

Industry should not wait for member states to implement NIS2.