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Plus, the GDPR omnibus and deadlock over the European Data Protection Supervisor.

In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about Czech MEP on the automotive industry’s payroll leading work on a key EU climate file, the coast of Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city deliberately polluted with oil, and so much more.

The two PiS politicians face charges of violating a ban on holding public office.

The Munich public prosecutor had requested to investigate the alleged use of symbols of unconstitutional organisations.

The new duties are likely to have a seismic global impact and inflict significant harm on the EU and US economies.

Brazen attacks on judicial independence may have escalated after France's bombshell verdict – but they are not new across Europe.

“We don’t talk about it,” one source told Euractiv.

“The Commission is passing the buck to EU countries,” explained Thomas Schwab, an expert with the Berlin-based Bertelsman foundation.

More than three years after the petition, the court is ready to decide whether Germany’s capital will follow Paris' lead.

Belgium's authorities will have to provide information about prison conditions by 15 April

The issue isn’t just how many students are admitted to medical school in Italy —it’s whether they can actually become doctors. 

A victory on appeal for Le Pen could potentially clear the way for the far-right leader to still run in the 2027 French presidential election.

“We will not tolerate cartels of any kind, and that includes those that suppress customer awareness and demand for more environmental-friendly products” said European Competition chief Teresa Ribera

Timing this week only matters if the aim is to fold enforcement of the DMA into the Trump trade war, but why should the Commission march to the beat of that drum?

Brussels is intensifying its battle against hybrid threats, particularly the “weaponisation of migration” by boosting the interoperability of major EU information systems.

European Parliament’s Conference of Presidents could decide 30 April if no agreement is reached

“What turned it into a disaster wasn’t just nature - it was the result of decades of unsustainable construction,” according to former Greek MEP Kriton Arsenis.

No technology currently exists that enables access to encrypted data without undermining the privacy and security guaranteed by encryption.

Without the protective "umbrella" of Marine Le Pen, does Bardella have the political weight to prevent factional infighting within the party?

The vote could solve a difficult situation where whoever backs down stands to lose both a privacy watchdog and institutional prestige.